So ladies I am one week from surgery and I have not had a bowel movement yet. I have been taking stool softener every day and just got a laxative to put in water and drink. Any suggestions to get this going. I don’t want to just strain that hurts. I want it to come natural. I’m trying coffee this morning to kick start it. Any other ideas. Thanks!

Update: once I started now I can’t stop. I guess it was very backed up. I’ve been going multiple times a day and the last two days it’s diarrhea. Now I need to stop it the other way. 🤭😖