New here. Help with disimpaction please 💩

[Lullabell123]

Hi Everyone,

So glad I found this site. My 3 yr 5 month old daughter has had constipation issues for about 18 months. She'd never had problems with soiling just really struggling to go every 4 days or so. She's potty trained and also has no problems and is dry at night. 3 months ago everything changed. She was incredibly sick and complaining of stomach pains. I took her to the hospital and they guessed (no X-ray) it was impaction. We were told to follow the impaction regime with Movicol. Day 7 and 8 sachets she was in a lot of pain so I took her back to hospital and this time they x rayed and said she was clear and to stop the Movicol. I did this and we had 6 weeks of poos every other day on the toilet and no soiling. Then problems started again last week. Out of the blue she soiled 5 times in one day with sticky, toothpaste consistency poo. I went to the doctor and they've told me she must be impacted so here I am again starting the regime.

Last time we did disimpaction we never got to water only type 6 on the stool chart. Do I need to keep pressing on till water? How long will this take?

I'm finding all this so frustrating. She has never had any issues sitting on the toilet or potty. Potty training day/night was a breeze.

Just wish I had a special camera so I could see what was happening in her little tummy

Thanks in advance xx

[Luella19]

Hi there. Did the doctor who prescribed the movicol talk to you about a maintenance dose after the Disimpaction?

After a clear out you need to keep your child on a lower maintenance dose of movicol to keep things soft and in a routine. If you just stop it can cause a back log again. I would check with the GP but usually sticking with one sachet per day or maybe more is recommended for a few months after at least x