Infant Dyschezia can be simply defined as excessive crying and straining and uncoordinated pooping. Although often described as being common with infants, this is baby #5 for me and it’s my first time hearing about it, let alone experiencing it. Most people often get it confused with constipation in babies. Infants with constipation have a hard time passing hard stool.
When my daughter was 2 weeks old, I began to see her cry frantically. Her face would turn red and she would holler at the top of her lungs. Her little legs would straighten out as she seemed to be straining and in much pain. After what seems like forever, but turned out to be about 15 – 30 mins., sometimes it lasted for about an hour at a time, only to not have a bowel movement or have a very soft poop.
To have a bowel movement, it requires pressure from your stomach to push down and a relaxed anus muscle for it to come out. Dyschezia, or uncoordinated pooping, is when your baby doesn’t know to do those 2 things at the same time. And that also creates a fear of pooping in babies. With my daughter, her crying lasted longer due to her fear of pooping. When she felt she had to poop, she would cry and not let the poop come out. Once I realized that, I had to help her poop each time.
I’m not sure how long this lasts for infants but she’s 5 weeks now. It’s getting a lil bit better with my help. Although research says they are not in pain when they cry because it’s actually helping build the pressure to release. It really hurts like heck to see your baby in what seems like agony. This is new for both of us and the last thing I want to feel is helpless to her. Some nights we both just cry it out until we fall asleep. Apparently there’s no cure or medication that’s needed to help ease through this. She will eventually learn to poop on her own.
I hate seeing my baby girl go through this. It really pains my heart to see and hear her crying like that and to not be able to be soothed. I can’t wait for that day to come when pooping becomes normal for her, I am counting the days.
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