How Long Till You Have a Bowel Movement After a Tummy Tuck? My Last BM;monday the 16th Surgery Was17th?

Narcotics commonly decrease bowel motility and can cause constipation. Check with your surgeon about the use of a laxative or stool softener.

What you are reporting is not uncommon. The medicines given to you by anesthesia inhibit bowel function, as do all narcotics given for pain. Eventually things will start moving. Taking less pain medicine will help, as will drinking fruit juices.

Good luck

My wife chuckles when she hears me dishing out advice to my patients about bowel movements. Usually, a high fiber diet, a preoperative bowel cleansing, and post operative MOM is all that you need. That's usually, not always. Call your doctor. They did your surgery. Report any chills, fever, vomiting, gas, bleeding,or new pain. I don't believe in panic but indifference is worse.