** Thanks for contacting with your health concern 1. After delivery, it is possible that your muscles might have lost their tone (muscle used in delivery & bowel movements are same) so get yourself re-examined. 2. taking iron/calcium supplements can result in the problem of constipation and problem is that it is a vicious cycle of constipation-piles which we have to break. PS. with constipation person tend to strain more resulting in piles, so person is afraid to pass stool [in fear of having pain] resulting in constipation, and moreover, you are breastfeeding so don t take any medicine without consulting with your attending physician since taking medicine without prescription [for constipation] can cause diarrhea in your baby [through breast milk], so what you can do is: 1. Take old brown rice, green gram, chickpea, green vegetables, bottle gourd, water, papaya, grapes, muskmelon, raisins, dates, orange, pears, guava, apricot, honey, milk. 2. Avoid newly harvested rice, black gram, peas, banana, potato, spicy/junk food, late nights, sedentary lifestyle. 3. Purgation with olive oil is best and free of side effect 4. Early morning: eat 10 cashew nuts and 4 raisins and drink water after coming out of bed 5. Do exercise which increases the tone of abdominal muscles and stimulates peristalsis like: . Straight leg raising . Scissor kicks . Sit-ups . Walking, jogging PS. Lignocaine gel is applied before and after defecation [not the whole tube, quantity sufficient], so for further recommendation kindly consult with your physician.