Colace is a stool softener that can be a great first line defense for constipation. This alone has worked for me so far (I only had surgery on 9/4 though, so it's early days yet!). My next line of defense will be miralax and then if I am truly struggling I intend to use senna (a more potent laxative than miralax). Good luck, constipation sucks but as you can already tell by the responses, there are lots of options out there.