Bowel movements?

I heard people say they poop like 1 or 2 times a day, for as long as I have known I never went this much ,for me it's 1 time every other day or every 3 days.Most the time every 3 days..and my better half has went 4 days without going.Is this normal?
Answer:
Anything between 3 times a day and 3 times a week is supposed to be normal.

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My significant other will go a whole week without having a bowel movement and it'll be hard to pass. I, on the other hand, poop everyday, sometimes more than once. It is all affected by the foods you eat, your metabolism, and how much water you're drinking. How is your diet? What do you mainly eat? Try eating more fiber and drinking more water, maybe it will help. Do you only go when you feel the urge? Or do you feel the urge and nothing comes?

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Everyone is different. It's normal_ don't worry about it.

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everyone has a differnent cycle. you guys are both fine as long as your "going" to the potty. :)

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My doctor has said that you should have a bowel movement after every meal. He said that in a normal day you should have atleast 3 bowel movements in a day. Perhaps you and your better half should increase the amount of water and fiber in your diet.

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HI,
First of all, do you eat fruit %26 vegetable? Drink plenty of water, %26 fibre, or supplements.Tried a Colon Cleansing, from Health store. Raisons, prunes %26 prune juice, keep you regular, or what is regular for you. But lotsa fresh veggies %26 fruit help, grain breads, unless you have diverticulosus, then no seeds.
Peace

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I would say no, waste should not be stored in the body for that length of time. Once a day minimum.

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Wow, that must sound like a brick after 3 days. Do you have to do any stretching excercises or anything right before you go?

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If you were to live here, you'd be tired of hearing people
talk about, how many times they ''go poop'' because as
small as this place is, our health is about all we do have to '
talk about (that %26 the weather, %26 neither is that good).
Anyway, ''going poop'' more often than usual, can make a
person weak.
When I ''go poop'' once a day, it makes me weak, but I re-
quire a spoonful of Mineral Oil, because of fluid retention,
and I just weight 112 lbs. anyway.
I believe it all depends on your type of system, and how much
Solid, heavy foods you consume, as to how many bowel
movements you have, and how many you don't have.
I have to have a bowel movement, everyday, because THE
LONGER THE FOODS SET IN YOUR STOMACH AND
BOWELS, THE STOMACH LINING AND THE LINING OF
THE INTESTINES, CAN BECOME INFECTED WITH SOME BACTERIA, and cause you to have to take meds
for that.
I'm searching for a Cleanser for the Lining of the Bowels,
so the Lining won't have so much ''negative bacteria'' on
it.
(Don't quote me, but they say, that Elvis had 45 lbs. of POOP
in his intestines, when he died.Now, if you ask me, that's
a lot of.CRAP...IN ONE PERSON, much less the Bones %26
Flesh.
That much ''crap'' isn't healthy for anyone, much less for
such a well-known movie star.who had enough money to
buy lots of ''pooping pills''.
I try not to have a bowel movement, but every other day, be
cause I don't / can't digest much meat / solid meats, anyway,
and I'D HAVE A HARD TIME, GETTIN' IT OUT...after enjoying
PUTTIN' IT IN.
The Mineral Oil, helps oil the lining of the inside of the body,
and then I don't need a ''POOPER SCOOPER'' to get it
out.!
Besides, that's NASTY STUFF, to have to use a pooper
scooper...the smell kills ya, when it's more than a couple
of days OLD.wouldn't you say so?
(I was a nurse, and used to give enemas, and I didn't like
using a "pooper scooper'', on that end, of a Human Being...)
Nasty job.
But I felt sorry for that ole gentleman, for he needed to have
it done. (his son, watched me do it, and he said that it looked
easy to do, but he wasn't willing to do it, himself...and be-
sides, he too thought I was just...TOO FUNNY!

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