Three poos a day

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On the back of another thread, how many times a day do you poo. I am a 1- 3 times a day girl. Some posters on thread were saying it's a once a week event. Blew my mind!

Mostly once a day sometimes twice sometimes miss a day..

I think you are supposed to go once a day

My dd now teen has only ever gone once every 7 to 10 days even when she was a tiny breastfed baby, we did have to hope we were near a bath when it happened then though! Midwife at the time was not concerned at all, just has a slower system, she ate healthily as a child and now is veggie and is still the same

No you're not. Look online. It says anywhere from a couple of times a day, to a couple of times a week is normal

Another thread could be how often do you wee!

I definitely wee at least three times a day

Crikey.. is that normal? 😬 as someone with a vomit phobia it freaks me out that happens every month to you

Womens body's are factories of hormones alright! There's a lot going on in there

@Sylviacrystal

No this is untrue. It’s mainly the opposite. The ideal and normal amount varies between 3 times a day and 3 times a week.

There was a study recently that showed people who go 1-2 times a day have healthier gut bacteria.

Fruits and veg and lots of water help the transition of waste. You don’t want it sat in the colon. If it’s normal for you not to go every day then fine but once a week does need checking out - as you have done.

My transit time is about 6 to 8 hours - I can eat something for tea and then it comes out in the night. ( beetroot is a great indicator)

In one session I can produce every type of poo on the Bristol stool chart 😳.

I am married to a bloke with a colostomy so we are very open about poo and bowel issues!!! 😂

Once to three times a day. DP is 3-5 times a day.

When I’m “on it” and eating well it’s more likely to be more times a day. The fibre doesn’t stick around!

I don't know what your last part means.

I didn't get it checked out.

Once a day at the most, can often go 2-3 days without needing to. As a child/teen I only went once a week!

@GlitterBallss

maybe eat less fruit?

I'm counting :

Once before breakfast
Once after breakfast
Around midday
Then once in the evening.

There could be two in the evening sometimes

So 4-5 times a day!

I'm also shocked at the amount of poop I do! My kids poo once a day. My husband poos three times a day. I do have IBS

It doesn't say online that normal is between 3 times a day and 3 times a week.

It says that there is no "normal" amount that people should be pooping, but that a lot of people fall in the average range of between 3 times a day to 3 times a week.

As we see that people on here are saying that they poop 5 times a day, and twice a week, not everyone falls into that range.

If pooing more often is better and healthier for you,

how come the people that say that they poo the most on here, have some kind of bowel disorder like IBS

Having a bowel problem is making them poo more, not less.

Everything I’ve read has said that ‘it’s healthy to go between 3 times a day and 3 times a week.’’ Obviously there will be people who go less often or more often but that is what is deemed as the healthy range.

Like I said too much is a problem too. There’s an ideal range.

3-4 times a week is usual for me, has been for all my adult life no matter what I've eaten.

These days I mostly follow a low carb/lazy keto diet, and am still at my usual 3-4 times a week. However, when I come off that and eat whatever I want (holidays, Christmas, birthday etc) then OMG. I have horrendous smelly wind, and am pooing anywhere between 1-3 times a day. I'm always glad to get back to low carbing, as it instantly stops the issue!

Once a day and usually around the same time. Fairly regular. DH can go up to 3 times (usually for about 20 minutes at a time, I am hoping he's on his phone and not actually pooping for 20 minutes otherwise he needs to see a GP!).

That's what they say is an ideal range. But medical experts don't know everything.

Like the way they say

"Three times a week" is normal at the upper end of the range. People at that range don't poo consistently exactly three times a week every week.

If a person poos a couple of times a week, sometimes they will poo 2 times a week or 4 times a week.

They're not going to every single week, - poo 3 times a week.

I poo two times a week maybe half of the time. And i poo once a week the other forty percent of the time. And I'd poo three times a week maybe ten percent of the time. It changes. And I'm really healthy.

Another poster on here said that she poos twice a week, and she's really healthy too.

So medical expert ranges are a bit silly. People vary

I poo every morning as soon as I wake up and then have a shower immediately after.

Can’t stand the thought of not washing myself clean after a poo tbh and I always wonder how others are okay with just wiping.

Some of us have bum guns!

Once a day sometimes two but usually before my shower in the morning.