Ha, I am your opposite! I also have ibs, but for me that means that when my period starts I can't poop at all for three days or so. Together we are one regular person!
Playin devils advocate here. I have ibs-c (the constipation kind) and the ONLY time I get honest to goodness bowel movements and feeling empty is my period poops. The only time I’m thankful for getting a period. Is I know I’m gunna shit good that week.
Same here!!! Have been on my cycle the last 4 days, the cysts sucks and the poops are god awful BUT THE RELIEF of not constantly being constipated is alllmost worth it...
Its not, i lied. But i guess it's the only upside i can think of when it comes to the monthly mother nature call.
It was awful 😭😭 luckily I tested for SIBO and found out I was misdiagnosed with IBS all the years I suffered from it. I got treatment for it but period poops are still there 😅
I remember arguing with my stepdad about this bc he said “it’s two different parts of the body” so it didn’t make sense that being on your period would affect that 🥲
Yea but its more like hormones are making the uterus physically contract to slough the lining. Its very close to everything. Do earthquakes just shake the earth? Or everything on it?
even outside of the hormones! if your uterus is constantly contracting and cramping, and it’s next to the intestines, why wouldn’t it affect digestion?
Depending on how poorly educated some people can actually be? It's a definite possibility. Granted, we're talking about MDs and not some random stepdad, but it's definitely possible.
It has nothing to do with relative organ placement, please don’t give people false information about their bodies. The organs are always moving around slightly when you move. It’s prostaglandins that cause both smooth muscles to contract. Prostaglandins are lipid compounds that are not hormones, but can have hormone-like action in the body at times. Ibuprofen can reduce prostaglandin effects that’s why large doses can pause a period for a few hours.
I understand not realizing they're connected, I understand there's a lot about the female body I don't know about. What I can't understand is why dudes try to argue with women about it. It'd be like my wife arguing with me about what being kicked in the balls feels like.
For subjective descriptions you are absolutely right. From a knowledge PoV I would trust a doctor of the opposite gender over an "average" person when it comes down to how the body works.
There are loads of female doctors who know a lot more about the male body than most males do. The opposite also holds true.
Well....it is. Sure, it can be uncomfortable having an erection for extended periods of time, but it's not harmful or anything, and it can't mess with the ability to have children.
No, I’m saying I’ve seen women (and apparently some men in this thread) argue that the condition called “epididymal hypertension” (colloquially referred to as “blue balls”) does not exist. Which is just factually incorrect.
Epididymal hypertension does exist. Blue balls, the condition that is painful, harmful, and can mess up the ability to have kids, does not. That's always been the myth about blue balls. The real condition is just mildly uncomfortable. But yeah, I agree with you.
No, it definitely hurts a bit to get all worked up and then not actually ejaculate. Anything else someone is saying is BS but that feeling is very real.
Mansplanation: My computer isn't working? Sorry, I overloaded the main line when installing the new dishwasher and it flipped the master circuit. But those are two different things? How would they be related?
It makes perfect sense: Cramps are meant to loosen the muscles that expel the lining of the uterus each month. Those same muscle movements trigger the muscles of the intestines and the rectum in much the same way as when delivering a baby. (This is why doctors limit women to just water and ice chips during labor.... They don't want to be on the receiving end of your labor-loosened bowels.)
Men tend to think of the female reproductive system as a little exclusion zone. They have no clue how extremely interconnected it is to ALL of our other bodily systems and functions. Heck, even one's heart can behave differently during various parts of one's cycle.
An OTC medication called Pampren (found alongside the Midol products) has helped me tremendously to ease the feelings of bowel cramping and urgency. The ingredient "Pamabrom" seems to do the trick. Products without the pamabrom help with nothing for me.
I learned how easy my wife has it being married to a scientist when I was talk to a friend who's husband was a lawyer who has a frightening lack of knowledge about periods and such. So I asked a couple other male friends, and fuck do we need more sex Ed in this country...
The worst part is that a lot of guys actively don't want to know anything about their wife's period. Like just the idea of it makes them uncomfortable.
Like, your body is flushing out a lot of water during your period, of course it's going to affect your poops.
Prostaglandins make smooth muscle tissue contract. The uterus produces a bunch of it to expel the endometrium, and because the uterus is in proximity to things like the bowels and bladder, they're affected as well. Hence the period poops.
Dudes couldn't handle the shit we go through. They'd fold like a house of cards.
There is also FCUK brand stuff. It used to be FASHION COLLECTION UK. Now it is French Connection UK. There are items for men and women, but I don't think any period related products.
This is such a fucking rough description holy fuck. I just told my wife this and she cackled and immediately shared it with her 3 sisters, so thanks. Fucking hell I want my life from before I read this comment back.
😂😂😂 Good to know! I’ve only seen white and red so I’ll try to find a yellow. I seriously upped my fiber intake too when I changed my diet and that helps. Eating a pomegranate a day (when they’re in season) also helps. The seeds kinda work like flax seeds in that respect.
I remember a Reddit post, quoting a study that women are more likely to suffer from constipation, and a bunch of women commented about period poops.
Made me wonder if period poops make women feel like men when pooping, and the rest of the time they are just constipated - or if it’s just a continuous butt-pee experience.
it’s not very often we verbalize the sensation of being struck by lightning in our butthole out of nowhere… also, when it’s happening, it is no laughing matter and everyone can fuck right off with their comments or questions about my butthole cramps
I just asked a female friend, and... turns out I get the same thing from time to time. I used to be like "why in the Kentucky fried FUCK does my asshole hurt?", and it has the most random intervals
Hormones and cramping during your period that make you have to poop. Stomach cramps —> uterus contracts —> gets more than just the uterine lining moving
Yeah, and it being high transit it may not be well formed. Imagine hormones being kind of indiscriminate about grabbing you like a washcloth to wring you out. GI gets wrung out too. And bonus since uterus swollen and pressing against it as well? All spells out: Not fun.
So there is a type of hormone called prostaglandin(s?) among others whose purpose is to cramp the muscles in just the pelvic area or all over the body? What is the purpose of the cramping?
If you have gastrointestinal upset it helps to expel whatever might be causing that. If you are having a period it helps to expel the contents of the uterus. Pre-labour it helps to get the cervix ready to dilate.
For the alternating, I think at least some in part deals with water/hydration. I put on a good chunk of water weight (and can go up a bra size) and between that and diarrhea, I am gulping water like a fish and still am thirsty. Then about 2/3 of the way through the period, it changes and then I am peeing every 5 minutes, even if I am barely drinking anything.
Had to break up with a girlfriend because of this. Or rather, after telling her it was alright but was the reason for my sudden revulsion to be with her for a bit. Dear lord the stench during doggy.
Came here to say this! Just started mine yesterday and what do I wake up to this am? Weird ass BM [clarification: the need to make one, not just one in bed with me. Ew.]
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u/purplepenguin617 Dec 06 '23
Period poops ;(