when pregnant i suffered with constipation and hemorroids. after pregnancy i stopped paying attention to my bowel movements until I recently suffered with them again. they never bleed but made things uncomfortable. I increased my fibre intake and things got better, sometimes bowel movements where soft but i was just thankful to be going easily. i started taking a multi vitamin and everything was according to the bristol stool chart 'normal' however i have now stopped taking the multivitamin and things have become very loose again. At this point in time a bowel movement for me is every other day and starts formed but ends in mush (not water more like thick yoghurt). but sometimes it can be back to all formed. I can not remember what 'normal' for me was anymore as that was pre- pregnancy. i recently had a blood test for something unrelated and everything came back fine. could i be looking at something like IBS? i have no other symptoms of this. am i just eating too much fibre? could this just be my 'normal'? it is now causing me anxiety everytime i go to the toilet and when making meals i am constantly wondering if something i eat will make it better or worse.
hi lou, it’s possible something has sparked this. can you think back to a time when you had some sort of stress, was ill, when your bowel movements were different. it sounds like you’ve sadly got ibs. i would be asking to see your doctor, you need to definitely speak to someone to discover properly what it is.