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Posted 10/2/2013 9:41 PM (GMT 0)
Every morning at 5:30am like clockwork after my coffee. And I'm talking everything - even from just 11 hours ago.

The good part is then I just take off to work, empty as can be and no bowel issues all day. Slowing eating throughout the day until the next morning.

Anyone relate?
Posted 10/2/2013 9:46 PM (GMT 0)
That happens to me unless I'm in a flare of some sort. It usually is more of a time frame for me - somewhere between 6:30-7:00am. It's kind of nice...get it out of the way and then don't worry about it for the rest of the day.
Posted 10/2/2013 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
Yep. I usually got 1-2 times in the morning around 9 am and then im done. I love it.
Posted 10/2/2013 10:49 PM (GMT 0)

I have one and sometimes 2 bms in the "morning"...time varies because I'm not on a schedule. It also depends on how much I've eaten the day or days before.

If I'm in a flare, I'll go almost immediately after getting up....and then a few times afterward with urgency and obvious rectal discomfort.

I don't start getting ready until my daily constitution is done..lol.  Then I can function afterward, never any worries about having to go during the day.

q

Posted 10/3/2013 12:36 AM (GMT 0)
Really depends on what you call "emptying out".
Some mornings my gut would be in the mode of "everyone out of the pool" and perfect stools would be generated again and again and again and again.
Is this what you are referring to?

In my case it is (once again) related to food, probably IBS.
When I don't eat pears there are no multiple BM's.
I've already eliminated other offending foods and think this may be the end of it (pun intended).
Oh yeah, no caff in my coffee anymore just decaf. That also is a big help.

edit to add: if you are having more than 2 BM's in the morning that may or may not be normal. It is definitely not normal for me to have 4-6 which is why I figured out what was causing them and stopped it.
Posted 10/3/2013 12:48 AM (GMT 0)
ima...perfect stools? uhhh...maybe to start. I'm going 5-6 times...looser and looser. But then seriously everything is out!! Those of you only going 1-2 times...uhhh...I'd say you are NORMAL!

Am I abnormal?! Absolutely!! I mean, isn't that what this board is all about? UC'er have a bowel condition!!
Posted 10/3/2013 12:53 AM (GMT 0)
Have you considered eliminating coffee for a few days and seeing if you have fewer BM's?
Or is that too catastrophic an idea?
Posted 10/3/2013 10:24 AM (GMT 0)
You said "5:30". How long does it last? For me, I get on the toilet around 6:00 and am there for 20 minutes or so. Then again around 7:45 - 8 for another 20 to a half hour. Usually I'm good to go by 8:30/9:00. Thank God for smart phones.
Posted 10/3/2013 12:23 PM (GMT 0)
Usually it takes 1.5 - 2 hours in the morning for me to attempt to empty out my bowels before leaving for work. I am never entirely sure I am empty; no way of telling. Sometimes, despite those efforts I need to stop at a rest stop on the way to work. Usually it is just a rest stop like 1/4 a mile down the street, funny how the rumbling starts the moment I get into the car and start moving smilewinkgrin
Posted 10/3/2013 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
I have a problem with bowels in the morning. I must be somewhat unique or something similar to ipoop. I need to find a way to have consistent and predictable pooping in the morning. It doesn't matter what time I wake up. I can wake up at 6:00 am...and only start having bowel movements at 7:00 am. Or some days, I'll wake up at 6:00 and have bowel movements at 6:15am. Or wake up at 6:00am and have bowel movements at 8:00am.

It's very random from my point of view and if I drive myself, I routinely have to stop at a place along the way to work. I even go in my diaper because in some instances the rest stop is not available because the urge came way before the rest stop or way after. It drives me insane.

I have tried a few things such as drinking hot water, eating something when I wake up. I cannot trigger the bowel movement, it comes when it want.

How the f... do you get to empty the bowels like JohnPhx does. To me that doesn't make any sense.
Posted 10/3/2013 2:44 PM (GMT 0)
"How the f... do you get to empty the bowels like JohnPhx does. To me that doesn't make any sense."

COFFEE! Coffee, coffee, coffee! That's how I do it.
Posted 10/3/2013 2:48 PM (GMT 0)
I really don't like coffee, I never drinked coffee. I've tried a few times, don't like the taste and I don't bother forcing myself to drink it. I don't need another addiction or vice.
Posted 10/3/2013 3:44 PM (GMT 0)
Like everything with uc, sadly not everything works for everybody -- coffee and caffeine have zero effect on my bms. I often have several cups of black tea in the morning. I'll skip a morning without caffeine and there is no noticeable change in my bm habits.

Yeah it's frustrating as all hell somedude. I've crapped myself on the way to work on a number of occasions; as you say I just didn't have time to get to a restroom, or even into the bushes on the side of the road before it hits. Crap can hit like lightening sometimes, you get a 30 second warning and guess where it ends up, lol no frigg'n choice. I just stay in the house as long as I can, and try my hardest to empty out, before leaving in the morning. Eventually, you reach the time of day where you just have to leave, cross your fingers, and hope for the best. Mostly, I sit on the toilet and poop 3-4 times before leaving in the am (I judge whether I'm empty or not based on # of times I go, and volume outputted). Although, some mornings I just can't poop right away (even though I try) and those are often days where I need to stop on the way to work, or I have an accident or whatever. Mornings in which I have to rush or leave early or whatever fall into the same category.

I've never known remission in my 1.5 years of this, recently started remi, so we'll see. I'm healing some since starting remi but the uncertainty still remains with having to go in the early am hours.
Posted 10/4/2013 8:41 PM (GMT 0)
iPoop do you have urgency with or without bleeding? Being unable to empty might be a symptom of IBS. You might have both IBS and IBD.
Posted 10/4/2013 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
I don't bleed, at least I haven't since the flare has been under control.
Posted 10/4/2013 9:45 PM (GMT 0)
When i was flaring I would go a bunch of times in the morning and empty out. Now that I am in remission, I usually go once and that's it.
Posted 10/5/2013 5:53 AM (GMT 0)
i got at least five times in the two hours before i leave for work
Posted 10/5/2013 5:19 PM (GMT 0)
I almost always go once immediately after getting up and usually again after I eat breakfast. Sometimes I go a third time later that morning or in the afternoon. I find it really depends on what I eat. This is when Im in remission when flaring, it's a lot more often.
Posted 6/14/2014 7:42 AM (GMT 0)
Hi guys, i know this is an old thread but this is my biggest problem at the minute. Ive recently just got out of hospital from a serve flare, lost around 20 lbs in weight e.t.c. The issue I'm having is that i seem everything i have ate the day before must be emptied the morning after for me to feel empty. The stool formation is fairly normal, no blood, a little bit skinny but no where near like diarrhoea. My question is why is this happening, is this low rectal inflammation? As the symptoms i get are lots of gas, urgency, faecal incontinence, and some slight constipation. Any info would be great

Anthony

Currently Taking 4.8g Mesalamine Oral Tablets
Tapering 40mg Prednisilone
Twice Daily Salofalk Suppositories 1

Diagnosed With Left Sided Colitis September 2013

Experiencing Urgency, Faecal Incontinence, High Amounts Of Gas, But Formed Stools
Believe Its Down To Low Rectal Inflammation
Posted 6/15/2014 12:57 PM (GMT 0)
I'm having the same type of one BM per day in the morning which after the last flare is an improvement for me. Minus constipation. Consistency varies - Acacia gum improved consistency (more formed) and cut down the number of BM (started with 1 scoop which reduce the BM to two per day, the second scoop reduced it further to one).
Gas is related to the food I eat (even if I'm on a gluten free, lactose free, low fibre diet) - more gas towards the evening and some during the night - some food causes a lot more gas them other (cauliflower for example would wake me up during the night to pass some gas). Keeping a diary (food +BM, gas, etc) helps in identifying problem foods.
My problem with urgency is getting better now - it is related to food (for example yogurt - SCD style, so I cut it totally from my diet, or food with more fibre). I also get it sometimes when I run (ponding the asphalt would get a BM on its way).
Colour (clay-yellowish) is usually showing problem with digestion and malabsorbtion. The narrow form is due to the low rectal inflammation, it took couple month to get to a slightly fuller form.

Do you take any vitamins, supplements or probiotics? If you lost so much weight your body is surely deficient - I'm taking Iron, Zinc, Omega 3, Vit D3, Vit B, Vit K2, Vit C plus probiotics (2x Nova 27 billions + 1x VSL#3).

Good look and be patient, it takes time to heal the guts!
Posted 6/16/2014 10:02 AM (GMT 0)
Yep. Soon after I wake up, about 9am-10am. I don't go too much, I guess. Like 4-5 bm per day, but it's the looseness and urgency that sucks.
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