Are you afraid to POOP in public and choose to hold it until you get home?!💩🙋‍♀️

Don’t worry. You aren’t alone!❤️

I work with patients all the time that are unable to poop or pee in public BUT it can be harmful to your pelvic floor to ignore when you have the urge to go resulting in short and long terms term issues. Here’s why!⬇️⬇️⬇️

The bladder holds about 16-24 ounces of urine before you feel the urge to go for adult. It’s normal to go to the bathroom 4-10 times a day (may be more if you consume a lot of water depending on activity level). So on average, you should empty the bladder every 2-4 hours. Risks of holding urine for long periods of time include:
1. Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
2. Urinary Retention (usually results from holding pee more than 8-10 hours)
3. Bladder Atrophy and Incontinence (weakening of pelvic floor muscles
4. Bladder rupture (rare but possible if bladder hit with force or not emptied for days)

It’s even more uncomfortable to hold your POOP in. You may feel it’s socially inappropriate, embarrassing, or have a difficult time relaxing the pelvic floor to poop in public BUT I’m here to encourage you to LET IT GO! Why?

It’s not a good habit to hold your poop for long periods time. It can result in CONSTIPATION or FECAL INCONTINENCE because you start to lose the urge to poop!❌

When constipation occurs, the lower intestines absorbs water from the stool that accumulates in the rectum. Stool with less water hardens and is difficult to pass.💩

This can cause FECAL IMPACTION (hard stool is stuck on the colon/rectum). Or GASTROINTESTINAL PERFORATION (a hole in the GI tract)‼️

Also, distension or stretching of the rectum can occur from holding in poop that can result in decreased sensitivity leading to FECAL INCONTINENCE‼️

Studies have shown that chronic constipation can lead to HEMORROIDS, BLOATING, and INFLAMMATION in the colon💩

So it’s time to start pooping or peeing in PUBLIC when it’s time to go (or sometimes in nature when there is no bathroom for miles💩)

This tube girl trend is so silly but I had to jump on the train to hopefully help some peeps!🙏

TAG a friend to help give them the confidence to GO!💩⬇️

-The Belly Whisperer

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