Average 'Number Twos'

[Bob A Job]

Strange question here, and not for the dinner table.

But how often do you 'Number Two' a day? My Mrs says im wierd because i go at least three times a day every day, without fail. and often large amounts. She only goes three or four times a week! which of us is normal?

[dirtyharriet]

I'd say you both are. Three times a day is normal for you and 3-4 times a week is normal for her. It's all very individual.I think it's only when there is a change in your usual habits that there is a cause for concern.

[Bob A Job]

So DH, how often do you?

[Gilli]

Errrmmmm ...... I'm all over the place (metaphorically, not literally, speaking) as I suffer from IBS. Unfortunately, that has been pretty much "normal" for me for more than 20 years and I hate it.

I've always read, like DH says, that so long as people feel healthy then any regular pattern is normal for them.

However, one thing I have noticed over the years, with different boyfriends and a teenage son, is that men tend to go more than women (or at least more than me). I know that's a bit of a weeping statement ! 

[artee]

I know someone who goes once every 1 or 2 weeks, and she does not have a swollen abdomen. She burns much of it off obviously, she eats plenty.
Others I know are regular as clockwork, once a day at the same time of day.
With me it's as soon as I arise every day, no matter what the time.  Good to get it out of the way.

[goldheart]

I only smoke in the afternoon but sometimes if I smoke in the morning it makes me go within 10 minutes of having the fag... if I dont smoke, my bowels wait til later on in the day...

I read something everytime I go to the toilet - I find that it helps? Do other people share this? My friends laugh. Sometimes I surprise myself and go just because Ive been reading - and definately didnt feel like going!!

[dirtyharriet]

To answer your question, Bob A Job I go once maybe twice a day.

[flaming]

I hope posters to this question look at the one about loo paper usage  (1st June).

[artee]

Smoking and reading are both 'relaxants' and this would relax the bowel and enable evacuation.

[Minimatronic]

eve magazine has this in the 'how normal are you?' bit! how apt.  apparently, we average 8.2 a week.  11% of people go twice a day.  and to be healthy, regularity is the key.

[lizzierose]

Its proabably linked to the old fibre intake as well I'd have guessed. Eat loads of fibre and you go more. Eat less food genreally and go less as well i suppose so women probably do go less frequently than men. which is pretty much the case for everyone I've lived with

PS i wasn't keeping tabs you just notice these things after a hile

[toecrusher]

my husband can go 3 or 4 times before lunchtime and then again in the evening. i go once every couple of days