Natural BM after an enema

Someone DID ask, so I might as well state right here on the forum:

I DO still keep a couple of jugs of water with bars of ivory soap floating in them

It's one bar, one jug, but always a few days before it's ready. If the enema is advance planned, which it usually is, it gets shaken the night before the enema and the morning again a few minutes before it goes in the bag. The more soapy the water the better!!!

Any Epsom Salt, Table salt or glycerin or anything else is added then.

Since that water is cold, what I do is fill the bag halfway with it, then fill it the rest of the way with tap water, as hot as I can make it. When the two are mixed I get comfortably warm water. I always attach the hose in the bathroom and set the bag on the dresser while I'm prepping the bed, That means laying on it's side. I then hang it so that it's hanging while I'm taking a pee. That's when I attach the nozzle, and get into position.

That way 10 minutes or so later, when I DO finally open the valve the hot tap water and the cold soapy water have mixed and I have a warm but not hot enema right for injection and 15 minute retention.

Only time it's ever an issue is those few occasions where I either didn't prep well or did something wrong, and needed more than 5 rounds to get to a clear return. Rare now because I usually take anywhere from 20-30 mg oral bisacodyl about two hours before injection. Usually I can get it to kick in between the third and fourth rounds, making more than 5 rounds unnecessary

If I take just one enema sometimes I will have a natural BM the next day. This all depends on factors like how long I held the enema and if I took the whole two-quart bag. It is rare that I just take one enema. I usually do a series of three minimum. Not after that, it will take me at least three days to have a natural BM.

My normal BMs occur every 2 -3 days. However after doing a good clean out of 3-5 enemas, the last few with a 5' colon tube, my first natural BM after that normally doesn't occur for 5-7 days.

It usually takes me a day to have a bowel movement. Two to three days for my bm's to return to normal.

I almost always do my enema series in the morning and go for a pretty complete cleanout, and typically I won't have another movement until the next morning or midday.

It usually takes me about three days to return to pooping on my own. When I do get an enema, it is almost always a large series, so it takes a while to fill up again. Quite often I'll be able to have another enema within a couple days, so might not have a natural poo for some time.

Because I have chronic constipation, it is rare for me to have any kind of natural BM at all after an enema. Typically, I wait four to five days after an enema in hopes of something happening When it doesn't, I am forced to take another enema, a dulcolax suppository, or an oral laxative.

When I was a kid and my colon was not as wrecked as it is now, I would usually have a natural BM three days after being given an enema or laxative.

What I know and have personally experienced is every person's system is different and for different reasons.

After I receive an enema I can return to "normal" bowel movements the next day, or not. Alot depends on your food intake, (quantity, types of food, solids, liquids, etc.) and metabolism as well, not to mention your digestive tract and how it breaks things dow

My son is pretty much the same, whereas my daughters have historically taken as much as 2 or 3 days. I used to think that perhaps they were "holding back", but that's not the case.

Unless there is some physiological diagnosis, and presuming all things are normal there are a lot of variables that need to be considered and they will vary case to case.

Play safe!

Whenever I've had my enema series, I've almost always do enemas till clear so it's usually three days before I have a normal BM

For me, it takes a few days, depending on how extensive the enema series were. I did a cleaning out on Thursday night, and I've yet to have a BM...

Update: the magic has happened.. Lol.

When I do a series on the weekend, I'll still have a BM the next day. Good metabolism I guess. 😃

If I only have 2 or 3 enemas then the next day is normal. If I do more like the 6 I did yesterday then I won't have a BMI til the second day.

Usually normal the next day for me. Even after a colonic. I have often travelled on long flights and do my best to try and not need to go during the travel. It was 30 hours door to door. For me I cant gain 24 hours before back to normal even if I would have preferred it to be longer.

Yup, if I do a FULL clean-out, it can be 3 days or so before I am pooping again. If I just do one enema, then I might start the next day.

Jon

Is it possible that your partner simply loves giving you enemas? I don't know if you're post is to describe your disdain at her wanting to slide the enema device up into you often, or not. Was it a complaint? Please clarify

I think 2 days is probably about the gold standard. Smaller enemas can be less but a good 2 quart cleanout and a rinse can easily be 2 days or more depending on your diet.

Today is saturday, on thursday my partner gave me what was effectively a colonic, with me in the bath and the colon tube tied into me, first litre was soapy, lost count after that, but many litres of plain water later i was pretty pooped out you might say, as yet, no sign of mr poop appearing.....im keeping a simple chart to see what happens. update later .

I suspect that everyone is different and the natural cycle various from person to person. Generally, it takes me about three full days before back on a regular schedule, if there is such a thing as regular.

At least five days, maybe six. But then, I have a very large colon!

Johnny

Talking of very large colon, it seems i have one too, a while back i was in hospital having a barium enema, now i didnt get to find out the size/quantity of barium in a standard bag, but they had to stop briefly as the one bagfull they had didnt fill me, and they had to send out for more !

Another comment in here somewhere was how awful it was to get a barium enema, perhaps me being used to enemas , didnt find it awful at all,

I normally do 4 quarts for enjoyment and orgasm stimulation. If I do a 4 quart enema, I usually have a natural BM the next day. Occasionally it'll take two days. After a full commercial machine colonic, it used to take two or even three days to poop again normally. I enjoy both the enemas as well as the poop-free period for awhile. Nice side effect.

Eric

I would really like to know what you guys who take multiple three and four quart enemas or do colonoscopy preps eat every day -- volume wise and food wise -- that enables you to have a "real" bowel movement the next day or even two days later. No one who takes frequent/daily or second day enemas has a real bowel movement right away.

After my colonoscopy prep last fall or after the frequent enemas I took until about a year ago due to time constraints, it took at least four days, sometimes five or six days to have a real bowel movement.

I am 5'4" and 118 pounds (same as I was in college) and a 2 1/2 to sometimes 3 quart enema is my preferred volume. I eat normal amounts of food -- meat and vegetables on a paleo/ketogenic lifestyle -- to strictly maintain my weight. I might have a few soft "marbles" of feces the next day or day after, but that's not a real bowel movement. I am not constipated, don't strain when defecating, and have "normal texture" well formed, but not hard feces.

So how much food and fiber veggies do you guys eat?

Please reply using be A NUMBER rather than "a lot", "not too much," or "a serving" which are not descriptive amounts.

For example, CUPS of vegetables, POUNDS of meat, etc. NOT "a plateful".

So far no sign of Mr Brown after two days.....

It takes a while to get a build up in the colon and a bowel movement the next day is not guaranteed.

I'm like you. All of my enema taking life, 65 years give or take, I was never able to have a regular B M the next day after an enema. It usually took at least two days before it would happen. Occasionally three days, butt like you sometimes I would need another enema to help get things started.

I always have a normal BM the next day. I'm very regular.

So how much food and fiber veggies do you guys eat?

Please reply using be A NUMBER rather than "a lot", "not too much," or "a serving" which are not descriptive amounts.

For example, CUPS of vegetables, POUNDS of meat, etc. NOT "a plateful".

I consume somewhere between 2300-3000 calories per day depending upon the mileage and the intensity of the runs I am running. I am trying to stay 300-500 calories per day below balance to slowly reduce weight, keep my energy levels up without too much of a daily deficit. I will run fasted in the morning up to 16 miles to train my body to use what is on board and not become too dependent upon fueling during the run. Race day is different but that's a short-term effect. Macros consist of approximately 50% carbs, 20% protein and 30% fat. A typical breakfast will consist of a cup of whole milk yogurt, 100 grams of blueberries, 100 grams of raspberries, 1 banana, and 40 grams of granola. There will also be milk and almond milk included. Lunch may consist of 100-120 grams of peanut butter or 120 grams of turkey and 30-60 grams of a cheese. An afternoon snack of 50 grams of whole wheat crackers which 60 grams of Jarlsberg Swiss cheese is pretty typical.

Dinner is variable from 120-180 grams of chicken or turkey. Or it will be 120-180 grams of salmon. Vegetables typically are a cup of of some green vegetable and maybe fruit. Dinner might also be pasta, or 350-400 gr of russet potato with butter and lite sour cream. Oh, and serving of ice cream. I keep a fairly detailed record of my eating (with a scale to measure it with) and have since I started running again in 2013.

I have no issues at all the next day. If anything I feel really good.

To: Switchablesusie:

Every body is different. For some, more than one movement par day is normal, so If they get one normal movement the next day and it's the volume that is normal for them,they can fairly say that they are back to "Normal" after one day, even though it may take two or three days to get back to the schedule that their body is used to. That does legitimately take few days 2-3 being the norm. Not really gonna say no one has ever gone 3-1/2 or even 4, but two is probably 70-80% of enema users

@SwitchableSusie

As a follow-up. Here's a fairly typical week (bicycling level is a little unusual but I substituted biking for running):

39.3 miles running with an additional 29.6 miles bicycling

Daily average calorie intake 3026 calories

Daily average deficit: 1456 calories

Daily average protein intake: 104 grams (goal 168 gram)

Daily average carbohydrate intake: 357 gr (goal:421 gr)

Daily average fiber intake 19 gr (goal: 30 gr)

Daily average fat intake: 126 gr (goal 112 gr)

Daily average sugar intake: 139 gr (goal 127 gr)

Calorie macros

Carbohydrates: 48% (goal: 50%)

Fat: 38% (goal: 30%)

Protein: 14% (goal: 20%)