How long before you consider yourself constipated?

My Doctor says if I don't have a BM after 2 days to "do" a warm soapy water enema on the evening of the second day. 1-1/2 enema soap packets in 48 oz.of water. It's a BIG enema for a guy with a teenager bodyframe but it gets the clog out and restores normal function for +/- 15 days.

Not a problem for me, after a little coffee in the morning, 10 - 15 mins and I have to take care of business.

I think the enemas I got from mom my aunt and grandmother gave me programmed me to the mind set I was constipated all the time. The truth was I learned to love and enjoy them to this day. I don’t need a reason to have an enema other than the enema.

I'm usually pretty regular so not a problem. But when I was pregnant constipation became my problem (my nerves affect my bowels). I was able to go 3 to 4 days before needing relief - an enema series. Not my favorite way to solve the problem, but it did work. Being pregnant the problem needed to be solved.

For me it's three days, but sometimes I'm not feeling well enough after two days without passing stools or even just after one day. E.g. if I have an important meeting on the next day and I know I wouldn't be able to go before that I'm usually getting very stressed out. In this case even one day counts as a constipation, so I have to clear things out with an enema. I think there's this psychological part in it - feeling something up in your bowels or the hard mass in your rectum and knowing it will stay inside for days if you don't take action.

My regular is every other day so if I go six days then time for an enema

When I was a kid, 1 day without a bowel movement would call for a dose of laxative at bedtime, and if I didn't go as soon as I woke up the next morning my Mom would give me a glycerin suppository to help the laxative work. If I still hadn't had a big bowel movement in about 20 minutes she would get out the enema bag and give me a big hot soapsuds enema which always cleaned me out.

I define it by feel. I may not be completely stopped up, but I “feel full” and don't empty out when I have a bowel movement. Then it's time for a good enema series. If I had to hazard a guess, it would be “every week or two.”

When i cant hear anymore

My regularity is every two days, almost like clockwork. If I don't “answer a call from the downtown office” in two days, I start to think about enema time. That's the fun part!

When I was a kid, one day with no BM and Mom would give me Castoria. Then I had to drink prune juice on day 2. If nothing happened by day 3, I would be called to the bathroom and she would give me a soapsuds enema. I dreaded day 3. Now my wife and I don’t go more than 3 days before one or the other asks for help with an enema to get cleaned out.

When I was a kid, one day with no BM and Mom would give me Castoria. Then I had to drink prune juice on day 2. If nothing happened by day 3, I would be called to the bathroom and she would give me a soapsuds enema. I dreaded day 3. Now my wife and I don’t go more than 3 days before one or the other asks for help with an enema to get cleaned out.

I think three days is about the right time frame. With my wife her time frame is longer, more like a week. She has a big bottle of Miralax that works too well alleviating the need for the bag entirely. It's a sad day