Hi all.
41 year old female here. I've had two kids, but I first started noticing this in the twilight of my alcohol addiction. Luckily I successfully quit cold turkey in March 2022.
I always assumed that was the main driver of my bowel issues, not the 9lb babies. It's not as bad as it used to be because my system is a little more regulated, though I still do struggle with mild constipation.
But, if I get a stomach bug? Forget about it. Until the symtom is entirely gone I will wake up covered in diarrhea multiple times. Sometimes I even feel my bowels let go when I'm awake, as If I no longer can fully feel the urge.
I used to have hemorrhoids that would bleed every poop. I haven't noticed that lately so I assumed they'd cleared up.
Has anyone experienced this? Was it hemorrhoids or did you just need to do your pelvic floor exercises more often?