Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: does intercourse worsen your constipation

OK, I'm trying to think of how to type all this without getting too graphic. lol!

I have heard that sex can interfere with BMs - it's not the intercourse itself that's the problem, it's the O. Hmmmm, how can I explain this? Well, ya know generally you can only do one thing at a time - pee, or BM - but not both at the same time... sometimes you do both at one 'sitting' so to speak but in fact only one or the other happens at any given moment. Well it's something to do with the physical make up, I'm not sure but, maybe the muscles and so on contract/relax one way for one activity and a different way for another, and so on?

Anyway, when you O, if everything relaxed completely you'd most probably urinate or have a BM at the same time (not good!). Thankfully, that's not the case. So, obviously, there is some muscle tension there. In fact, all those organs go into conception mode: 'Yeah, a big O - let's conceive' and those vital organs and muscles go into overdrive, focusing on getting things where they ought to be in order for fertilisation to take place.....
(I seriously hope I'm making some sense here!!!)

So then, if you have the O when you were just working yourself up towards a BM, this could, in theory, delay matters for a while. Not good if you've already been suffering from C. But I'm not sure that it would have a regular or long-term effect on C.

Although you suffer from C, it might be helpful to bear this process in mind - try to work out when you think you might be due to have a BM (ie is there a certain time of day or whatever you might be more inclined to go). I suffer from C but can sometimes work out that I'm building up towards a BM later that day.

So the idea is, if you usually go in the morning, but you have a trouble going, avoid the O until you've actually been. My only other advice would be to make best use of the time when you have had a BM and feel relieved?!!! It's unlikely to hinder you much then.

Hope this is in someway helpful to you.
Shells

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