Bowel movements are a personal experience, no doubt. We all have our own personal observations, and mothers observe their own movements and those of their children as they are growing, but as we mature, we tend to keep such topics to ourselves with a rare chance to discuss them outside the realm of humor or exaggeration. As such, describing bowel movements runs the gamut from quaint-but-uninformative….to descriptive-bordering-on-disgusting.
To the rescue comes the BRISTOL STOOL CHART, which allows for a 1-7 scale to describe our excreta. Take a look >>>HERE<<< to gain a new language for talking about your bowels.