I am actually not kidding when I ask this: have you taken a look at your poop lately?

I know it sounds gross, but your poop can tell you a lot! I remember watching the Oprah episode with Dr. Oz and he wanted us all to know how serious it is that our poops be healthy! They can also tell you what to cut out of your diet and what you need more of.

Here is an article to give you a quick heads up:

CHECK YOUR POOP

I know it's hard to take this thread seriously, but you should! We can at least giggle at the title though!!!

lol.. I'll try to remember to check it out next time.

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Carly
SAHM to:
DS Levi (9)
DD Abbey (7)

I agree! When I had a sponge in me back in 2004, the first sign to ME that something was wrong was that my poop looked different. I knew something was wrong. I asked my doctor about it at my six week check up who told me to keep looking, but he didn't think it was serious (who would have imagined a sponge was inside of me).

It is important! Changes in bowels are signs of ovarian cancer and a lot of other stuff! But, it is gross! (I just look, don't touch.)

I also look occaisionally at my kids poops for the same reason. I am just weird that way, I guess!

We had to do this when Henry (my dog) ate part of his bed. We looked at his poop and at his vomit. It told us a lot. It also indicated when he was officially out of the woods and wouldn't need surgery.

Funny titled thread, but important idea.

Good article Christy!

I am going to ask my DH about the color of his stools actually- I think he does have that gerd thing (he has constant issues with heartburn and such- yet a few minutes after we eat- he is on the toliet!). He is not one to go to the doctor- so IF his poo is yellow- I am making him a doctor appointment!

I know the title of this is kind silly but the content of the article as well as the awareness is important to your health ladies! Please read the attached article and see what your poop is saying about your diet!

I just wanted to let you know that despite my silly comment above, I really do agree that this is important.

Poop is actually a big topic of conversation at my house because my daughter has a bowel issue. She is on medication for it and I need to monitor how well it's working, so every time she poops, she calls me in to look at it. The color, the consistency, the odor, etc. This is how we monitor how much medicine she needs, etc. When she stays with her father, he does the same thing and then reports back to me when he brings the kids home.

In my house, talking about poop is like asking "what's for dinner?"

"was it soft, was it loose, did it stink, was there food in it, did it hurt, what color was it..." and on and on and on.

lol.

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Carly
SAHM to:
DS Levi (9)
DD Abbey (7)

When i first went to a gastroenterologist (sp?) for my IBS issues, they wanted a stool sample. Talk about playing with your poo, ugh , that was nasty! I had to poop in a old cool whip container and disect it, they wanted samples from the begining, middle and end of the stool. This was after i had to scrape part of it off and into this vial with liquid in it and shake it up good, yeah, well i didn't have the top on tight enough so i had poop juice all over the bathroom wall, had to clean it up while gagging..........ugh, so when the time came to take samples of the begining/middle/end. I just ended up sticking little toothpicks with paper flags on them that said Begining-Middle-End in the appropriate places and just let the lab tech dig thru it.YUCK!!! sorry if that's TMI, just brings back icky memories! lol

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lol, country mouse. I know it's not funny, though. Not really.

I think I have IBS but I haven't been to the gastroenterologist, though. I bring my daughter to see one for her encopresis but I don't know if I dare to get that intimate with my own poop yet.

Glad to hear you're taking care of yourself!

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Carly
SAHM to:
DS Levi (9)
DD Abbey (7)

On a funny note ..... this made me think of the time that my then 2 year old swallowed the elastic from a party hat. I asked him if he swallowed it and he slurped like he was eating spaghetti .... I couldn't believe it so I asked him again and again he slurped. We ended up at the ER to make sure that he was okay ..... he was ....no x-rays since this particular elastic did not have the metal tabs on it. I still remember the doctor telling me not to search his poop for this 8 inch elastic. How could you not? I checked everytime. A few days later when he was at my parents he pooped in his diaper and there it was in all it's glory.