Still havent had a bowel movment!

[kimtoomey 1]

Hi all,

I had my gastric sleeve on Tuesday and have still not had a BM. Is this normal? When should I get concerned?

[Cupcake 801]

Hi this is normal because you are taking in only fluids not solids it will return my return after 5 days if surgery by the wY welcome to the losers bench.

[2cute2bbig 38]

Im glad because i haven't had a bm either and i also had my gastric bypass on Tuesday 6/3....I was starting to get worried

Edited June 7, 2014 by 2cute2bbig

[Lthomas 23]

I had my surgery 6/4, had my first BM today which caught me by surprise- it just started coming out and I had to walk really fast to the bathroom :-( I think for me one thing that is causing the stomach upset is all of the sugar free products (popsicles, Jello, drinks, etc).

[FayeJ 13]

I'm taking milk of magnesia to stay regular until I start taking a "normal" diet

[JMAC79 0]

I had my bypass on 04/15 and it's normal not got have a BM for about a week-ish. Take Milk of Magnesia everyday. I take a still softener.

[Amyllf2 206]

I had my surgery 4/15. For the last 8 weeks I have spent more than my fair share of time in the bathroom. While everything worked, I would not call any of it "normal" BM. Today, 1 day shy of 8 weeks, I finally had what I would a normal BM!!!

Just shows how each journey is so different.