Goodman states that people produce one ounce of poop for each 12 pounds of their body weight. This means the more you weigh, the heavier your poop will be. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the average man in the U.S. weighs 195.7 pounds, and the average woman weighs...
Also, breathing is really important with many kinds of prostate massage – make sure that you take deep and long breaths, allowing your body to feel all the sensations of the massage as you slowly inhale and exhale your breath. Try to be as mindful as possible with your breathing; it’s ...
Constipation is no fun, but you don't have to be stuck feeling backed up forever. Here's how to make yourself poop if you feel like you need to go, but can't.
When taking fiber supplements, Goldstein adds that it’s important to pair that with apre and probioticto help replenish the anal microbiome. So, take your pre and probiotic in the morning and then your fiber supplement before bed to kickstart your digestion and prepare your body to poop afte...
Unfortunately, there’s a bit of a catch here, which is important for expectation-setting. When you poop, your body should expel all the stool in your rectum, but some fecal matter might get left behind. While you probably don’t have to worry about pooping on your partner, you should ...
A 20-year-old in the United Kingdom had to go to the hospital after a butt plug she was using got stuck in her bowels — here's how to keep this from happening to you.
there are things that can make our bodies produce more of the chemicals associated with sexual desire. Something that lowers inhibitions in the mind, such asalcoholormarijuana, might also create (or allow) the desire to have sex. Sometimes, just thinking something is an aphrodisiac makes it app...
While relaxing and constricting the pubococcygeus (PC) muscles is like the anal version ofdoing Kegels, you don't really need to worry about working these out for sex right now. To start, just relax and let your butthole muscles go like you’re about to poop (you won’t, probably)....
This is why rimming can be so pleasurable. So when you’re preparing to penetrate, just use the tip of everything or you risk causing her the sensation of having to poop without any of the mitigating pleasure. In fact, early on in your anal sex exploration, you may not even want to ...
Gabrielle Kassel (she/her) is a sex and wellness journalist who writes at the intersection of queerness, sexual health, and pleasure. In addition to Women’s Health, her work has appeared in publications such as Shape, Cosmopolitan, Well+Good, Health, Self, Men’s Health, Greatist...