bowel movement
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The findings also suggest a meaningful biological connection between bowel movement frequency and IBS, a condition that affects millions of people worldwide.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
However, things didn’t quite go to plan and Indigo became stressed and showed signs of meconium aspiration syndrome, which basically means he had a bowel movement inside of me and that became an emergency.”
From BBC ● May 27, 2024
She said that she hadn’t had a normal bowel movement since she moved to the desert community, and that their skin was always dry and itchy from showering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
The first, a 2019 study, tested umbilical cord blood for traces of acetaminophen and the second, published in 2020, measured acetaminophen in babies' first bowel movement.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2023
Warm water often caused Clare to have a bowel movement, yet no matter how gross the water, Mandy and I would still have to get in it later.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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