https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 07 Nov 2026 22:25:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968865 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:28:47 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1968865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I'm the odd one out to say it doesn't really bother me when people talk about it. :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968832 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:04:36 +0000 LuLu Mom 1968832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha I don't get weirded out (unless it is at dinner time, that is not dinner conversation and that is gross) but we talk about LO's all the time (she's obsessed with it, and she's potty training who am I to shut it down!) My friends and I talk about it (pregnancy constipation, ect.) and I don't' think it's weird. I wouldn't bring it up to a stranger or a coworker or anything though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968813 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 09:47:56 +0000 artsyfartsy 1968813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm definitely the same. My family is the same too, but I had a friend/coworker once who would come back from the bathroom and give me a play by play! She did it because she knew I hated it but it was all just funny. But gross. Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968711 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:39:33 +0000 edelweiss 1968711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i have no problem talking about poop in detail with DH, but i don't share those details with friends or even other family members. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968575 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 23:47:48 +0000 Meowkers 1968575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My family talks about BM all the time. But we're all just very open with each other. We talk about a lot of things that others may consider too private to discuss with others. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968524 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 22:33:42 +0000 erinpye 1968524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's normal to talk about that often, and my family definitely isn't one that talks about it. I get grossed out by the potty training play-by-play posts on FB, too! It's one thing to be vague, it's another to discuss in detail... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968513 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 22:27:12 +0000 Mama Bird 1968513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't imagine talking about that with family! I do discuss DS's... habits... with DH because the kid is so little we need to make sure he stays regular, but that's it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968509 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 22:25:32 +0000 pui 1968509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The closest I get to taking about my BM with someone is saying "I didn't have a good time in the bathroom today" or "I think I have stomach problems". </p> <p>I say the word "diarrhea" in a hushed voice lol.</p> <p>I definitely don't get in to details about texture or color with anyone but a doctor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968452 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:45:41 +0000 Anagram 1968452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dont talk about it (unless there's an issue and I HAVE tell tell people for some reason. I'm also the rare bird that feels like burping and farting should be silent/in the bathroom/not talked about....even at home. I have many friends who have like, fart wars with their husbands, and I will just never ever do that. Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968448 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:42:34 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1968448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I won't talk about it with just anyone but my best friend I will. Especially now that she's a nurse, sometimes I have a question &amp; she needs a little detail. It's kind of awkward but it doesn't bother either of us. I wouldn't say anything about it to a coworker or anything though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968445 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:40:47 +0000 NurseDMB 1968445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: yeah, there's definitely a big difference. My coworkers and I talk about gross stuff all the time, but I see no need to talk about poop with my friends and family lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968444 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:39:17 +0000 Ra 1968444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There is very, very little that I am grossed out by. I don't go around broadcasting my bodily functions but I have no qualms talking about them to friends or family if the topic comes up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968441 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:37:42 +0000 mrbee 1968441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a guy, and lots of guys talk about this all the time. I don't talk about it myself, but it's not a big deal to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968440 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:37:40 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1968440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseDMB: I'm in nursing school too, and not grossed out by wounds or vomit- but poop? Yes. But it's different with a patient versus my family wanting to discuss it socially! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968437 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:35:58 +0000 Astro Bee 1968437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't say it grosses me out, but I definitely don't feel the need or desire to discuss bowel movements with anyone. I really only shared that I had been feeling constipated with DH due to the fact that I would spend so much time in the bathroom when I needed to #2, and then because he would ask if everything was okay. We were on vacation together when it started, so it was super obvious how long I was taking when he'd have to wait outside the bathroom at the airport or I'd be gone from the table at the restaurant for a long time. I'd usually preempt those trips with a "I might be awhile" so he wouldn't worry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968436 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:34:53 +0000 NurseDMB 1968436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a nurse so nothing really grosses me out, but I just think it's weird/rude to talk about something like that with people. It's definitely a private thing.</p> <p>My inlaws are like this and it drives me crazy - they see no issue with talking about stuff like this during dinner. I think it's weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968435 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:30:07 +0000 blackbird 1968435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: no that's too much!!! Particularly, maybe especially, since you have said you don't want to talk about it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968428 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:21:27 +0000 birdofafeather 1968428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um no. I talk to DH about DD's poops and even that I find totally crazy.</p> <p>ETA: crazy in a "I never thought I'd talk about this" kinda way. So no, I don't talk about my own bathroom activities outside my DH and that's only if there is an issue! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968421 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:14:27 +0000 jetsa 1968421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No I hate it, now that I have a kid all of his care providers think I need details, umm as long as it's normal then I'm good.</p> <p>We have friends who discuss it too and I just can't handle it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968413 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:10:08 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1968413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: yeah it's honestly gotten to the point where it's become kind of disrespectful. Like I've stated so many times that I don't like it and don't want to participate, but I get teased for it.<br /> Glad to know it's not just me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968411 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:08:08 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1968411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: seriously my SIL likes to talk about how important it is to be regular, and what it should look like, etc. and will describe it in detail! It's sooo disgusting. </p> <p>She will also talk about periods at detail too. And I am more tolerable of that, but not as social conversation.</p> <p>@Mrs.Someone: 100000% agree. If I have issues, I'll go speak with my doctor, thank you very much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968409 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:05:31 +0000 youboots 1968409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eh no. This is way out of my comfort zone. I rarely even talk about anything with M, it was a struggle to discuss constipation during pregnancy. I will flat out tell people that I find it unappealing to talk about what they do in their bathrooms. I'll say it twice or leave if needed. I'm not prude about most things.</p> <p>Boundaries people, come on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968403 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:00:18 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1968403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gross! Bathroom activities should remain private... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968401 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:59:40 +0000 blackbird 1968401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will talk with friends if the conversation comes up...I have issues and will gladly share what meds work for me! But it's not like a detailed thing....some people really get into it and I think it's unnecessary. But I would never delve into it unprompted! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968399 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:58:57 +0000 Applesandbananas 1968399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Weird!! </p> <p>DH and I joke occasionally but no one else discusses the bathroom! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-this-normal-8#post-1968395 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:56:43 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1968395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay... This is a really weird question. So I have a sister in law who is obsessed with talking about BM's, and I think it's disgusting. But she brings it up all.the.time, and even more around me knowing how much I hate talking about anything related to excretion of anything from the body. Well I'm basically the only one in my family who hates it. And they talk about it at nearly every family gathering! (Sometimes just to purposefully bother me)<br /> At first I thought my family was just odd. </p> <p>But then one of my best friends at work just started talking about it and when I got grossed out and said I don't want to know, she thought I was weird. </p> <p>Seriously is it normal for people to share such personal (gross) details about themselves?!<br /> I like to just be ignorantly bliss and keep my bathroom life very, very, very private. This includes my child too. Like I hate it when people post pictures of their kid being potty trained, or potty training success stories on FB- I really, really don't want to know. </p>