I have had then so painful, that I feel like I am literally having contractions. It is not "normal;" persay to feel this way it is just a part of Endo. This usually happend to me after my period and yes it is very painful to the point that I nearly get sick to my stomach.

I have been told this is pretty common with bowel endo and I have this.
Where is your pain? That can indicate a lot of different issues.
-Pain in the lower area when it comes out is sometimes rectal endo (which I have).
-Pain when it is processing and in the abdomen as it gets near time to come out is often bowel adhesions or endo near the bowel acting up.
I often feel nauseous, then get cramping feelings in my bowels, then I get pain as it comes out, as I have all three of the above.
Some tips to help it:
-avoid dairy completely for a week or two and see if this is causing any of the spasms/pain etc. Often lactose intolerance feels exactly like bowel endo (again, I have both).
- try limiting wheat products but definitely do not eat ANY white bread, white flour products, pastries etc. They will cause it to be hard to go. If you need bread, eat whole wheat and limit it. Again, this eliminated a lot of my pain until period time (where it came no matter what).
-Avoid all caffeine, alcohol and fried foods. All increase prostaglandins and increase bowel/endo pain. They also make it harder to go....

Hope that helps. I can say that bowel endo is by far the worst of my problems. Going in public places is humiliating and often I want to scream it is so painful!!!

YES! I actualy get sick,butt,leg pain if its a realy bad Bm! and I started to take fiber stuff sometimes, then I have been doing more excersise because that makes a big diffrence , we sit so much alot of us or laydown because we don't want to move but the more you do that the more your body dosn't funtion normal even if U don't have endo, people that are in wheelchairs truck drivers ,take pain pills or other meds that costapate U they all extperience it but not quite like us!.....I can't have sex if I feal like I may have to have a bm.... I never had problems with my bm untill 8mo. in to the bad pain and after the 2nd endo surg. I felt it get way way worse! about month after!...

ive been told that i dont have endo in my pelvic area and to just suffer with the pains i get. Bowel pain is one of them, on the first two days of my period trying to use the toilet is just agony. i urge to go, but when i try it feels as if im being stabed with a knife..its so sore, i can sit there for nera enough an hour..I eat alot of fibre etc, its jsut teh pain that makes it hard to go. I use a hot water bottle and place it on my tummy.

omg yes i get this! i cry all the time i have a bm. i also get really nauseous, then i start getting pelvic pain with it. ive always had this even when i was an infant it just gets worse when im on my period