OMG this was my biggest concern !! Mine lasted about 16 days and I had regular bowel movements from say 3! I was googling it and people kept saying it goes in a week I was so worried i had actually put on weight! But it did go but really got me down at the beginning ! They say it’s from a few things, pain relief makes you constipated, all the air from surgery and also if you didn’t have drains; all the fluid working it’s way out too xz