There are also periods when there is little or no horizontal motion of the water; this is called slack water. Many professional and recreational users of tide and tidal current information have a rule of thumb to assume a relationship between the times of high/low tides and the times of the currents.
However, everyoneâs bowels are unique to them, and whatâs normal for one person may not be normal for another. You can have a bowel movement anywhere from one to three times a day at the most, or three times a week at the least, and still be considered regular, as long as thatâs your usual pattern.
Some sources define constipation as having three or fewer bowel movements per week, but that is a generalization. If you normally have 2 or 3 bowel movements per day, 3 per week would indicate constipation. If three movements per week is normal for you, though, then there is no reason for concern. Constipation becomes more severe the longer it lasts.