Is it normal to have a bowel movement when you wake up in the morning?

As long as there is no sudden change in stool habits, no change in stool properties, and no symptoms such as blood in stool or mucus in stool, it is normal. The morning bowel movement is because we have a gastrocolic reflex, and many people have the habit of toileting for a while in the early morning, or the gastrocolic reflex will appear as soon as they wake up, which will produce a neurological stimulation of the sigmoid colon excrement to reach the rectum and produce stimulation and toileting. Therefore, morning bowel movement is normal for some people, as long as there are no other uncomfortable alarm symptoms, it is normal to keep the habit of morning bowel movement.