During a colostomy, your surgeon moves one end of your large intestine to the outside of your abdominal wall and attaches a colostomy bag to your abdomen. When stool passes through your large intestine, it drains into the bag. The stool that goes into the bag is usually soft or liquid. A colostomy is often temporary.

Do you still poop with an ostomy?

Some permanent ostomy surgeries require the removal of the colon and rectum, yet there may still be a feeling of the need to have a bowel movement. This is normal and should ease with time. If you still have your rectum, mucus may build up and pass from the rectum the same way as a bowel movement.

How do you poop after a colostomy?

Stool After Colostomy Surgery During colostomy surgery, part of the large intestine and/or rectum is removed. A part of the large intestine is brought through a surgical opening made in the abdomen for stool to leave the body. A colostomy bag is placed over the stoma to collect the stool as it leaves the body.