Hi Nicole,

Sorry that you are going through this. As others have said, symptoms of "incomplete evacuation" (meaning you don't get all the stool out at once) and mucus in stool (if that's where you think it is originating from) are signs of bowel inflammation and can be a sign of more serious bowel disorders. I urge you to stay calm, keep paying attention to how you react to foods and if you can find any other patterns, but to aggressively and proactively get a GI doctor to listen to your symptoms and check you for diseases.

Wishing you the best.