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Not being able to pee after delivery! Anyone else?

ifoundmyromeoifoundmyromeo member
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My first baby was vaginal birth, second csection, and I have my 3rd on the way.  With both deliveries, I could not pee on my own for 2 days and needed to get a catheter.  The vaginal delivery was the worst having to get the catheter, csection not as bad...... But wondering if this happened to anyone else, and if anyone has any tips to pee! 
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  • utgirl2utgirl2 member
    i was the same way vaginal for my first and c-section for the second.  I also had an ectopic pregnancy where they did surgery to remove my left tube using three very small incisions.  Even after that surgery I couldn't pee for about a day.  Don't know what to tell you but I feel for ya!
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  • VegasbbVegasbb member

    So this was one of the worst parts for me about my C section recovery! My C-section was at 9 AM, and my doctor wanted me up and moving around by 6 PM that day. The nurses removed my cath and IV so I could do some laps around the hospital. This was fine. They informed me I had to pee on my own by midnight or they'd have to put a new cath in. I wasn't worried at all, figured peeing would be easy. 

    At 8 PM I tried peeing, could not do it. I felt like I had to pee, but literally could not pee. Most frustrating thing ever. The nurses tried peppermint oil (allegedly that helps). Still nothing. At midnight they tried to put a new cath in, but everything was swollen and it was SO PAINFUL. Literally most painful procedure I've ever had. I cried and begged them not to do it because of the pain, so they gave me until 2 AM to pee .

    Finally the only thing that helped was a warm peri bottle. No clue why that helped, but was able to pee at 1:30 AM.

    Sorry for the long response, but this was a major issue for me and I wish I had more warning that this was a C section side effect!  

    DS1 : 10/2012
    Due with B/G Twins July 2015
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  • emberlee3emberlee3 member

    I had a catheter after my vaginal delivery because I had a bad tear and had to get spinal anesthesia for the repair.  The catheter came out the next morning and I peed without any problem.

    After my c/s, the catheter was removed the next morning.  I had a lot of difficulty peeing for the first few days--it took me a really long time and a lot of concentration each time I had to go.  Then it was a couple more weeks where I couldn't really sense the need to go, but was able to empty my bladder if I did go to the bathroom.  After a few weeks, I was back to normal.

    ETA: a warm peri bottle helped me go when I had difficulty.

    DS born 8/8/09 and DD born 6/12/12.
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  • JSabs09JSabs09
    I was threatened with the catheter being put back in the first night after my c section as they were monitoring my urine out put and I just chugged water like you read about and was able to go enough for the nurses to avoid putting the catheter back in.  I did that all night long and into the next morning until they were annoyed with me monitoring my own out put... haha.  My only suggestion: drink TONS of fluids.  It worked for me.  Big Smile
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  • JG362009JG362009
    This is the worst part about a c-section, I think.  I had my catheter removed about 12 hours post op but it felt terrible and peeing felt so painful and weird.  I almost had to have a bladder ultrasound because it felt like I wasn't voiding anything and like it didn't work anymore. Sorry about this.  It did get better eventually. 
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  • MichelleL1118MichelleL1118 member
    I had issues after both c/s, after the catheter was removed (roughly 6 hours after surgery).  My L&D nurse & the pp nurses all said they preferred to leave the catheter in for at least 12-18 hours to make sure the spinal has fully worn off.  Both times, I was told I had 6 hours to pee on my own or I'd have to be cath'ed again, and both times it took about 7 hours and a lot of focused energy to manage to pee.  It got easier by the next morning, when I got to that 18+ hours post-surgery mark that the nurses preferred to see.
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  • kdg31684kdg31684

    This was one of the worst parts of recovery for me too.  They took mine out and I could not go on my own, and it was like the nurse didn't believe me.  Finally they straight cathed me and got 1000ml.  I thought I was going to explode.  It happened again later that day so they finally put one back in until the next day.  When I saw the dr the next day, he's like they should have just left it in to begin with because bladder lost muscle tone because of spinal.  So I'm making sure this is one of my first conversations in recovery.  I do not want to go thru that again.

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  • nc@hotmail.comnc@hotmail.com member

    Yes! My 2nd CS was two weeks ago. I was pee shy, I just couldn't get a stream to start and stay. I would go a few drops and then have to force out a few more drops then a few more. I drank tons of water and used the peri bottle of warm water while trying. I eventually voided enough that the nurse decided they didn't have to re-cath me. Thankfully.

     

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