hanging on to a full bladder.....

Hi Soupy,

I wondered the same thing - does a full bladder make it more like to stretch and hang more or progress the symptoms?

Our bladders should be able to hold alot and we should be able to go for long lengths of time between bathroom visits so what is the best thing to do?

I am guessing those with more experience of this may have some answers.

A

Hi Anita

My logic about the design of the body tells me that a full bladder will be a bit like a pessary. I can go with a very full bladder for some time, eg a long car journey home, when it is not easy to find a toilet before I come home. I just leak a dribble when I get out of the car sometimes, so I just go to the toilet when I get home & change knickers if necessary. I often change knickers during the day anyway. It's no big deal.

I don't think that something as simple as a full bladder would cause further damage. If I were you I would do a properly-timed dummy run tomorrow just to see what happens.

Cheers

Louise

Hi Louise,

Having a full bladder doesn't cause me any leakages. I used to have mild stress incontinence which I developed after my son was born nearly 6 years ago but I have to say that I haven't had any problems there for awhile. I am beginning to think that when the prolapse started the incontinence went away as my cervix is probably putting pressure on something. I can have a full bladder and cough or sneeze without any accidents. The only time I feel urgency for the bathroom is in the morning but that is nothing new since my son was born.

I was just wondering if having a really full bladder would cause it to stretch or worsen a prolapse. Perhaps Christine might have some intersting info for us.

Thanks.

A

my feeling is anything is okay for a short period of time- is the ultrasound for a pregnancy? If so... consider not doing it- Do one later when a full bladder isn't necessary. 18 weeks or so

Hi

i remember going for an ultrasound for my prolapse and googling "danger's or ultrasound" - (i sorta check - "danger's of " a lot of things before doing them from varninshing floor's onwards these day's :) and was surprised about what contraversy surrounds these test's and apparantly how little is gained from having them so frequently, so it's worth checking out.

I also remember avoiding a test involving catherisation and something like monitered urination as my hunch was it involved some sort of trauma to the urethra and i felt there wasn't much to be gained from it.

I tend to go with my body's instinct's on these things a lot more now and i like to err on the side of caution specially if there's not much to be gained.

Best wishes

Anne-helen

I have a small ovarian cyst - it was found in August of 2006. I've had 4 trans-vaginal ultrasounds since then - thank goodness the last one showed that it is shrinking. But I had to drink 32 ounces of water 1 hour before the tests. I didn't see that having a full bladder affected anything regarding my uterine prolapse. The prolapse moved out of the way during the test. I think I have a small cystocle - it popped out once when I was experimenting with a sea sponge as a pessary, but otherwise I can't see it and it didn't appear as a result of drinking water for the ultrasound.

I decided not to have surgery to remove the cyst, and instead have opted to watch it. I'm glad I made that decision, since it is now shrinking and only the ultrasounds have provided me with that knowledge.

Goldfinch

Hi

good point - when i said usefull i was refferring to something like you're case. I should have been more clear.. the gist of some of the pieces were that say for eg. test's during pregnancy don't apparantly need to be done quite so often. Some association with possible birth defect's heat /radiation - sorry can't remember the detail's..

But, it's definately not an area of expertise, just wanted to pass on a thougth that not all test's are benign and *if there's not much they can tell you extra, than say a visual test, then it's worth avoiding.

Plus the test i was talking about for filling the bladder was more a bladder function test, suggested relating to the prolapse and i think catherisation. I really didn't need it and my gut was to avoid the unneccesary there.

I'm glad you found the test uefull for you and it helped you.

Best wishes