What to do if a pregnant woman cannot urinate

Many mothers will experience difficulty urinating. This may be because the baby in the uterus grows too large, causing compression of the bladder and then the urethra, resulting in the inability to urinate. Don't worry about this symptom. It will get better after a period of time as the uterus slowly recovers, so mothers don't need to be too stressed. Next, let me tell you what to do if you can’t urinate.

1. Reasons for not being able to urinate after childbirth

There are four reasons why women have difficulty urinating after delivery, such as being unable to urinate or urinating incomplete urine:

1. During delivery, the fetus compresses the bladder for a long time, causing bladder mucosal edema, decreased tension, and poor contraction force.

2. The perineal wound causes pain, fear of urination, and urethral reflex spasm, resulting in difficulty urinating.

3. The abdominal wall relaxes, tension decreases, and urination becomes weak.

4. Pregnant women are generally required to urinate within 4 to 6 hours after giving birth. Some people are not used to urinating while lying down, so it is easy for them to have urine retention or incomplete urination. When there is residual urine, their resistance is poor, and bacteria can easily take advantage of the situation and cause urinary tract infection.

Second, the solution to postpartum urination difficulties

1. New mothers should sit more and lie down less. When lying down, the sensitivity of urination will decrease and the urine will not be discharged cleanly.

2. Listen to the sound of running water more often to stimulate the desire to urinate.

3. You can sit in hot water at 50 degrees Celsius to stimulate the senses and the contraction of the bladder muscles to achieve the purpose of urination.

4. New mothers can choose a professional massage therapist to press on the bladder to stimulate urination. Or acupuncture points to help urination.

5. You can apply hot compresses with a hot water bag on the lower abdomen or use warm water to fumigate the vulva and around the urethra. You can also use the sound of dripping water to induce urination. To promote bladder muscle contraction, you can use acupuncture on the Guanyuan, Qihai, Sanyinjiao and other acupoints.

6. Take 0.6 grams each of agarwood, amber and cinnamon and drink it with boiled water.

7. If the above methods are still ineffective, catheterization should be performed under sterile conditions and the catheter should be left in place for 24 to 48 hours to allow the bladder to fully rest. After the edema and congestion disappear, the tension will naturally recover and the bladder will be able to urinate on its own.

8. In many cases, urinary retention is actually caused by the mother’s own psychological effects. Thinking that I had just given birth, urinating would definitely cause pain in my lower body. It is because of such concerns that this situation will occur in parturient women. At this time, the husband or other family members need to help the mother eliminate this concern and help her get out of bed and urinate as soon as possible.

9. Using an enema in the anus can induce the contraction of the detrusor muscle and relaxation of the internal sphincter to cause urination. I believe this is something that many mothers have not thought of.