Why do women have frequent urination and the urge to urinate after giving birth?

Women will encounter many symptoms of physical discomfort after giving birth. Among them, discomfort of the urinary system is the most common and also a symptom that causes great pressure on women. For example, frequent urination and urgency are symptoms of a disease that have a particularly large impact. It will affect the pace of life of the mother. Let’s take a look at the explanation of why women have frequent urination and the urge to urinate after giving birth. I hope everyone can understand it.

Causes of Frequent Urinary

1. Pregnancy Nervous Stress

Muscles and nerves are damaged during pregnancy, and the uterus will continue to expand and press on the bladder and pelvic floor muscles, causing urination problems before delivery. During pregnancy and childbirth (especially vaginal delivery), the pelvic floor muscles and nerves in the pelvic cavity may be injured due to excessive stretching and then become loose, thereby increasing the risk of frequent urination after childbirth.

2. Impact of psychological pressure

It takes about 6 weeks for the uterus to return to its pre-pregnancy state after delivery. Many women will have difficulty urinating 6 weeks after delivery due to the pain of the wound. For example, they are afraid that urinating will irritate the wound, increase the pain, and create psychological pressure. The psychological conflict between women's urgency to urinate and fear at the same time aggravates the urination problem.

3. Drink plenty of fluids

Pregnant women have different living habits after giving birth. For example, they drink a lot of soup every day due to breastfeeding, so they will of course go to the toilet more frequently.

It depends on your individual situation. Generally speaking, it is abnormal to need to go to the toilet less than half an hour, or to often feel the urge to urinate but urinate very little. If the situation persists, it is recommended to seek medical attention.

Experts point out that the operating mechanism of the bladder is that when the bladder is full of urine, it will transmit information to the brain to notify the body to discharge. Most people can "hold urine" for a short time, but if they have pathological urinary urgency, the urgency of urinating will increase. This condition is more common after childbirth and may be related to overactive bladder muscles. Dr. He also said that most women will gradually get better within one year after giving birth, but the situation varies from person to person.