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Most women hoover above toilet seat in public toilets to pee?

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summerfinn · 07/06/2023 07:55

I was out this weekend and had to use the toilet to pee. I normally hoover above toilet seat to pee in public toilets and was thinking to myself this is difficult especially if I need to do a long pee🙈😂 Is this what most women do too or am I being extra germ conscious and should just wipe the seat and sit down? Sorry if tmi but I'm just curious

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TellerTuesday · 07/06/2023 12:09

"None of us are scraping our fannies over the seat to deposit any kind of bodily fluid on there, are we"

This sentence wins it for me

HerbsandSpices · 07/06/2023 12:06

FatOaf · 07/06/2023 12:04

Can't see the linked site as it doesn't allow you in unless you agree to be spied on. However, urine filtered by your kidneys and stored in your bladder is sterile (unless you have an infection). However, there is a normal microbiome in your urethra, so the urine you pass will contain some bacteria & fungi picked up during transit from the bladder.

It didn't ask to spy on me.

HerbsandSpices · 07/06/2023 12:06

OneFlipflopleft · 07/06/2023 12:05

doesnt anyone hover with the seat up?

Only if it's already up.

OneFlipflopleft · 07/06/2023 12:05

doesnt anyone hover with the seat up?

FatOaf · 07/06/2023 12:04

Can't see the linked site as it doesn't allow you in unless you agree to be spied on. However, urine filtered by your kidneys and stored in your bladder is sterile (unless you have an infection). However, there is a normal microbiome in your urethra, so the urine you pass will contain some bacteria & fungi picked up during transit from the bladder.

Indigodreaming · 07/06/2023 12:04

IHeartGeneHunt · 07/06/2023 07:57

I never hover over the seat. Haven't caught anything horrific yet.

me either

HerbsandSpices · 07/06/2023 12:03

seawitchhair · 07/06/2023 11:58

Yes.

Is Urine Sterile? What the Research Says (healthline.com)

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Thanks. I stand corrected and won't think it's sterile in future. Now I have more reason to hover.

seawitchhair · 07/06/2023 11:58

HerbsandSpices · 07/06/2023 11:54

Please elaborate. Have I been lied to?

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Yes.

Is Urine Sterile? What the Research Says (healthline.com)

bengalcat · 07/06/2023 11:55

I just wipe off anything left behind and sit down

HerbsandSpices · 07/06/2023 11:54

seawitchhair · 07/06/2023 11:53

Healthy urine is sterile

It's not, actually.

Please elaborate. Have I been lied to?

seawitchhair · 07/06/2023 11:54

My2pence2day · 07/06/2023 11:42

Interesting, is this different to squatting though? Because squatting is superior to sitting (in terms of your bowels anyway)

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Completely different set of muscles engaged in squatting. Urologists warn against hovering to pee.

seawitchhair · 07/06/2023 11:53

Healthy urine is sterile

It's not, actually.

katepilar · 07/06/2023 11:52

This thread made me wonder... how do all posters know its the hoveres who drip the urine on the seats? I assume there would be people who let it happen even if they sit down and then are not particuarly smart with wiping? From what I gathered /not entirely sure how/ lots/most women wipe from the front and perhaps standing up which also leaves room for leaving drops behind?

HerbsandSpices · 07/06/2023 11:51

Stravaig · 07/06/2023 11:42

OP, it almost seems to cruel to point out to you all the crap on all the shared public surfaces that we all touch whilst out in the world, that we then transfer everywhere else, including our own faces, hair, bodies, even into our mouths and lungs. People touch their faces all the time, mostly without realising.

Don't you remember the particulate modeling during Covid? Or the visualisations done with coloured dyes showing how quickly and comprehensively we pick up and smear microorganisms (dye) all over ourselves and our environment?

A possible germ on the back of your thighs being transferred to your clothing and then bedlinen is the least of your worries.

Healthy urine is sterile but I don't want it on me for the rest of the day. If someone has splashed all over the toilet and wiped it dry, I don't want to sit on it. That just feels gross. Germs in the environment don't bother me but it's a quirk of mine maybe that I don't want to sit on public toilet seats. 🤓I don't splash on the seat so don't think anyone should care if I sit or hover.

kethuphouse · 07/06/2023 11:47

Also, the hover is useful for avoiding the sanitary bin that is always placed too close to the toilet. I do not want that bin touching any part of me.

CoalCraft · 07/06/2023 11:45

I sit unless toilet looks particularly gross.

kethuphouse · 07/06/2023 11:44

Why would anyone plant their naked bottom onto a piece of plastic that hundreds of others bottoms have been on. Always hover.

inappropriateraspberry · 07/06/2023 11:43

@My2pence2day I'd say squatting is different as your knees are higher than your bum. When you hover, your knees are lower or level with your bum.

Stravaig · 07/06/2023 11:42

OP, it almost seems to cruel to point out to you all the crap on all the shared public surfaces that we all touch whilst out in the world, that we then transfer everywhere else, including our own faces, hair, bodies, even into our mouths and lungs. People touch their faces all the time, mostly without realising.

Don't you remember the particulate modeling during Covid? Or the visualisations done with coloured dyes showing how quickly and comprehensively we pick up and smear microorganisms (dye) all over ourselves and our environment?

A possible germ on the back of your thighs being transferred to your clothing and then bedlinen is the least of your worries.

My2pence2day · 07/06/2023 11:42

CountTo10 · 07/06/2023 11:21

Not sure if this has been mentioned but there are physiological reasons for not hovering.

www.healthywomen.org/content/article/sit-dont-hover-when-using-toilet

Interesting, is this different to squatting though? Because squatting is superior to sitting (in terms of your bowels anyway)

HerbsandSpices · 07/06/2023 11:41

I hover in public toilets and have never had a UTI. Pelvic floor is fine. I don't make a mess for other people because I watch what I'm doing and where it goes. To each their own but I don't plan to sit on toilet seats where other people might have dribbled urine, even if they've wiped it after.

inappropriateraspberry · 07/06/2023 11:38

Oh, and don't put your bag on the floor!

fguuh · 07/06/2023 11:38

I have OCD so avoid public toilets when I can. When I do have to use them I just choose one that looks clean and sit on the toilet. I'm more concerned with keeping my hands clean than the backs of my legs.

Timeisallwehave · 07/06/2023 11:37

Always sat down. Wiped if need be beforehand.

SapphireStar77 · 07/06/2023 11:37

I sit but never wipe the seat as someone else’s urine on my hands is ughh! If it is visibly unclean I won’t use that loo. A few years ago I went to a concert at a football stadium but the queues for the ladies were enormous so the security opened one of the mens loos for the women to use - they were absolutely disgusting, really filthy and the stench made me retch but I was desperate so I went in and there I saw the most revolting thing ever - a group of women were actually sitting in the urinals, knickers at their ankles weeing in the urinals 🤢🤢🤢