How do you provide a urine sample?

Concidering the average penis-have can't get all of their wee in an 18" diameter toilet bowl, it's massively unlikely they are able to direct their flow into a shallow tube less than 1" across.
Just busk it like the rest of us OP.

sample bottles are not particularly easy for either sex. more of a chance if you have an appendage to direct in the right direction.

the toilet at the hospital has a ledge to put the cardboard bowl on and children pee into that. then pour in.

..but carry on with the troll huntiu

Thanks. I think our efforts are workiu

I've had chronic uti for the last 9 months so I'm getting to be an expert on urine samples. I use a plastic measuring jug that is kept specifically for the purpose, I rinse it out before & after producing a sample, drop it in the toilet, do my wee, lift it out, fill my sample tube, flush the excess, wash the jug & my hands, leave the jug upside down to dry.

Yes AncientsLights I did wonder if the op was referring to a mid stream sample. This is why pelvic floor exercises are so important, start them early, not as a "bandaid" post birth.

I peed in a largish, soft, plastic pot (like the type that Xmas puddings come in). Then squash the sides to make a narrow spout and pour it into the sample bottle over the sink. Very rarely spill anything or get any on my hands.
The hospital gynea dept used to provide disposable foil bowls for this in all the toilets - which is where I got the idea.

I don't understand everyone saying they wash the container as mine always has the printed label sticker already attached and you can't get that wet! I usually wee into another container and decant

Yes it'll go all over your hands. Screw the lid on, wash the pot, wash your hands, done. It's just wee.

I'm another who has to wash the pot afterwards. I've often thought they were a disaster for women.

Pee in the pot.

It's not off topic!

It's a good question. I've just been looking at buying Caroline Criado-Perez's "Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men", and as soon as I saw this thread title I immediately thought 'yup, those sample bottles can NOT be pee'd into by a woman!'

It's a long time since I've had to give a sample and I honestly don't remember how I did it. The kidney/bowl/syringe combo sounds the most practical, but I'm pretty sure that's not what I was given.

Should I ever in the future be given one of these tiny sample bottles to pee into, I think I shall come back to the doctor proffering a wet bottle. It will be wet with water from the tap, but it might be interesting to see if the penny drops ...

Just to add. I think this is a valid question and have thought about how easy it must be for men compared to women. I'd also wager that more women do provide urine samples simply because of pregnancy, so it's confusing that they are so badly designed. Except the syringe system we seem to have, it's much better.

Syringe* not during.

Whenever I've given a sample at the doctors, they give me a kidney bowl to pee into then a type of syringe to contain the urine. I bring back from the toilet a capped during filled with urine. Got given one of those small containers when I was younger and ended up with piss on my jeans.

In the past I’ve been given a large disposable paper pot. The vet gives you the same sort of thing if they need a pet sample.

why is this in FWR OP? did you meant to post here?

we seem to be getting more and more of these 'off topic' threads

I think it's a valid question The urinalysis pots aren't designed for women at all. In midwifery we usually wanted a mid-stream sample, so we'd ask women to somehow manage, with a pregnant belly, to pee a bit down the loo then catch some in the bottle then finish weeing. This is not easy, far from it, and can get messy. Also, you do have to be careful if transferring urine from a pot into the bottle that the pot is sterile, else you may contaminate the sample and the whole thing has been a waste of time.

When I was last in hospital, urine samples were just the stupid narrow pots - luckily I was near enough bed-bound so had to use the commode anyway and then just pour from one to the other

However, when I was in on the maternity ward, they had little paper receptacle things that were almost like a she-wee, that were attached to and then poured directly into the sample pot - so clearly a female-friendly version has been thought of, it's just not in regular use...?

..assume they aren’t just taking the piss.

Nearly wet myself laughing.

Regardless of whether the OP is a long time member how is this an appropriate question to ask on the internet?

I’m willing to accept the OP at face value and assume they aren’t just taking the piss.

It's been a while since I gave birth but I recall that in my GPs surgery I was given those sample bottles, but at the maternity unit in hospital I had a small plastic pot to wee in. It's almost like female dominated environments are more aware of the fact women are built differently to men.

Private labs using home kits send you containers to use and then transfer to the sample pot.

I think the point that the OP is making is that sample bottles are not easy for women to use, but (although I don't own a penis so have no experience) would probably be easier for men to use.

Hence it is a feminist subject as perhaps there should be a different option for women to use.