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Do you <ahem> collect water during a bath

248 replies

Knotnora · 03/05/2016 20:15

Is this one of those things that happens to every woman but nobody talks about.

5 minutes after a bath and its like your water just broke...

This is a thing yeah?

OP posts:
EvansAndThePrince · 04/05/2016 18:44

Stealth Grin worth a go!

Goldrill · 04/05/2016 18:45

Oh yes indeedy.

Definitely not to do with fitness or otherwise in my case. I do a bit of competitive breaststroke swimming and I have to remember to go for a pee and cough or I will be sitting in a puddle after training. Seriously; I have been known to soak all through my jeans and the throw on the sofa Blush. I find that the more welly I have given it during training, the worse it is.

Lovely! DH thinks it hilarious.

BananaThePoet · 04/05/2016 18:45

First time I've had the opportunity to use the phrase 'holey crap' and it be 100% appropriate. Grin

AnyFucker · 04/05/2016 18:57

well, they do say that nature abhors a vacuum ....

MiffleTheIntrovert · 04/05/2016 19:15

I actually went to the maternity unit once, about 39 weeks, all excited that my waters had broken. Except they hadn't. The midwife looked pityingly at me and asked if I'd just had a bath Blush

RubbishMantra · 04/05/2016 19:23

I used to do this to DH, when we bathed together. Have no DCs, but if I put myself in a certain position, I can suck the water up. I used to like freaking him out, when he questioned if we had a jet bath.

I think Kegel excercises help if you want to make your fanjo into a water pistol.

Probably should have NCd Blush

Jonsnowscodpiece · 04/05/2016 19:30

I always wondered if I was the only person this happened to, this is excellent news Grin

Tootles7 · 04/05/2016 19:40

Well this is educational! Yes to afterbath and afterswim and also to now being able to name my rectocele!

If it's really bothering you go to the Doc's frimple, try improving your fibre and water intake if it's mild or doesn't happen every time you need a poo!

Can i get a trophy for having all 3, also yes to sperm thing vaguely remember that as sex is a distant memory.

Oreosaretasty · 04/05/2016 19:44

Sometimes, and I don't even have DC Blush

ImNotDancing · 04/05/2016 19:49

they call it afterbath in raised with wolves

magratvonlipwig · 04/05/2016 19:53

I've had it. After swimming too.
I have kids. Can't recall if I had this before or not.
Usually use a pant liner for 5 mins

Ifiwasabadger · 04/05/2016 20:00

Definitely not. I had a c section though.

StarThorn · 04/05/2016 20:01

Yep, this is normal though I don't think it happens to everyone, movement in the bath seems to make it more likely. I get it occasionally but not with every bath Hmm

VulcanWoman · 04/05/2016 20:04

I though this was going to be a thread about collecting water to save wasting water, saving it for the plants.

LifeIsChaos · 04/05/2016 20:05

Yes happens to me too, only since pregnancy with dc2 when I thought my waters had broke at 16 weeks and went to epu. They sent me to maternity to be assessed only to be told it's bath water.

I now sit on the loo and cough after a bath. Dc2 is 4 Blush

EasilyDistracted77 · 04/05/2016 20:07

I refer you to Ms Caitlin Moran; the first time I was aware of it is when she spoke about it! I can't be arsed with baths any more, so not to say it wouldn't be a 'thing' for me!

catalogoferrors · 04/05/2016 20:09

Thank you just5minutes

Sorry halfpint

Defecating proctogram is the X-Ray thingy that I forgot the name of earlier.

Frostycake · 04/05/2016 20:21

Whatevva please tell me about your rectocele surgery. I need to get mine sorted. (constipation related).

For the record, this has happened to me and Ive never been pregnant so cant be birth related I dont think.

foragogo · 04/05/2016 20:27

this doesn't happen to me, 3 DC, pre or post rectocele repair, ID that helps.

CradleCrapNap · 04/05/2016 20:30

frimple, catalog is right. You do have a prolapsed bowel, a rectocele. I'm not specialist in this area but spent time during my training working in women's health physio and this is much more common than you think and there are ways this can be resolved. Surgeons used to put a mesh in or similar to strengthen the wall and stop this happening. Not sure if things have moved on since then. It's not acceptable to have to manually direct your poo out of the right hole for the rest of your life so go back to your GP, tell them about the symptoms (they can't tell just by looking down there) and ask to be referred to a gynaecologist. They can then see how severe it is and how best to manage it. Maybe you won't need surgery but you do need to see a specialist.

Frostycake · 04/05/2016 20:35

I have a thigh gap and a tilted uterus though.

rewardformissingmojo · 04/05/2016 20:37

Yes, I learnt it wasn't just me on a thread here a few years ago. Thank goodness for MN!

Niklepic · 04/05/2016 20:44

Wondering if I should squat over the flower bed after a bath reading Vulcan's post.

ShowOfHands · 04/05/2016 20:55

I have a pelvic floor like a bulldog clip and have never given birth vaginally.

I've always been able to suck up and eject water at will. Surely if things were looser and stretched, water would be less likely to be retained and would just fall out as you stood up in the bath? Not 20 minutes later?

It's probably just random.

Mumnone · 04/05/2016 20:56

Yup it's always happened to me even before dd