I’m a woman (so not sure if men experience this too) and sometimes I just pee the 1st time and sit there and browse on my phone. But then I am able to try again and have small bursts of pee the 2nd time. Sometimes if I wait a few minutes more, I can pee a bit the 3rd time! Once a nurse told me to empty my bladder for an ultrasound but specifically instructed me to wait a few mins to pee the 2nd time to make sure my bladder is for sure empty.
Why can’t our bladder empty out on the first try?
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For older women in particular there is also a problem that occurs when the bladder relaxes as it is being emptied, the top part can fold over a bit and hold a portion of the urine which will drop back down to the bottom of the bladder after it has been emptied and it relaxes back to a smaller state. In addition to this, urine can back up in the ureters/kidney so if you hold it too long, you just end up with a backlog, so to speak.
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