Re: Couldn't find answer on archives - Urinary difficulties

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I had this with my second and my third (I'm 22 weeks now). I thought it was the weirdest thing in the world and I was worried because I have a long history of UTI's, but I asked my ob and she said it's just an anatomy thing where your uterus is so low this early, and very tilted, and it presses on your urethra making it difficult to pee. It should stop around 12-13 weeks when the uterus starts to move upwardn and rights itself. I didn't have any problems later on with my second, and haven't had any with this one. As far as prevention, I don't think there's anything you can do except the normal things - drink lots of water, cranberry juice, don't hold it, etc. I also learned that if I moved around a bit when I was trying to pee, leaned forward, or pressed on my abdomen, it would help me pee. My ob said if you literally can't pee for 5-6 hours go to the ER to have a catheter put in - she said I'd know because I'd be in a lot of pain and my abdomen would be distended by that point (I never got close to that point and you probably won't either, but it's always good to know what to watch out for). Good luck!

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