catheter question

Emma1980 · Jan 14th, 2010, 17:57 PM

Its pretty painful down below anyway, as i had a second degree tear, but, the pain i get most is in my uretha, i was catherterised as i had an epidural, is it normal for it to hurt sooooo bad afterwards? i'm 5 days post partum and the pain is so bad, i have to get in the slower to pee aiming cold water at my bits cos it burns so much!

classyburd · Jan 14th, 2010, 18:11 PM

Sounds like you may have a UTI??

Emma1980 · Jan 14th, 2010, 18:12 PM

hmmm, never thought of that, i only got the pain after they took the bladder catheter out, figured they may of scratched me on the way out or something?

jules22 · Jan 14th, 2010, 19:46 PM

Sounds like you have what I had. It burned SOOO bad to pee. In fact I had two second degree tares that went right beside my urethra plus being cathed. Take warm/hot water baths and soak 3 times a day (if you even have time!) I find this to help ALOT. I also got a spritz bottle and would spray it on my lady area's when I peed. This helped a ton too. It took me a good week and a half to two weeks to get better. Every once in a while it will hurt but nothing like it did.

Emma1980 · Jan 15th, 2010, 04:24 AM

Ahh thanks Jules, just need to hold on another week then! as long as its normalish i'm not bothered!

philly_bear24 · Jan 15th, 2010, 16:16 PM

I also had a catheter put in and it made it SO sore to pee afterwards but after about a week and a half I was fine so don't worry it shouldn't be too long. One thing I would say is try drinking more water as the more concentrated your pee is the more it burns so if you drink more it will be less concentrated and should hurt less!

sleeping bubs · Jan 15th, 2010, 16:32 PM

I had a catheter cos I had a c-section, when they took it out didn't really hurt, before they took all the needles in my hands out had to do 3 wees which were over 200mls each!!!

Didn't hurt afterward though

**OmarsMum** · Jan 15th, 2010, 16:32 PM

I had pain but not burning. But I had a CS, so I dont knw if it's the same

miel · Jan 15th, 2010, 16:40 PM

yep ..i had it too

..took me about 2 weeks as well to stop to pee in the tub!!

Kimboowee · Jan 15th, 2010, 18:25 PM

Mine hurt for a while afterwards - it wasn't on my stitches it was like where it was coming out - after a week or 2 it got better though

Jan 14th, 2010, 17:57 PM	#1
Emma1980 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ashton Under Lyne Posts: 3,405	catheter question Its pretty painful down below anyway, as i had a second degree tear, but, the pain i get most is in my uretha, i was catherterised as i had an epidural, is it normal for it to hurt sooooo bad afterwards? i'm 5 days post partum and the pain is so bad, i have to get in the slower to pee aiming cold water at my bits cos it burns so much!

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Jan 14th, 2010, 18:11 PM	#2
classyburd Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Southport, North West UK Posts: 1,749	Sounds like you may have a UTI??

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Jan 14th, 2010, 18:12 PM	#3
Emma1980 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ashton Under Lyne Posts: 3,405	hmmm, never thought of that, i only got the pain after they took the bladder catheter out, figured they may of scratched me on the way out or something?

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Jan 14th, 2010, 19:46 PM	#4
jules22 AutoSignup (SAAB) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Missouri Posts: 637	Sounds like you have what I had. It burned SOOO bad to pee. In fact I had two second degree tares that went right beside my urethra plus being cathed. Take warm/hot water baths and soak 3 times a day (if you even have time!) I find this to help ALOT. I also got a spritz bottle and would spray it on my lady area's when I peed. This helped a ton too. It took me a good week and a half to two weeks to get better. Every once in a while it will hurt but nothing like it did.

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Jan 15th, 2010, 04:24 AM	#5
Emma1980 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ashton Under Lyne Posts: 3,405	Ahh thanks Jules, just need to hold on another week then! as long as its normalish i'm not bothered!

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Jan 15th, 2010, 16:16 PM	#6
philly_bear24 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chester Posts: 252	I also had a catheter put in and it made it SO sore to pee afterwards but after about a week and a half I was fine so don't worry it shouldn't be too long. One thing I would say is try drinking more water as the more concentrated your pee is the more it burns so if you drink more it will be less concentrated and should hurt less!

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Jan 15th, 2010, 16:32 PM	#7
sleeping bubs Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norwich Posts: 1,000	I had a catheter cos I had a c-section, when they took it out didn't really hurt, before they took all the needles in my hands out had to do 3 wees which were over 200mls each!!! Didn't hurt afterward though

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Jan 15th, 2010, 16:32 PM	#8
OmarsMum Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UAE Posts: 12,812	I had pain but not burning. But I had a CS, so I dont knw if it's the same

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Jan 15th, 2010, 16:40 PM	#9
miel Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 11,040	yep ..i had it too ..took me about 2 weeks as well to stop to pee in the tub!!

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Jan 15th, 2010, 18:25 PM	#10
Kimboowee Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 9,445	Mine hurt for a while afterwards - it wasn't on my stitches it was like where it was coming out - after a week or 2 it got better though

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