Is peeing just in case bad for you?
Here is my number 1 recommendation for those dealing with urge incontinence:
What is urge incontinence
This is when you feel a strong urge to pee when your bladder is not actually full or needing to empty. This is something that most women don’t even realize they have. They think they have a small bladder, or they make urine very quickly- when in fact those are both myths!
Urgency is caused when the bladder muscle, the detrusor, begins to contract and signals a need to urinate, even when the bladder is not full. The awesome thing is, we can treat this without the need for bladder leakage medication, bladder surgery, or bladder leakage products!
Check out my course that takes you from running to the bathroom 30 times a day, to 8-10 times a day and not peeing your pants. Life changing.
Peeing Just In Case
No, you should not pee just in case. This encourages the behavior of you emptying your bladder too early, and changes your brain and bladder communication. There are so many strategies you can do to stop the early urges and that is the first step to stopping the overactive bladder.
Overriding those early or excessive urges to go to the bathroom can be hard and sometimes lead to some dribbling in the mean time while you get things down. So I always let women know it’s okay to wear a panty liner/ pad during this time of bladder retraining.
3 Strategies to try to help your bladder leakage
Stop peeing just in case!
Don’t answer the first urge you feel! It will go away!
Think of something else, talk to a friend, distract yourself!
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