Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Dandelion on March 26, 2014, 11:44:06 AM
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For the last two or three years, when I go for a wee, there has been changes in the way the urine comes out.
I'll explain. I always used to go to the loo and have a wee, straight from urethra into the toilet.
In the last few years, I am finding that, instead of the urine just coming out as normal, it first trickles over my buttocks or upper thighs, so that I have to use wipes on my buttocks/thighs otherwise I would soon smell of wee.
There is nothing wrong with the urine itself. It's not infected, or smelly, or any other problem, it's just choosing to trickle over my thighs/buttocks before hitting the bowl.
My nether regions have not changed shape or anything, so I am puzzled why my urine wants to trickle down my bottocks or thighs before the loo.
Does any one know what causes this?
I'm beginning to begrudge using wipes or washing when I run out of wipes, as I feel that skin that has had urine on it, needs wipes or washing to avoid that pi$$y smell. :)
Has anyone else had this.
Thanks
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Hormones? I have had this happen occasionally. Probably the muscle is lax …….. do you put cream on after using the wipes to keep the skin supple?
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Hormones? I have had this happen occasionally. Probably the muscle is lax …….. do you put cream on after using the wipes to keep the skin supple?
Hi CKLD :)
No, I've never had problems with dryness or shrivelled up-ness down there, so never thought to.
I think the wipes may have a moisturiser in them, I dunno, they're baby wipes so shouldnt be too harsh.
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I remember urine dribbling down my buttocks ::) ……… I will make note to see if, now that I use the pessaries regularly, this has stopped …… I honestly can't remember :-\
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Could you have a small prolapse. Might be worth getting checked out. If something is protruding into the vagina then it can interfere with the flow of urine I think.
Honeyb
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Could you have a small prolapse. Might be worth getting checked out. If something is protruding into the vagina then it can interfere with the flow of urine I think.
Honeyb
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Hi Honeyb
I don't have a prolapse.
I never had kids.
I still look pretty young down there, so shrivelled or saggy bits.
It's more the stream of urnie thats the problem.
It doesn't happen everytime.
sometimes it just comes out in a stream till done, but other times, for some reason, it's like the stream of urine likes to trickle around my bum and thighs before finally making it's exit.
The stream is still normal though.
Thanks
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I can't feel urine leaving my body, it's only when the noise stops that I am aware that I've finished ::)
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I can't feel urine leaving my body, it's only when the noise stops that I am aware that I've finished ::)
That sounds bad.
I can feel urine leaving my body normally, it's just that the abnormality starts when the wee chooses a different course of direction other than the loo.
It can be difficult if I am outside, I always have to remember to take wipes.
Thanks
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Sounds like a slight prolapse to me Dandelion. All women can get them whether you have had children or not. Either the bladder, bowel or womb can sag and bulge into the vagina which causes the urine to be diverted into a different direction. It can also be caused by changes in the urethra I believe.
Taz x
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Sounds like a slight prolapse to me Dandelion. All women can get them whether you have had children or not. Either the bladder, bowel or womb can sag and bulge into the vagina which causes the urine to be diverted into a different direction. It can also be caused by changes in the urethra I believe.
Taz x
OH no, scary.
Does this mean my guts are going to drop out :)
I had a smear last year and the nurse didnt notice anything.
Also,I dont feel as if anything is falling out.
IF I lose weight will it go back to normal?
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I have a small prolapse too. When I mentioned it to a doctor during an internal examination, she said it was so common that she wouldn't even have pointed it out to me.
Ariadne xx
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OOOhh noo I don't want a prolapse.
I'm only 47.
I feel like my body is changing really quickly and I cannot keep up with it.
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I haven't a prolapse and get this problem occasionally …….
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Have you been checked for a prolapse.
As Taz says you don't have to have had children for this to happen. I had three C sections so in theory I should have no problems but I do. I don't have the wee problems but in the mornings I have an uncomfortable sensation until I go to the loo so I know something is not quite right.
Get yourself checked out as there could be something not quite right.
Honeyb
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This may seem a silly thing to say... but have you thought, maybe in your haste to get to the loo you are just sat on it a little differently, knees close together means everything else is as well and skin touching together is going to mean that fluid will flow along this line, spread your cheeks a bit and part your knees, see if that helps.... if not... sorry for even suggesting it.. ;)
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This may seem a silly thing to say... but have you thought, maybe in your haste to get to the loo you are just sat on it a little differently, knees close together means everything else is as well and skin touching together is going to mean that fluid will flow along this line, spread your cheeks a bit and part your knees, see if that helps.... if not... sorry for even suggesting it.. ;)
Hi that's ok.
Ironically, since I started this post, all of the wee's I have had since have been normal.
Urine just streaming out in a single stream which does not go anywhere else and wet my thighs or buttocks.
I am wondering if it is maybe a dehydration thing and gravity. That part of the body must change when we have not had enough fluids, and as you described above, may make it easy for urine to travel there before hitting the loo in six different columns of dribble.
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Or a bit of a prolapse. Still think you should get it checked out or at the very least work on pelvic lifts.
Honeyb
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Or a bit of a prolapse. Still think you should get it checked out or at the very least work on pelvic lifts.
Honeyb
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Thanks but I am only 47yrs old.
My lady bits are young looking.
I have weed normally all day today.
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I am sure you are right but you can have a prolapse at 47.
Maybe at your next smear test you can ask the nurse to check it out.
Honeyb
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I am sure you are right but you can have a prolapse at 47.
Maybe at your next smear test you can ask the nurse to check it out.
Honeyb
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Hi thanks
I'm prone to obsessive anxiety so I try not to think of things that will mke me anxious. The wee problem has not been back today so I willl keep my eye on it and if I notice any changes I will see a doctor.
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Sure it's nothing to worry about. As ariadne said in her post it's very common and most women have it.
I am sure I have a very slight prolapse too. I don't dwell on it though. Apart from pelvic lifts there is not much I can do about it. Your muscles weaken in peri menopause and gravity does the rest.
Honeyb
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Sure it's nothing to worry about. As ariadne said in her post it's very common and most women have it.
I am sure I have a very slight prolapse too. I don't dwell on it though. Apart from pelvic lifts there is not much I can do about it. Your muscles weaken in peri menopause and gravity does the rest.
Honeyb
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Oh lovely :)
hahahhahhahah
My body is changing and I am finding it hard, I am used to being a young looking woman, and I feel like I am turning into some old woman.
I don't leak when I sneeze or cough, but I looked up kegel excercises.
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I had an itchy bladder almost like it itched and I needed to wee to scratch the itch. It stopped when I was on Femston 2/10. How are you getting on with Femston Dandelion?
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I had an itchy bladder almost like it itched and I needed to wee to scratch the itch. It stopped when I was on Femston 2/10. How are you getting on with Femston Dandelion?
Hi ellie
I would say it has stopped my symptoms by ABOUT 50%.
I still get anxiety and depression but a little less than when i was on the femoston 1/10
Ive been on 2/10 for two-and-a-half-months.
I was on 1/10 for three months.