Sex Ed You Wish You Got: Let's Talk Peeing After Sex

Name: Sex Ed You Wish You Got: Let's Talk Peeing After Sex
Uploaded: 2022-11-24T09:00:08+00:00
Duration: 22 s
Channel: Vanessa Marin
Description: YouTube video (part five of a series) by sex therapist Vanessa Marin addressing whether vulva owners should urinate after sex to prevent urinary tract…

24 Nov 2022 · 0 min

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YouTube video (part five of a series) by sex therapist Vanessa Marin addressing whether vulva owners should urinate after sex to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). The video explains the rationale—bacteria can be pushed toward the urethra during penetration and urination may flush it out—but notes a small recent study found no large difference in UTI rates; the presenter recommends peeing after sex as a low-cost precaution.

Welcome to part five of our series, the sex education that you wish you got, where I, a sex therapist, give you the sex education you likely never got, but definitely deserve. Today, we are breaking down the question, do vulva owners need to pee after having sex? The answer? It's complicated.
The idea behind peeing after sex is that the urethra, the hole you pee out of, is.
Pretty close to the.
Vagina, the hole that you might have penetration in. And during penetration or sex, it's very easy for bacteria to get pushed up into the urethra, leading to a potential urinary tract infection. So if you pee right after having sex, you flush out the urethra, you prevent that bacteria from traveling up into the body and creating a urinary tract infection.
That all sounds pretty sensical, right? Where it gets complicated is the research. A recent study of a very small group of women compared urinary tract infection rates between women who did pee afterwards and women who didn't, and they didn't really find a big difference. My take on this, though, is that it's so easy to pee afterwards that why not just go ahead and do it? Do you usually pee after sex? Let me know in the comments and also make sure to let me know what topics you'd like us to cover next in this series.