Posted by davidn on June 06, 2001 at 01:08
In Reply to: Survey question posted by babydoc on June 05, 2001 at 07:16
I have kind of a hybrid situation... sometimes I can poop without peeing, sometimes I can't. (Oh yeah, I can nearly always pee without pooping even if I need to do both; but I bet almost everybody can do that.)
Today, after reading your post, I was feeling urges to go #2, and a mild urge to pee, too, and I wanted to test a theory I had about this, and I think I have proved it, for my body at least:...
I can release either the pee-holding muscle or the bowel muscle at will, and let out whatever will come out on its own... but if I have to push, either to start my pee flowing, or to get the poop out, then I have to push both at once. So today, because I didn't want to pee while I was going #2, I was able to allow my bowels to relieve their pressure, but I couldn't push the last little bit out.
I'm still holding that pee, by the way... over 12 hours later! I don't know exactly why it has been so easy for me to hold my pee today (except that I haven't drunk a huge amount), but I think I will try to sleep tonight without peeing; and then if I can last all night, maybe I can go for 24 hours... (not quite sure when the 24 started, but if I last until 1:00 tomorrow, that'll definitely be more than 24!)
Maybe I have been able to hold my pee today because of mostly emptying my bowels near the start of holding the pee... I know it makes it easier for me to hold when I'm not otherwise full down there!--the overall pressure is less.