This is the reason women find it hard to go to the loo after sex
It's also to do with orgasms... and a hormone which gets released
HAVE you ever wondered why it’s so difficult for ladies to pee after sex?
Well, it’s all to do with sexual pleasure – and whether or not you orgasm.
When you reach the climax, your body releases an antidiuretic hormone – which makes it more difficult to wee.
The hormone, known as vasopressin, reduces the amount of water passed out in your urine – as well as raising your blood pressure, and constricting your blood vessels.
But post-coital toilet trips are important, because they can help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs).
There is bacteria in the gut which can enter the urinary tract through the urethra, and this is more likely to happen during sex.
So toilet trips can cleanse the urinary tract and hopefully stop this happening.
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An expert from euroClinixUK said: “Many women who orgasm during sex will find it difficult to pass urine afterwards.
“This is because during an orgasm the body releases an antidiuretic hormone, which prohibits you from passing urine.
“It is important to pee after sex as soon as you are able to. Failure to pee for too long after sex can put you at risk of a UTI infection, such as cystitis.”