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A doctor has lifted the lid on what really happens to your bladder over time if you routinely urinate in the shower.

Dr Teresa Irwin, an obstetrician-gynecologist in the US, explained how the dirty habit can actually “train” your bladder to “leak”, or feel a sense of urgency, every time there’s a sound of running water.

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“It’s the correct standing-peeing position to empty the bladder – but you don’t want to do it all the time,” Dr Teresa said in her TikTok video.

“What happens is every time your bladder hears running water, it’s going to want to pee.”

To back up her statement, she referenced scientist Ivan Pavlov’s 1897 findings after he was able to condition dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell.

In his experiment, he would repeatedly ring the bell then feed the dogs.

After repeatedly doing the pairing, Pavlov noticed the dogs were salivating upon hearing the bell ring, even though there was no food.

“So whenever you wash your hands, take a shower, wash the dishes, if there’s running water, your bladder is going to be salivating because it wants to go and pee,” Dr Teresa said.

“So you need to stop peeing in the shower.”

Dr Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas, a pelvic floor physical therapist from Boston in the US, agreed with the theory.

She said you’re actually “creating an association in your brain between the sound of running water and having to pee”.

“The combo is going to potentially lead to some leak issues when you hear running water outside of the shower,” she said.

“Unfortunately those of us that were assigned female at birth and have that anatomy, we’re not designed to pee standing up.”

She urged women to avoid standing like “Captain Morgan”, a pose that involves planting one foot forward on an object or surface, leaning forward and resting one hand or forearm on the raised knee.

“Your pelvic pose is not going to relax appropriately, which means we’re not really emptying our bladder super well,” she said.

She added: “So try to pee before you turn on the shower water – and if you get the urge while you’re in the shower, kind of ignore it.”

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