A person will pee on average between six to seven times during a 24 hour period, so you'd think we'd be pretty pro at it, right? Well, it turns out many of us have been doing it wrong our whole lives. How hard can be it? You pull your trousers down, sit on the toilet seat, and let nature do its thing. But apparently there's something many of us do that we shouldn't be doing - and it means we're not emptying out bladders properly.
After a trip to the doctor, content creator Katie came to the realisation she had been "peeing wrong" her whole life. Taking to the video sharing platform TikTok , Katie candidly shared: "I think I've been peeing wrong my entire life." Explaining how she came to this revelation, Katie said she had gone for a vaginal ultrasound when the technician asked her to "go to the bathroom, but don't push".
Puzzled, Katie asked what she meant, to which the technician explained she should "breathe through the nose", don't push and "make sure you clear out your entire bladder". Instead of pushing, the health processional had explained the correct way to urinate is to "release" rather than "push". The baffled content creator added: "I'm a pusher.
I've always been a pusher." However, the technician had answer: "No, you have to release. You'll know that you're at the last bits of pee if it gets warm at the end.
" Despite being sceptical, Katie went to the bathroom, breathed through her nose, and released - and was mindblown. And it turns out Katie isn't the only pers.