Sexual folklore says that vagina-havers must dutifully pee after sex, if they want to avoid urinary tract infections.

Basic intuition, meanwhile, says we should probably pee before, if we don’t want to be uncomfortable and distracted.

But Mother Nature calls when she calls. And if we were able to have more control over timing, things like long car trips and airplane window seats would likely be less inconvenient, bladder-straining experiences. Yet here we are.

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Either way, most of the chatter surrounding bathroom trips before or after sex revolves around preventing UTIs, which result when foreign bacteria enter into the urethra and move up the urinary tract to the bladder and/or kidneys.

Penetrative sex can potentially cause the Pen!s to push bacteria into the urethra, hence the concern. What’s more, according to one 2017 study out of the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, a particular strain of vaginal bacteria – Gardnerella vaginalis – could produce recurrent UTIs by cueing dormant E.coli from infections past, to start multiplying again.

Going pee washes out the urinary tract, clearing away some of that bacteria before it can reach the bladder and proliferate like crazy, thereby helping some women avoid UTIs. For this reason, you’ve probably been hitting the toilet pre- and post-coital throughout your sexual history. But is it actually essential?

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According to Dr Sarah Horvath, a gynaecologist in Philadelphia, it’s probably not medically necessary for you to pee directly before sex. What’s more, Dr Horvath tells Women’s Health that most women don’t need to stress too much about peeing after sex, either, unless they’re prone to UTIs.

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