Anyone ever needed a very full bladder for ultrasound?

I hear alot about needing a full bladder for an ultrasound. Has anyone here ever experienced it?

Yes, I have but bladder was filled with water through a catheter

Both times my wife was pregnant, I believe she had two ultrasounds per child, maybe 8 weeks apart. She was always instructed to arrive with a full bladder. I believe the extra volume helps push whatever they need to see closer to the surface so the handheld external ultrasound can visualize it better. This was always my wife's least favorite part because the technician would be putting pressure on her full bladder.

For every visit, after finishing the the external scan of her belly, the technician would tell her she could use the restroom and then, "remove her pants and panties and have a seat back on the exam table". I distinctly remember those exact words because they really turned me on to hear. For the initial external scan, she was just asked to open her pants and lower them slightly below her hips, and to raise her shirt below her breasts.

Once my wife was naked below the waist and back on the table, she was instructed to lie back with her heels in the stirrups, just like her annual exams. The tech would then insert the intravaginal wand and finish the scan.

Just after my wife's first ultrasound appointment, we were talking to a friend of hers who happened to also be pregnant with her first child, but maybe 6 months more along. She told the story of how her technician was male and that he handed her the wand, sat on the stool between her legs, and instructed her to insert the wand herself. I'm not sure if she had to insert it herself because he was male, state regulations/ law (she lived in a different state), or that's just how that technician was trained. I was so hard listening to her tell that story and visualizing it all play out.

Recently went for an ultrasound where the doctor filled my uterus with saline to see my uterus better. First I had a belly ultrasound with a very full bladder, and then I got to empty my bladder before he inserted the saline solution and did the transvaginal ultrasound.

Not quite an ultrasound, I did arrive to a urologist appointment with a full bladder. I thought they would do a urine sample usually to start, but since the doctor was going to do a cystoscopy, I had to hold it for a little longer.

Slightly uncomfortable when passing the scope through the urethra, was pretty cool to see the bladder empty the urine on screen when the doc took it through a catheter. More or less the sensation of losing control of urinating was pretty interesting.

I was on the receiving end of one. It was torture to be pressed on while holding a very full bladder. (Kinda fun not gonna lie)

Yes, i did some years ago during a urodynamic test. My bladder was filled with water using a catheter. After the test i received a ultrasound too!

Bodies of water (ie, the full bladder) are transparent to utrasound and make examination of what's behind the bladder clearer and deeper. An empty, redundantly folded, thick walled bladder decreases the quality of the exam significantly. I have seen more and more cases where they fill the bladder through a catheter, as schedules don't always cooperate, and holding a full bladder, especially when pregnant, can be tantamount to torture.

More or less the sensation of losing control of urinating was pretty interesting.

That is what has interested me about catheter play in a D/s scene. You give up control of such a basic body function. From what I've been told, if the catheter tube is open you feel like you're peeing even when you're not. And if it's pinched off you feel like you have to go but you can't.

I recently underwent an ultrasound of my bladder as well as a voiding urogram. I referred to the filling of my bladder as a bladder enema. It was much easier than I thought it would be, although mildly uncomfortable to hold for a few minutes.

I had fallen 20 feet from a tree and landed sideways, breaking my pelvis like a dropped pumpkin.

I do not remember the exam, but getting my bladder expanded to reveal any possible leaks in the plumbing was their first order of business. It was mind bending to say the least. It seemed as if they were trying to pop my tubing if at all possible. Also the nurse infusing my bladder, appeared to be having a dreamy look in her eyes, the bigger my eyes got.

I recently had an ultrasound where I had to drink 32 ounces of water an hour before and then not go. OMG having a full to bursting bladder and then having someone push on it…terrible. 😫 I was allowed to empty it before she did the internal ultrasound - but before I left she told me to pee again because she could see on the ultrasound that my bladder was already almost full again. 😂😂

I had an ultrasound scan when I was in elementary school. It started with abdominal pain that lasted 2 or 3 days. I went with my mother to the pediatrician, who referred me for an ultrasound and basic blood tests. I was instructed to drink 4 glasses of water an hour before the test and not empty my bladder. I remember that waiting for the test was unpleasant, especially since the queue was quite long. When we finally entered the office, the doctor asked me to lift my shirt up to my chest and lower my trousers slightly. After lying down on the couch, the doctor placed the ultrasound head against my abdomen. I felt uncomfortable, but I knew that I had to endure it for the diagnosis to be correct. In the end, no abnormalities were detected in the test, so we had to wait for the results of the blood test. As it turned out later, they were also normal. After getting results of exam, we went to our pediatrician for consulting results. Pediatrician told us, that my results are very good. She suspected that my abdominal pain is caused by stress and recommend calming tabs.

I had just the opposite, had an ultrasound to determine that my bladder was empty. Following inguinal hernia surgery earlier this year, they had to determine that I could pee following the surgery, but I couldn't go. They gave me lots of water, but I still couldn't pee. She told me that if I couldn't pee, she would have to cath me, and my urethra was already raw from the catheter inserted in the OR. Luckily, she found an ultrasound tech with a portable unit and determined that my bladder was still empty, so she let me go home with the understanding that I would go to the ER if I couldn't pee. I was successful when I got home.