After surgery bed wetting

# days after my hip replacement they took out the catheter with was to early after some time I needed to pee bad, rang for the nurse who came in with the urinal but not being able to pee laying down it didn't work so she stuffed a bunch of towels between my legs and said this works all the time,I had not wet the bed since I was 2 but 20 minutes later nature explodedand soaked everything the next time I just let go on purpose to with I got a diaper till I could get out of bed to bad it was only for 1 day anyone else with a hospital story ??