Safety of using larger catheters

I've been playing with catheters for several years now and can comfortably insert a 22F. I would love to go larger, but would like to know more about how safe it might be. I don't keep them in more than about two hours. How large of a cath is it safe to play with, assuming one works up to it slowly?

Slow progress in stretching can be accomplished. I know that most men, once the urethral meatus is stretched, can take a 30 Fr. I see no reason why this will not work for a woman too. All the usual stuff about sterile conditions applies.

Speed

Everybody is different & as long as you take your time, you will safely know when you have reached your limit.

Take your time & play safe.

When I first started to use catheters I was using a 14fr but now I can get up to a 20fr into myself it just takes time and slow progress to do I know it was kind of hard for me to get to a 20fr catheter but I just took my time and left the bigger catheters in for about two hours now I can insert any size of catheter from my small 14fr to my larger 20fr and not hardly feel any pain or discomfort at all I just love the feeling of a catheter inside of my bladder.

My first cath was a 14 fr. but I quickly got used to larger sizes. I have gone as far as a 24fr. Since then, a 22fr. is no problem. I have gone most of a night with a 24fr. but most often I have it in for a few hours. Just take your time and enjoy the stretch.

I have been using larger cath also. I'm up to 24fr all the time now. I can take a 28fr & 30fr for awhile. Like everybody else has said take it slow and let it stretch slowly. Get use to one size and the move up to next largere size. I also have been using sounds to stretch and can get a 32fr VB all the way with little or no trouble.

I had a large subgirl once...not fat...just a big girl...almost six feet tall...she easily took a 30 fr. and didn't mind a bit....

Well, I can tell you this. Upon aging, many women develop problems holding their water without seeing how large a sound they can play with. I'd be prudent, and keep it reasonable. 😁

As a follow on to what sue mentioned above, I have been using cath's & sounds for years. I find that for myself, a size that is just a bit smaller than my urethra is best. Starting from the beginning to the present, my intent was to gently stimulate and not stretch, because as I accumulate years I want things to function as originally designed, not abnormally. I view urethral stretching as something not normal for me because I have no strictures and am very sensitive internally in that regard. Gentle stimulation of my urethra by catheter or sound that 'just' slightly touches the lining is all it takes for me. Hope this was helpful.

G.N.

For play I use both 14fr and 20fr straight caths. I had a 28fr Foley inserted in the ER a couple years ago and a 20fr Foley several years ago. Both caused bladder spasms and were extremely uncomfortable. No more Foleys, thank you. Straight catheters are a much different story.

My favorite method of play is to stand next to my wife while she sits at my side and slowly slides a straight cath in to my bladder. Feeling the catheter snake its way past my prostate and then the resistance right before it finally pops through the bladder opening followed by the completely involuntary flow of urine is very, very erotic.