What to do when a pregnant woman can’t urinate and her abdomen is distended

Pregnant women who are unable to urinate and have a distended abdomen can be treated by inducing urination and leaving a catheter in place.
After pregnancy, the uterus presses on the bladder due to the enlargement of the fetus, which can lead to dysuria and bloating of the abdomen. It is also possible that late pregnancy fetal prenatal descent, abnormal fetal position and other compression of the bladder neck and urethra, increased resistance to urination, the appearance of urinary distension. Urinary tract infections during pregnancy may also cause urinary distension.
If a pregnant woman is unable to urinate and has a distended abdomen, see if you can relieve the symptoms by inducing urination, such as listening to the sound of running water, fumigating the vulva with hot water, or rinsing around the urethral opening with warm water to induce urination.
Check the bladder to see if there is a large amount of urine stored in the bladder that cannot be discharged from the body, and immediately give an indwelling catheter, indwelling catheter can drain out the urine after the catheter is put into the bladder.
Pregnant women who can not urinate small abdominal distension is recommended to consult a doctor in time, and then targeted to the treatment.