Hey! Honestly, I have had the exact same problem. The doctors told me to do exactly what they told you, to urinate immediately after having sex. However, even after doing that, I still go a bladder infection. I must admit, the number of bladder infections did decrease dramatically after urinating after sex, but they weren't eliminated.

My doctor recommended that I buy some of those cleaning whipes (disinfectant wipes) or you could just use alcohol. Personally, I use alcohol, and since using this I haven't had one infection. Use the alcohol (or disinfectant wipes) to clean the genital area of both you and your partner. That should definately help to seriously reduce the risk of bladder infection. Even if you can't urinate right after sex. Hope this helps!

I am so sure this is what is happening to me! So why did my doc say 'there is no way you can get cystitis from sex, you are using a different canal'. I mean like I don't know that!!! I then said 'so the bacteria can't travel from your bottom to the urethra during sex. NO, not at all possible was his answer!

Nikki thanks so much about your ideas for using wipes. I'd not thought of that. Have always been showering etc but need to make sure he does too. Glad it works for you. I will certainly give it a try once I feel like I want to even have sex again. I feel let down by my GP and blatantly treated like a fool!