How long does it take to recover postpartum urinary retention?

Postpartum urinary retention may take 3-10 days to recover.

If the patient's condition is mild, residual urine volume is small, postpartum care, no inflammation infection, recovery time is short, generally takes 3-5 days to recover. If the patient's postpartum condition is serious, residual urine volume is large, postpartum care does not pay attention to, so that pathogens invade, at this time need to be improved by inserting a urinary catheter, recovery time may be extended, it may take 7-10 days.

Patients can wash vulva with warm water after childbirth, relieve urethral sphincter spasm, promote urine excretion.