Your Spouti™ has arrived
Now it's time to get down to business!
Finding your urethra isn’t intuitive, so we’ve pulled together our experiences from the last two years to help get you peeing like a pro. This is a part three of a series so stay tuned!
A reminder from a previous post: Achieve the Perfect Seal – Successful Spouti™ Placement
- Make sure you are completely dry before placement
- Make sure you are standing with your legs together
- Make sure the Spouti™ tab is resting underneath the clitoris
You’ve done it. You found your urethra, you’ve gotten Spouti™ centered, you have the best STP experience ever, but there is so much urine in the tube! So you reach out to the good folks at My Spouti, LLC and ask:
How the heck do I clear this tubing??
When urine fills the tube it creates a vacuum that will need to be broken. The first trick is to try and point the tubing down far enough that the tip is lower than the Spouti™ – this helps create a syphon effect, pulling urine down the tubing.
When you are done you may see that the urine in the tube won’t fully clear. To fix this you will want to squeeze your thighs/buttocks/Kegels just slightly out of sync with squeezing the tubing. For example “Squeeze thighs, stop and squeeze the tube, squeeze thighs, stop and squeeze the tube”. These motions cracks the seal a tiny amount, allowing air in to break the vacuum which pushes the urine out. You might notice the a little squirt of urine when the urine has nearly cleared the tubing so be sure to be aiming down!!!
This syncopated squeezing will get out the majority of the urine, but chances are there is still a little bit left hanging around in the slump in the tubing. We find that it helps to reach down and give a little push on the tubing right at the Spouti™ stem – because it has a slump in that section and giving it a press lifts the urine over that slump so it can slip out the rest of the tubing. You may also need to lift the tubing upwards and then firmly swing it down while pushing up on the slump. If so, keep in mind that it takes a little practice to get a good swing without splashing little droplets all over the back of a toilet seat so don’t forget to wipe up any misguided drips!
You will develop your own routine for clearing the tube – but do yourself a favor and take the extra time to make sure you have cleared the tube, or you will get avoid pee drips! If those drips end up running down your leg, or making a dark spot on your pants you will 100% kick yourself for not taking those couple extra moments to clear the tubing!