Urinating while bathing is something most people are actually guilty of even though they may not admit it in public.

Although it tends to make a prefect sense on a practical level: showering and there’s a need to pee; you just drain it right on the spot. With the whole running water situation, it doesn’t make it any easier to hold back the pee.

Peeing in the shower is not a regular conversation but anyone who’s human is likely to let pee freely flow while showering, at least, once in a lifetime.
Pee-ing in the shower may not only be pretty convenient, it’s actually environmentally responsible too. Urine is sterile so, you can pee on yourself and still be technically clean.
To pee in the shower is still acceptable for the most part, as long as one doesn’t make a habit of it, and if you avoid doing so in public showers. This is because urine carries some form of bacteria, especially if you have infection such as Urinary tract infection, peeing in the shower may have risks attached to it.
So be sure to always wear flip-flops or sandals, and avoid sharing stuff if you use a public shower.

It’s good for the environment- This depends on your flushing system. You waste between 6-12 litres of water but when you pee in the shower; using the shower-head or the bathing-bucket, you will end up saving those liters of water.

Urinating when showering can be more hygienic than when you use tissue paper after using the toilet.
Public health officials have long wondered how tissue paper ended up as the cleanest standard for bathroom clean up. This is because it may smear things around and for people with vulvas not wiping carefully enough, it can introduce infection-causing bacteria into the urethra, potentially causing a urinary tract infection. This is eliminated when you pee in the shower, where clean water rinses everything down and out. You have to be mindful not to get pee on your feet or legs or in open cuts, where bacteria from the urine could potentially be introduced.

Taking a bath in a communal space like a gym or dorm and peeing in there, may not be a good sanitary idea.

It’s very possible for you to get too used to peeing in the shower and when done regularly, you might just have rewired or trained your brain to only pee in the shower. According to pelvic floor physical therapist Rachel Gelman, “This could trickle (pun intended) over to the brain, hearing the sound of any running water and saying ‘oh it’s time to pee,’” she explains.

It’s vital to note that urine is not the only bodily fluid that makes it to the bath-floor. Others like mucus, menstrual blood, sweat including fecal matter can be in the mix with the so good hot shower.

Get to keep yourself and others using the bathroom as safe as possible by washing and disinfecting your shower every 1-2 weeks. In between, clean with bleach products, give the floor a few seconds of a hot water rinse before turning of the water.

The simple truth is that urine is not as clean as most people think, though not likely to cause ill health if you occasionally opt for shower peeing. But, if it accidentally slips out, be sure to give your shower a thorough spritz with all-purpose cleaner to get off bacteria and wash your legs afterwards; but it is not recommended!