How often should I be urinating after a tummy tuck?

Thank you for sharing your question and congratulations on your tummy tuck.  Because the body has a tendency of holding onto water during surgery, most patients will experience a diuresis in the first 4-7 days after surgery.  During this time trips to the bathroom can be quite frequent as your body begins to get rid of the additional water weight.  Hope this helps.

There is no firm rule as to how often a patient should be urinating after a tummy tuck. It is important to drink fresh water and avoid salty food or other things that would promote water retention.

Urination is a sign of health and is therefore a sign that things are working after surgery.  Keep drinking water and your urination should normalize after surgery.  It can take some time for the body to stop holding onto water after surgery but everyone is different.  Speak with you plastic surgeon to make sure you're on the road to recovery.  It sounds like you're doing great. The normal urinary output is about 2L a day.  

Dear Lisa,   Tummy tuck surgery is a big procedure with large wound area that is third spacing (losing fluids)  significantly after surgery. Consequently, you need to drink lots of fluids to avoid dehydration. In my practice I recommend to my patients to drink water or Gatorade , 8 ounces an hour while awake,  for the first 48 hours after surgery.    Urinating is a good measure of your hydration, so the more you drink the more you urinate and the  better it is for you.It also forces you to ambulate (go to the bathroom) , which helps, together with hydration,  to prevent blood clots. Always check your urine color , to make sure that it is clear. When it is yellow, it means that you are not drinking enough.   If you can't urinate after surgery, it might be due to bladder spasm, resulting from anesthesia or narcotics, which require immediate attention and possibly insertion of urinary catheter in the emergency room.             I hope this helps you,                                       Best of luck,                                                    Dr Widder   

Immediately after surgery you may be a little slow to urinate due to the medications given. Once home and recovering you should be pretty close your normal urination schedule. Four to seven times a day is typical. If you are not you need to contact your surgeon.