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Everyone adjusts at a different pace. You might have no urgency at all now, and in the long run you *shouldn’t* have any urgency. By “urgency” I mean a desperate need to go to avoid an accident. That’s different from the discomfort (or sensation of fullness) that develops if a full pouch isn’t emptied, since it can be ignored (with increasing discomfort) for quite a while. A healthy pouch typically gets emptied 4-6 times daily, after whatever adjustment period you turn out to need. Your pouch is so new, though, that it’s fine to be going more often as your body starts to find out what works best.

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