At a point, the micturition reflex is triggered the bladder contracts and the inner sphincter relaxes. As the bladder fills, the inner sphincter contracts to hold the urine. In newborns, urination is fully controlled. It also might be pleasant to enjoy the irony of the pursuit: Some ABDLs seek incontinence as a way to approximate an infantile state - a state of being pre-wired for continence. Otherwise, they might find what they were working for wasn't actually what they wanted.
Urination is under reflexive control until the ability for unconscious and conscious control develops.ĪBDLs who are considering urinary incontinence might wish to take a step back and give some thought to what qualities they are seeking. However babies aren't merely incontinent, but precontinent. These methods cripple some function to try to approximate baby-like wetting. That is, either why ABDLs would want to become incontinent, or how particular methods could be used to cause incontinence. Much of the discussion among ABDLs about incontinence focuses on either the 'why' or the 'how'.
