Post delivery retention of urine is not a rare occurrence. It occurs due to inability of bladder muscles to contract and muscles sometimes take a long time to recover. Neither a prolonged catheterisation nor intermittent clamping are desirable in such condition, as these manoeuvres can cause serious bladder and whole body infections (systemic sepsis). First step in management is a thorough examination and bladder physiologic evaluation with urodynamic study. Inability of bladder contraction, once proved, is treated with clean intermittent catheterisation and help of some bladder contracting medications. All these cases recover, though the recovery may take long, even upto 10 to 12 weeks.