I had an epidural with Yasin and no catheter but I did have to make sure that I peed once every 2 hours. Just as I started pushing the midwife did an in and out catheter ie she put it in and emptied my bladder and then removed it.
A-ha! This is exactly what I'm looking for this time Dachlostar...
A few q's if you don't mind
Did you have your bub in a hospital or birthing centre?
Did you have a low dose epi so you could walk to the loo or a full one and pee in the bed with a container (you don't have to answer that if you don't want to LOL)
Did they give you the option with the catheter or did you say flat out no I don't want one?

Kelly hadn't thought about the full bladder and baby moving down...

My main bugbear with it was that they left it in for too long after the delivery - I was up walking pretty soon after the epi was removed yet they left the catheter in for another 12 hours, despite me asking for it out. This then resulted in me stepping on it by accident during the day and it getting a good yank which was not very pleasant for my urethra IFYKWIM? It took a few weeks for it to feel normal again. I just don't want to go stirring it up if I can help it.

Thanks so much for your input everyone, if anyone else has a story I would love to hear.