I freely gave this information for the benefit of those wishing to achieve what a baby has from birth... and so many here try to discredit this.
In the developed world, we 'train' our babies from birth to void on themselves. Other parts of the world use the Natural Potty Training methodology from birth.... and this works cause as humans we can control every muscle in our bodies even from birth. A baby does not know the causality loop...(that every action will create an equal action - i.e. when one wets oneself, the garment one is wearing will become wet, maybe cold, and maybe the bed / seat etc one is sitting in = discomfort) but still knows when it needs to void, and will shift its body to facilitate that. It will draw attention to itself for help before and after voiding.
If a baby was unaware of its need to void, and/or had not got the muscle control to control its own sphincter, would it try to communicate before and after the event for help - NO. P&G, and certain medical professionals have stated for years that a baby has no bladder and/or bowel control. Over the years, this has been proven wrong. P&G advertise that a wet diaper will wake a baby. It doesn't. A baby will happily sleep in a wet diaper... and did for many centuries before disposable diapers existed. Also, it wasn't until the use of a disposable diaper, were babies allowed to poop in their diaper in some countries. If we go back far enough, we can find that babies were toilet trained at 12 months old - however, in 2016, some babies are not been trained until they are between 4 and 5... and in some places, the parents are passing on this task to the child's teacher. P&G today make diapers up to size 6+... which can fit up to a 6 year old. This is in the so called 'developed world'
It might be a good idea to find out who toilet trained you - and at what age. Also, for those ABs who were brought up in cloth, were you let poop in cloth, or did someone place you on a potty / hold you over a toilet to poop? These all effect your regression to 'total bladder & bowel loss of control'
We teach the child by direct action that it is ok to void on oneself. As a result, two things happen. 1- the baby will void on itself. 2 - Will ignore the signals that tells it to retain poop/pee. This second action becomes autonomic (an action without conscious control - similar to breathing). This does not state that the baby cannot control his/her breathing nor his/her voiding... just that the control is passed to subconscious mind.
As a baby, this action of voiding on oneself was stored in subconscious mind before one learned the causality loop. Fear is also a learned response... and the fear of wetting ones pants / bed - or more correct, another person seeing that you are in wet pants prevents one from allowing one to 'unconsciously' void on oneself.