You talk about it as if it's an issue in the past, so you used to wet yourself, do you know if it's still something you still do? Have you tested it out? You could may well have grown out of it.
Maybe the thing to do is watch some comedy or something, by yourself if you feel more comfortable to start off with, and see if this happens. Maybe buy incontinence pads or even just sanitary towels will work in the short term for the odd occasion and say if you're by yourself in your room or wherever if it does happen then you could just go to the toilet straight away and clean yourself up. If you've got something protecting your underwear, as mentioned, there shouldn't be any obvious indication to anyone on the way to the toilet of what may or may not have happened. If it's not happening anymore then the best thing to do is to moe on from this, if it's still happening then really the best thing is to discuss this with your GP, maybe see a female one if you'd be more confident then, but it is a VERY common problem with over 1/3 of women suffering from some degree of incontinence over the age of 20 and this isn't something like everyone 60+ suffers with it and no-one younger just to sway the stats, it is a cross-section and whilst more common as people get older it's still common in young people and anywhere in between. Your doctor therefore would not judge you for it and could therefore send you for further tests/ treatment but one way to go would be to take a fresh urine sample with you to your appointment just to make sure nothing shows up in that.
I would also suggest that if your mother is still bringing up these scenarios with people you have a word with you and discuss how much her bringing this up is affecting you. You don't need to tell her whether it is still occurring or not or anything like that but ask her to please refrain from telling anyone else and she should respect that; if she brings up something like 'well it's only meant as a bit of a joke' you could reply with something along the lines of 'well if this were happening to you and I went around and told some of your peers and my friends etc etc then how would you feel?' and it may just bring it around to her understanding your point of view a bit more.
I hope that helps. If you want to discuss this with me in more detail then feel free to PM me.
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