I go pee more at night then in the daytime why?

Question

I am 5 1/2 months pregnant and during the night i go pee every few hours. This has been happening the entire pregnancy. I cant sleep well at night because it feels like as soon as i just fall asleep i have to pee again. anyone else experiance this ?

Answer 1

Because your muscles are relaxing and the baby is probably shifting more onto your bladder

Answer 2

I'm 20 weeks pregnant today, and I have the same problem! I try not to drink anything like an hour before I go to sleep...it helps a little, but I still have to pee at least 2-3 times a night. If I drink something before bed, it's anywhere from 3-6 times a night! It's so aggravating, and it wakes my fiance up every time I get out of bed. Just try and do what I do, and not drink anything before bed, at least 30 mins to an hour before. Hope this helps a little...I know how it is!

Congrats and good luck with everything! Hope you find something that helps! And just think...there is an end to this! haha!

Answer 3

The same thing happens to me. I think part of it is because when you are awake and busy doing stuff it's easier to just ignore the urge to pee and hold it. At night when you are trying to sleep, it's like all you can concentrate on when you get the urge and then you have to get up and go. I try to not drink as much in the evening, but even that doesn't help most of the time. Good luck, I hear that it only gets worse.

Answer 4

OH yes...it's sooo frustrating. I feel like I pee more at night than i do during the day, but I think I'm just more aware of it because I have to actually get up out of bed to do it every time. My mom says it's God's way of preparing me for the sleepless nights with the baby, but, to quote my favorite pregnancy book, "Isn't that like NOT EATING to prepare for starvation?"

It's annoying, but all part of pregnancy. Best of luck!!

Answer 5

It's just pregnancy. It sucks but it happened with both pregnancy's of mine. My mom said think of it as getting you ready for your newborn to be home. Because I really got up almost every two hours of the night. And newborns as we all know are up a lot at night their first few weeks at home.

Answer 6

I think one reason might be that you tend not to be as active when you sleep and therefore our bodies use less water. Because of this the body knows it is in a state where it will not need as much fluid. It might be that when you are awake your body is in more of a preparatory mode, directly linked with fight or flight and stores more water for any time you might need it.

Answer 7

Frequent Urination

During pregnancy, you may feel the need to urinate often, sometimes even when your bladder is almost empty. During later pregnancy, many women find that they need to urinate even more frequently. Many pregnant women leak some urine when coughing, laughing, sneezing or exercising.

Causes of Frequent Urination During Pregnancy
The bladder is a balloon-shaped muscle that stores urine. Muscles under the bladder keep the urethra (the tube where urine leaves your body) closed and keep urine from leaking out.

The pressure of a full bladder signals your brain, giving you the “urge” to urinate. When you urinate, the muscles around the urethra relax and the bladder tightens to squeeze urine out.

During pregnancy, the pressure of your growing uterus may cause your bladder to send the message that it’s full even when it’s almost empty. Your body also contains more fluid during pregnancy. Your kidneys work harder throughout your pregnancy to flush waste products out of your body. All of these changes make you need to urinate more often.

As the uterus grows and rises higher during the second trimester, some women find that they don’t have to urinate as frequently as before. However, when the baby moves lower to prepare for delivery, the pressure increases, causing even more frequent urination. During this time, the pressure may wake you up several times each night to urinate. It may also force some urine to leak out, particularly if the muscles around the urethra are not very strong.

For the first few days after delivery, you may urinate even more often as your body gets rid of the extra fluid of pregnancy. But after a few days, your need to urinate should return to what it was before you became pregnant.

Frequent Urination: What You Can Do
Here are some tips for dealing with frequent urination or leaking during pregnancy:

Avoid diuretics. Coffee, tea and colas that contain caffeine can make you urinate more frequently.

Do Kegel exercises. These simple exercises can be done almost anywhere at any time. They strengthen the muscles that keep the urethra (the tube where urine leaves your body) closed. These exercises can help stop urine leaks. They may even help prepare these muscles for labor and delivery. Do these exercises by squeezing the muscles you use to stop the flow of urine and holding them for 10 seconds. Do this 10-20 times in a row at least three times a day.

Don’t drink fluids right before bedtime. To cut down on nighttime visits to the bathroom, drink your fluids earlier in the day. Cut back on how much you drink in the early evenings and nighttime. But be sure to drink adequate amounts of water and juice during the day to make sure that you are not robbing your body of vital fluids.

Empty your bladder completely. To help prevent leaks, be sure that your bladder doesn’t get too full. Try not to “hold it” when you feel the urge to urinate. This may mean more trips to the bathroom. When you urinate, try leaning forward a bit in order to completely empty your bladder. Always empty your bladder before exercising.

Wear a sanitary pad or panty shield. A minipad or panty shield can catch unexpected leaks caused by coughing or sneezing.

Answer 8

IT IS BECAUSE SINCE YOU ARE PREGNANT THE BABY PEES TOO AND IT GOES TO YOUR BLATER AND THEN Y OU HAVE TO PEE SO YOU RUN TO THE BATHROOM AND RELAX IT HAPPENS TO ALMOST ANYONE WHO IS PREGNANT AND VERIES ON HOW MANY KIDS YOU ARE HAVING

Answer 9

Umm, do you drink like after 5 pm too much? and not much in the morning?
But you can also say "pregnency"'s the answer.

Answer 10

Hi I'm Garry,

Best answer would be from your Doctor.

sure you'll get alot of different answers here but the best one will be from your doctor.

Simply wishing you the best of luck,

Garry from Australia