What time do you stop drinking water before bed?

NorcalLinds

I could really use a 4 hour block without getting up to pee!! Anyone had success with stopping liquids at a certain time?

boobgenie409

I tried but when I do I usually have BH because I need liquids then BH in the middle of the night because I have to pee. It's a catch22.

jkaplan84

The only night I tried not drinking as much water before going to bed, I woke up at 3:30 with severe pain.  Lesson learned...a trip to the bathroom is much more desirable than pain and contractions.

moonfaerie

If I don't drink past 8pm, I usually don't have any, or maybe one, bathroom trip after I go to bed. I lay down around 11 most nights, and go right before I lay down. I don't drink past 8, except for just enough juice or water to swallow my prenatal vitamin.

ETA: I'm having a fairly uneventful pregnancy, no BH, no contractions, so not drinking doesn't bother me at this stage of the game. I drink water all day long so I stay pretty well hydrated.

blondek8

Doesn't seem to matter for my kidneys/bladder. I'm up every 2hrs peeing regardless of when I stopped drinking water.

Anonymi

I think it is all a luck of how your body works for the water. I have had water just before I went to bed (like seconds before) and didn't wake up to pee at any time during the night.

LadyDelilah

yeah I cant not drink water its the worst thirst I have ever felt so I deal with needing to pee...

mommynpink

blondek8:

Doesn't seem to matter for my kidneys/bladder. I'm up every 2hrs peeing regardless of when I stopped drinking water.

This is me too.  

Coleslawcat

I keep water by my bed. I drink it right up until I go to bed and whenever I wake up at night. I'm just thirsty all the time.

HappyMommy28

I always drink a glass before bed and more if I wake up and am thirsty.

[Deleted User]

I tried not drinking at night & I still go to the bathroom as many times, BUT I feel very dehydrated when I tried that.  So, I have water when I feel like it, and a bottle on the night stand which I drink (16 oz) every night.  So, I wake up feeling better & when I get up to pee I'm just there a little bit longer.  Honestly, I think I sleep BETTER when I drink water at night.  /shrug.

Arielle27

Nope. It is way too hot here to think about not drinking up until the second I am in bed (and several times throughout the night when I wake up hot or wake up to pee). I don't mind peeing 2-3 times a night, I'm used to it.

katlor9

I keep water by my bed, I get real thirsty during the night.

MrsTechie

Best birthday gift ever from Mr Techie was the mini fridge that now serves as a night stand in the bedroom. I have cold water and ice packs a few steps away all night long.

I get up to pee no matter how much I drink so I might as well not be thirsty on top of it.

wife1014

I drink all day/night and in the middle of the night.  I am so thirsty. When I get up to pee, I actually drink more water.  Silly, I know but I'm thirsty.

triplea1819

i do not drink after dinner, which is 5:30.  I go to bed around 10 and go to the bathroom.  I generally wake 1 time at night.  I am SUPER thirsty in the morning and down 2-3 glasses of water/juice/milk asap, but worth it.

lulu3061

I don't drink anything after 7:00 so 3 hours before I go to bed.  Occasionally I will have to get up in the night to pee (like once a week) and it's almost always when I drank more than normal in the evening.

MSC03

I'm always crazy thirsty before bed (and in the middle of the night) so this hasn't been an option for me. I usually need to roll over every 2-3 hours anyway and that's a big production, so adding a pee break to that isn't such a big deal.