Waking to pee - already?

gusabbey · August 2014

People say that certain pregnancy symptoms come quicker with each pregnancy. Something I wasnt quite ready for at 10 weeks, is waking to pee in the MOTN. I already feel like I've been pregnant forever...and now i know why!

firelizard83 · August 2014

I've been doing that almost from the beginning. Very annoying.

michelle142 · August 2014

I never stopped waking to pee after DS was born, so this is no big change for me. Doesn't make it suck any less though.

jennypolkadots · August 2014

Actually this is super common in the first trimester. The reason is because your uterus at 10 weeks is the size of a grapefruit when it used to be the size of a small pear. It also weighs more with the amniotic fluid, little baby, placenta, and extra blood and sits right on top of your bladder. By 20 weeks the uterus will expand past the pelvic cavity and it will release some of this pressure on the bladder. Then you will get some relief... but when the baby starts getting bigger it will sit right on the bladder anyways so you will have to pee more later on too

People think the peeing often is just when the baby is big. Not so! For my it started at like 8 weeks and I was thinking I was going crazy. I'm almost 14 weeks now and feel like my bladder is the size of a pea. Can't wait to "pop" out and have a little more room in there!!

chickyclg · August 2014

I started waking up around 8 weeks, I'm 12 weeks with twins and now I wake up about every 2-3 hours

HerHighness · August 2014

I've been getting up several times to pee since before the stick actually dried!

Mrsgclark81 · August 2014

I haven't slept through the night since I was about 8 weeks. I'm so tired and I don't feel like getting up in the middle of the night, so I've been stubborn and I try to hold it (not good I know), but my bladder always wins and I end up going to the bathroom anyway.

scgmama · August 2014

Ugh I've been dealing with this for a few weeks now. I wake up to pee in the middle of the night and again way early in the morning before I normally get up.

foxslaw · August 2014

Happened to me pre pregnancy & now I get up twice a night.

junebugjam · August 2014

I just want to say how jealous I am that you made it this far WITHOUT that symptom. I forget what it's like to sleep through the night.

lauren889 · August 2014

I get up to pee sometimes 4 or 5 times a night...ugh!

mle106 · August 2014

It's also because of the increase in blood volume- kidneys are working overtime to filter the blood, which increases urine output. Especially in the middle of the night or when there is no convenient bathroom in sight, in my experience

krysmill · August 2014

Last night I swear I got up every hour to pee! I hope tonight is nothing like last cause I'm so tired today!

laura*sean · August 2014

Yup. And it leads to insomnia!

lilybug319 · August 2014

It's been a common thing for me since the beginning. But now I'm getting up 2-3 times a night. Always starting at 3 am for some reason. Like clockwork. Very odd.

CogDis · August 2014

THIS:

junebugjam said:
I just want to say how jealous I am that you made it this far WITHOUT that symptom. I forget what it's like to sleep through the night.

Allie429 · August 2014

That was one thing I disliked about pregnancy-the first night I slept through the night (after my DD was born and a few months old and STTN) without having to use the bathroom was the best night of sleep ever. I normally wake up about 3/4 am every night - blah! It started about 8 weeks. I am over 13 now.

PollyPositive · August 2014

I already had the bladder of an 80 year-old prior to getting pregnant. Now it's a million times worse.

mays1028 · August 2014

Oh I am there been there since 7 weeks or so, this is my second and this I wasn't expecting till later but no such luck! (Im 11 weeks now) It really sucked when we were camping! No way was I walking all the way in the dark alone to those bathrooms the bear box real close worked just fine lol

reneamac313 · August 2014

I'm 12 weeks now and it started around 7 weeks for me. It was less in frequency but now I'm up about 4-5 times a night.

ConstanceGoodspeed · August 2014

I am jealous of DS and his diaper; he pees all night long and doesn't even stir. Must be nice!

MissEm15 · August 2014

I've been waking to pee pretty much every night since the beginning but I'm having twinstwins. I guess I'm lucky it's just once a night so far

mandamoochie · August 2014

I think I moved past this now.. I was actually just thinking its been a week or two since I've gotten up to pee before 6 am.

kismetjess · August 2014

I do it every night like clockwork and have since about 5 weeks. It blows.

crash916 · August 2014

Yup. My LO doesn't sleep through the night still so I just started adding a bathroom break for me before I go nurse in the MOTN.

mels823 · August 2014

I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow and it still happens to me at least two times a night. Super annoying! Especially because in 2 weeks we are going on vacation in Maine where I will have to walk outside to get to the bathroom... in the middle of the night.... so scary!!!

nikchickmama · August 2014

It drives me crazy! I've started limiting my water intake before bed like what we taught my son when potty training lol but that's when I'm the thirstiest!

alyse0305 · August 2014

As soon as I open my eyes in the morning I have to pee, but it's a welcome change from getting up at 3am every night. I've found if I drink no fluids 1-2 hours before bed and pee right before I lay down to sleep I'm good!

jaztastic · August 2014

I wake up to pee, but only 1x a night. Usually around 2-4am

usmcwife89 · August 2014

Last night I had to get up to pee 6 times! Didn't get any good sleep at all. I've been getting up since about 7 weeks to pee, but usually only once a night. Last night was crazy.

JessicaxLynn87 · August 2014

I have to pee all day/night. It definitely started much earlier with this second pregnancy!

PeanettyGoodness · August 2014

Lucky! I've been getting up several times a night to pee since I found out at 6 weeks. It's still on going, but I can actually go back to sleep after I get up now, instead of not being able to fall back to sleep for several hours.