My Mortifying Morning

[KatherineSwynford1403]

I woke in a panic. I'd been dreaming about sitting on the toilet having a wee. And I really had had a wee, in bed. I wanted to shoot myself. I had to strip the bed, throw the sheets in the wash, clean the mattress, chuck my PJs / Knickers in the wash with the sheets all before 6am.

Please tell me the day will get better.

At least you didn't shit the bed? 🤣🤣

I've now trained myself to wake up when I dream of sitting on the toilet! It's my age!
It's embarrassing as well as mortifying when it happens though

Well you'd be really unlucky if it gets worse!

I'll try not to pi$$ my pants on the train home!

oh man - i haven't done it YET but i frequently have those dreams!

joys of meno or peri meno

I have done this too. Really annoying when it is the middle of the night and you have to wake your partner up to tell them you have wet the bed and you need to clean up your mess. 🙃

Same! I rarely ever need a wee in the night, but have occasionally had a dream where I do and I fear the day I wake up to discover I just went anyway! I have a waterproof mattress cover on the bed, just in case!

Both DH and I have these dreams too but nothing has ever come out. I always worry that it will in future.
Why do we have these dreams?

I have done this once in the last 20 years. On the one night my brother and I had a flight cancelled and had to share a bed in an airport hotel 😂

It's funny, a couple of times I dreamt I was looking for a toilet and they were all in use/blocked/the cover was stuck... Then I'd wake up and realise I really needed to go, but my subconscious mind didn't let me!

Yes. This happens to me, although usually the loo is very public - no door so I am hunting around for privacy.

Very odd but it does stop me until I wake up.

I have these dreams too then wake up desperate to go!

This is a Menopause symptom???? 😫 something else to look forward to

DH did this once, in my cabin bed with me at my parents house when we hadn’t been together long. Never done it again in more than 20 years. Very random. We pretended he had spilled a drink. No idea what my parents thought!

No it bloody isn't!

It might happen, it might not.

I've had dreams like this for as long as I can remember, even as a kid (fortunately it's always prompted me to wake up).

This was my first thought too lol

I did this the other week. I’m in my 30s though so definitely not just a menopause thing!

Managed to mop it up and slept round it for a few hours because I didn’t want the embarrassment of telling DH I’d wet the bed! The pretended it was bed wash day and stripped the beds 🙈

I’ve done that a handful of times in my life too!

It’s a horrible feeling to wake up in warm wee.

That's nothing op, I pooed myself getting ready for work the other day!!! To be fair I have had mild food poisoning. Luckily I wasn't late as I was dreading making something up haha.

No, it’s just Mumsnetters blame everything on the menopause

Wow I'm so pleased I'm not the only one who has these dreams. I thought there was something wrong with me as I regularly dream I'm looking for a toilet or I'm on a toilet in public where everyone can see me etc. I've notice im getting them more the older i get too, great!

This happened to me just after DD2 was born (c section) - turned out I had a UTI from the catheter. The actual typical UTI feeling came on a day or so later. Might be something to keep an eye on?

I have the peeing dream regularly, but that's the only time it's ever translated into actual peeing, even when I was heavily pregnant.

I've had dreams like this for as long as I can remember, even as a kid (fortunately it's always prompted me to wake up)

I've had these dreams for many years too - searching around public loos for a decent toilet and they're all bunged up or missing a door, or sometimes missing an actual toilet bowl, getting more and more desperate for a pee.
Then waking up and needing the loo quickly!
It's a very common dream, apparently. I've read several articles about it.

I've never peed in the bed so far, and I'm over 60. I know that it does happen though.

I had this happen a couple of weeks ago - not had it for years before that. I never sleep well and am permanently tired these days, so I now double check I'm actually awake during the day when I go to use the loo.
Waterproof mattress protectors are a lifesaver - mine is a bamboo one from Amazon and it hasn't let me down yet

Are you telling me my frequent toilet search dreams are not unique? Another quirk bites the dust. I haven't pissed the bed yet. Do all you other toilet dreamers have that 'this is exactly like one of my dreams' thought while you're midway through the quest?