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How often do you wake for a wee in the night?

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readingmakesmehappy · 07/11/2024 19:04

I wake up at least once a night, sometimes twice. Without fail. It's super annoying. I don't drink tea after lunch (that just made me wee more) and try not to drink too much water in the evening, but still. Obviously when I was pregnant it was even worse.

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BCBird · 07/11/2024 19:40

Usually once. I'm 55

Coldandunderablanket · 07/11/2024 19:41

Sometimes once a night, sometimes not at all. I do drink loads of water and wee lots on the day. I'm 51 and menopausal

JoJothegerbil · 07/11/2024 19:42

52 and I get up once every night about 2ish. Sometimes I have to get up at 5ish too. Once I move around I usually get a hot flush too. I'd love a full nights sleep. Thanks Mother Nature.

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CharismaticMegafauna · 07/11/2024 19:44

At least once, without fail. Often twice. As a young adult I could sleep through the night without needing to go to the loo.

Stretchedresources · 07/11/2024 19:44

Never. I'm 50.
I drink loads of water in the day and early evening.

LaLaLaurie · 07/11/2024 19:46

I think very rarely to never but I always have to go as soon as I wake up.

RichardMarxisinnocent · 07/11/2024 19:46

I'm another hardly ever, maybe once a month or less? I'm post menopausal and 50.

PrimalLass · 07/11/2024 19:47

Never but I am only in bed 12-7

cardibach · 07/11/2024 19:50

Don't limit drinks. Your busy holds on to more if it thinks you aren't drinking enough and that will be released in the night.

DuesToTheDirt · 07/11/2024 19:54

When I was younger, pretty much never. Now that I'm post menopausal it's a rare night that I don't get up once or twice. I've had some nights recently where I got up 5-6 times, now that's a pain! Sometimes I awake because I need the loo, and sometimes I am lying awake so long that I end up thinking about it and then I need to go before I can relax properly.

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dontforgetme · 07/11/2024 19:58

4+ times a night. It's really fucking annoying as I struggle to fall to sleep again and I'm exhausted all the time. I'm 32 and it's definitely got worse since turning 32!

FuzzyPuffling · 07/11/2024 19:58

Once, occasionally twice, even more occasionally none. Mid 60s.

Pixiedust1234 · 07/11/2024 20:02

At least once but usually twice. On bad nights it's every hour. Always knackered 😕

Whu · 07/11/2024 20:03

Usually once as my elderly dog has trained me that he needs a wee in the night and I go while I’m up with him. The problem is now I often wake up before he does and then I get woken by him 2 hours later!

JustonethingAB · 07/11/2024 20:07

64, can sleep for 6/7 hours then I could get up a do a wee but no urgency!

readingmakesmehappy · 07/11/2024 20:13

I'm so glad it's not just me (this is what MN is so good for).
When we were camping I think it was 3 times and I squatted behind the tent bc no way was I walking all the way to the loos in the dark.

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StarCourt · 07/11/2024 20:15

i'm 58, 2 or 3 times every night

ChopstickNovice · 07/11/2024 20:15

2-4 times, ever since I was a child. I'm 39 now. It annoys me SO MUCH

WinteringWellies · 07/11/2024 20:29

twentysevendresses · 07/11/2024 19:17

At least twice...sometimes three or four times. This is since menopause hit and I've had night sweats...🤦‍♀️ I wake up constantly and if I'm awake, I need a wee...I try and ignore it but that makes it worse 😨

But even before menopause it was at least once! I even have 'wee dreams' which are awful, where I'm dreaming that I'm desperate for a wee, but either can't find a loo, or the ones I do find are very public (open) or filthy dirty/broken, so I have to keep searching, and I'm getting more and more frantic! I always wake up just at the point where I'm about to have an 'unfortunate incident'! 😨

In real life, if I was THIS desperate, I'd just do a 'wild wee' 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️😂

I’m exactly the same with the wee dreams, desperately looking round for a loo but all the ones I find don’t have any doors on them and are busier than Piccadilly Circus 😭

I have to get up 2 or 3 times a night since hitting my 50s.

SquigglePigs · 07/11/2024 20:29

Usually once. I didn't until I was pregnant but since then it's once. (So since my late 30's).

About once a fortnight I'll make it through the whole night but wake around 6.30, and occasionally if I've had too much to drink I'll wake twice (probably the amount of water i drink to compensate!).

hereismydog · 07/11/2024 20:32

I’m very very pregnant so it’s every hour during the day and probably 3 or 4 times a night.

Prior to pregnancy, rarely!

Guavafish1 · 07/11/2024 20:32

1-2 times

GoodGriefGordon · 07/11/2024 20:33

Late 40s never. Am a very deep sleeper though

Driedonion · 07/11/2024 20:33

Pretty much never.
Female mid 50s