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What time did you get up in the night to go to the toilet?

109 replies

OneUmberJoker · 05/09/2025 18:47

23.30

OP posts:
Bjorkdidit · 05/09/2025 20:50

I used to be 3 am like clockwork but now it's around 2 and 5 and I either end up staying up then, or if I didn't quickly fall back asleep after 2 am, I'm up a couple of hours then I go back to bed for 1 to 3 hours depending on how much time there is until I have to be up.

Also jealous of the nevers, I've never not worked up in decades. I'm 52 and child free if it matters.

isitmytime · 05/09/2025 20:56

this morning it was 6am

im usually up at least once around 3/4 unless in nightshift then I’m up every hour and I’m always absolutely desperate

Kneeslikethese · 05/09/2025 20:57

last night, 3.30am then when i got up at 6.30am.
if i have an early night its usually around midnight and 3.30 but i didnt go to bed till around 11 last night.

LegoPicnic · 05/09/2025 20:58

Never, unless I’m woken up by something - then I need the loo before I can get back to sleep.

BrendaSmall · 05/09/2025 20:59

Go to bed 8.30-9.00, first time I’m up is around 11, then 1, then around 3, then 5, and then I get up!!
im on medication for my bladder and it’s starting to not work!!

pinkbackground · 05/09/2025 21:01

Arlanymor · 05/09/2025 19:56

Depends on what my peri body wants to do on any given night. It’s at least once though, despite the fact I go just before I turn in.

Same here!

Thissickbeat · 05/09/2025 21:01

It doesn't. I'm 51.
I often wake up because I'm stressed or I've had a bad dream, but not to go to the toilet.

Arlanymor · 05/09/2025 21:12

pinkbackground · 05/09/2025 21:01

Same here!

I sympathise!

youalright · 05/09/2025 21:16

Always around 4am

Blondebrownorred · 05/09/2025 21:18

BrendaSmall · 05/09/2025 20:59

Go to bed 8.30-9.00, first time I’m up is around 11, then 1, then around 3, then 5, and then I get up!!
im on medication for my bladder and it’s starting to not work!!

Wow that's an early bedtime!

CandelabraCat · 05/09/2025 21:23

01:57 (thanks Apple Watch sleep app 😂) Around then every night since I was about 20.

BG2015 · 05/09/2025 21:26

56 years old.
I get up between 2 and 3 times a night. Usually about 12ish then 3 ish. Awake for an hour then and eventually get up 6.30am.

if you don't get up, count yourself very lucky and pray it lasts a long time.

HappyNewTaxYear · 05/09/2025 21:27

thenightsky · 05/09/2025 20:02

Usually around midnight, then 1.30am, then 3.30am, then 5.30am, then 7.30am. Then I give in and get up.

Same 😢

Mykittensmittens · 05/09/2025 21:29

Pre-kids (age 35) barely ever

post kids - once a night, maybe, or went when babies/toddlers disturbed sleep

now at 50, it’s horrendous! Sleep at 11, insurance wee just before sleep but still awake 12.30 onwards at short intervals. Sometimes 4 times a night where I go for a wee in case that’s the cause of being awake.

SnowFrogJelly · 05/09/2025 21:29

Usually around 3am

mynameiscalypso · 05/09/2025 21:30

Mid-40s and never. Like someone else says, if I’m woken for some reason, like DS comes in, I’ll often go to the loo before going back to sleep but I don’t generally get up to go to the loo.

OldBeyondMyYears · 05/09/2025 21:32

thenightsky · 05/09/2025 20:02

Usually around midnight, then 1.30am, then 3.30am, then 5.30am, then 7.30am. Then I give in and get up.

Similar! I’m very jealous (and impressed!!) by all the ‘never’ posters!

Delphigirl · 05/09/2025 21:35

Delphigirl · 05/09/2025 20:22

Age 56. Never. Go before I sleep, go again when I wake up.

Re c-sections - I have had 4 vaginal births

Thebluespoon · 05/09/2025 21:36

I don't need to get up myself but my DH has recently started to get up for a wee around 4am which is really annoying as he always wakes me up.

Someone2025 · 05/09/2025 21:43

OneUmberJoker · 05/09/2025 18:47

23.30

I don’t see how knowing this will inform you about anything, people go to bed at all different times so it would vary hugely…..you said you get up to go at 23.30, I wouldn’t even be asleep at that time

Waitingfordoggo · 05/09/2025 21:55

I go to bed pretty late so usually have one about midnight before going to sleep. Then I wake for another one- it’s almost always at 4.30.

TheSmallAssassin · 05/09/2025 21:58

OneUmberJoker · 05/09/2025 18:47

23.30

I'm not even in bed by then! At the moment, some time between 4am and 5am, I am wondering whether I need to add another pump of Oestrogel.

Nissii · 05/09/2025 22:01

Surprised at all the nevers.
Up to age 37 - never
Since being pregnant in 1995 at age 37 - 2 or three times a night. I have never slept through in 30 years.

Moon30 · 05/09/2025 22:05

I get up multiple times, according to my children it's not normal to go to the toilet as much as I do, but I've carried 3 children, they've permanently squished my bladder 😏

midlifemumma · 05/09/2025 22:11

Usually 1-2am and then around 5am.

I’m early 40’s, I can’t remember ever not having to go to the loo in the night.