Dribbling in the night - you, not baby!

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Someone mentioned on another thread that they've been drooling in the night.

I get this too and I mentioned it to my mw and friends with kids and no-one had heard of it as a pregnancy symptom.

I'm dribbling so much I've even have to change pillows in the middle of the night because of the wet patches lol! I never dribbled before I was pregnant!

Does anyone else have this symptom, or is it just the 2 of us!?!

I had it in both pregnancies. Weird isn't it?

Please tell me it stopped once your baby came?!

My pillows can take no more lol!

Apparently increased saliva can be a symptom of pregnancy, particularly in the early days?
I get this (fortunately only occasionally, so may be to do with sleeping position) and it's a real pain! No advice, but sympathies!

Yes! I'm 38 weeks and dribbling at night is terrible! I can literally wake up with bits of my hair stuck together (sorry - grim). It's been really bad weirdly later on for me - after 30 weeks.

Glad someone posted re this. I thought it was just me being minging!

Ahhh! Me too! I didn't even think it could be to do with the pregnancy, but come to think of it, it started about the same time. Glad it's not just me. I tend to lie with my head in my hand so i've been waking up with a hand full of dribble... Doh!

Yes, yes it stopped immediately!

Me too in both mine! Absolutely loads of the stuff! I used to have to get a towel if I napped on the sofa!

I'm having to wash our pillow protectors every week. Used to just do it once a week.

Glad it stops quickly though

Me too and it's getting worse - am now 36w 4 days!

DH is a dentist and sees it quite a lot - has to get the nurse to do suoer suction on some preggos! So we're not all weirdos! He only bothered to mention to me last week though .

I've been more worried about bleeding gums etc but not really suffered from that

Yes, I was absolutely dreadfully dribbly both times. I'm sure it's why I was also permanently dehydrated too.

Yes!

Although, I've done it all my life , but it is definitely worse now (am 28+4) and am locked in a vicious cycle of sleep - dribble- wake up for a wee- notice mouth is dry swig loads of water-sleep-dribble-wake up for wee... and so on.

LOL my Name is Natasha and I'M a dribbler!! XxX.

I had my first pillow change of the day during my afternoon nap however it was my DFs pillow I duruled on.... Phew glad I got that. Off my chest lol.

On a serious note it is gross!!!

I was dribbling loads, horrible. Had DD3 last Saturday and hadn't even thought about it but no dribbling since!! :). I would have put it down to lack of sleep though :(

Yeah, some of the hormones in your body that have done into overdrive also stimulate the saliva gland, so most pregnant women have an excess of saliva - however, my copy of WTEWYE says that it usually goes after the first 12 weeks.

Pregnancy is oh-so-glamorous ;)

I don't think my hormones kicked in until about 6 weeks ago then! (I'm 40+4) I only started dribbling and going to the toilet more often at about 35 weeks! I also didn't have any itching until about 4 weeks ago.

I'm glad there's so many of us that have this - I was starting to wonder if there was something wrong with my face in the nights!

I dribbled too :)

And yes, it stops immediately after the birth - you can't dribble in your sleep when you don't get any sleep!

Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy, the birth and the lovely early days :)

Yep, I'm dribbling all night too!

I did wonder what was going on with the dribbling!? I don't think I happened with DS1 but this time it's shocking!! Glad to know it'll stop :-)