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461781 tn?1285609481

Pregnancy: How often do you pee?!

So I guess I'm used to it by now but, I wake up ALL THE TIME at night at least once ever 1 1/2 hours, its soooo annoying and even during the day I think I pee every hour or so.
I'm 20 weeks and it hasn't gotten any better the further I get, i've been peeing this much since the beginning!  I have a very sensitive  bladder.

So how often do you have to pee?  Does it get better or worse?!
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18 weeks galfreind
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I would say it feels like every 5 minutes jaja yes very annoying mostly when it's just a little bit
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This isnt really an answer but while in your first trimester is it normal to pee like 4 times in about an hour and a half???
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4779253 tn?1359063555
I pee so much in one day too! its just best to just use the restroom right away than holding it!
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i feel exactly the same way...im tsoo hirsty all day therefore i need to pee all day but more annoying at night because i constantly have to get up and when i ignore it ii feel like im going to explodea and can barely walk and im only 20 weeks!!
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how far are u?
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Yep, it only gets worse. Lol
I drink water through out the night, so im up every hour peeing.
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33 weeks and all the time. It only gets worse lol.
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I'm 29 weeks and I've been peeing like crazy. Sometimes I feel like I have to pee and theres nothing. Then I have that feeling again and I just pissed like a race horse. When I walk outside or in the cold it gets worse. Soon as I feel I have the need to pee, I go asap. Just last night I had to have pee'd over 30 times. I didn't get any sleep. I just pee'd like 5 minutes ago and I feel like I have to go again, though its a trinkle.  I wouldnt cut back on drinking water or fluids. You need a lot when your pregnant because yours always dehydrated. Your just going to have to suck it up and just pee. Its a part of pregnancy.
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Hey everyone!
That's kinda funny... I notice I pee so much at night,,, I usually pee every 2 hours at night.. During the day is not so bad.. I don't pee as much as I do when I'm sleeping.. So annoying!! I need to make a bed with a potty inside, so I can pee while I am in bed!!
Such a nuisance to wake up when I fall fast aleep, only to be woken up to pee..
Or else, I'll just wear diapers... I'll practice changing diapers on me!!
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I AM IN THE SAME BOAT.
I have to get up like five times at night to pee and during the day I feel like it's endless.
Grr, i'm so sick of peeing.
And I'm only 20 weeks pregnant. I'm scared to how I will be when I will be 30-40 weeks pregnant :(
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753276 tn?1259378209
I have to get up to pee at LEAST 3 times a night, and it feels like its been that way since the day I conceived. I've tried not to drink 2-3 hours before bed and it helps a little but like some of you said, I get soooo thirsty.
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377012 tn?1283965435
every 2-3 hours for me......if i dont wake up from having to pee in the middle of the night i get really crampy all day long, when i first found out i was peeing every 30min. to every hour and within the last 2 weeks (9 weeks today) it has slowed down!
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558728 tn?1275442570
When I'm in the pool or the tub I'm stretched out and she loves the extra room! Whe nI get out she isn't to happy with me because she has to get all balled up again. She tosses and turns like she's trying to get comfortable. It hurts me while she's getting comfy again.
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461781 tn?1285609481
I was a pee-er before too but mainly because I dranks coffee in the morning which made me pee constantly, but not so much at night.  But now its very annoying.  I couldn't imagine having to hold it for so long, you must be running to the bathroom when you get a break.

Griggsy-I think the baby can deffinitely kick the pi'ss out of you!
Alive and kicking also true
I don't know about the last one, I'm still trying to understand the context.
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435139 tn?1255460391
OMG...I always had to go pee BEFORE being pg...and now it is tenfold!  In the night, I got every 2 hours or so and during the day, I can ONLY go at 8:00, 10:30, 12/noon, 1:30 and 3:00  SO it is about every two hours during the day too BUT I think if I could go, I'd go before every two hours because even going from noon to 1:30, I'm HOLDING it!!!  
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558728 tn?1275442570
I get the same feeling when she's kicking on my bladder! LOL!

I told my husband that I'm certain that pregnant woman coined a few phrases in this world. Some of those being

Kick the pi ss out you.
(He claims a man coined it from kicking a dog)

Alive and kicking
(He agrees with me on this one)

and lastly

You give them an inch and they take 6.
(He is undecided on this one)

Anyhow. . .  just thought I would share.
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446156 tn?1275859576
I was just telling my husband that I could drink 1 tea spoon and pee 5 times.  LOL.  If I wake up less than 4 times in one night then it was a good night.  I have got up 6 times in one night before.  It drives me nuts lol.  Make sure that you tell your dr though because that could be a sign of gestational diabetes.  That way they can test you.  My dr told me that its common later in pregnancy.  God Bless, Antia
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For me it changes everynight, I pee about every 2 hrs-4hrs depending on if my little man wakes me up by kicking my bladder. I have to drink lots of water throughout the night too because for me since I have been pregnant I lose a lot of hydration throughout the night don't really know why but if I don't drink water I wake up with really dark pee and a headache so I actually walk around with my gallon of water now and I drink that throughout the day and night.
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572254 tn?1297189358
i wasnt too bad at the beginining of the pregnancy, now nearly 31weeks i get up 3-4 times a night, i mainly need to pee alot when im walking/standing around, shopping for ages is a no no!!
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439903 tn?1380137882
im 11 weeks 2 days and i too get up many times a night, some times its once or twice, other nights its like 4 or 5 times. i hope it gets better, during the day its about every hour some times a little longer, some times sooner. hope the baby gets off your bladder soon, for your sake, good luck!!

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325477 tn?1250551309
I pee 2 times at night and a lot during the day...its funny for me. I can seat on a chair for a few hours and than BANG it hits me and I gotta pee right a way or I will burst...it usually comes very unexpected for me.
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461781 tn?1285609481
I'm glad that I'm not the only time, I guess that my bladder is not the most sensitive bladder in the world.
The same thing happens to me, sometimes I feel like I need to pee soooooo bad and then its a trickle, then one hour later I'm peeing like I haven't peed all day!
Sometimes I feel my bladder pulsating as if the baby is kicking it after I finish peeing which makes me want to pee again but nothing comes out.  These kids!!!!

The worst thing is that my hips hurt sooo bad when I turn at night that having to get up to pee 5 times HURTS sooo much that I end up wobbling to the bathroom.  I'm only 20 weeks and I'm wobbling at night, its pathetic!
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761653 tn?1266271699
Griggsy- I have the same sensation where you feel like you have to pee like a race horse and then hardly nothing.  The first time I saw my OB I thought I needed to pee (this is after I drank a FULL bottle of water prior to me getting there), but then I go in to pee in the cup AND hardly anything came out.  Oh well.

But I do have to say that I'm peeing more and more with each passing day :D, but that has something to do with the fact that I found something I enjoy drinking other than diet soda(that's all I could drink other wise I felt like I was going to throw up).  It's flavored water!  Or like coolaid stuff.  YUMMY!  But bad cuz I pee ALL the TIME!  Which kind of sux!  Like yesterday I probably peed close to 20 from the time I got up till I went to bed.

I haven't had the pleasure of experancing peeing all the time at night yet!  I only wake up in the moring before I leave for work at 430 and feel like I filled the bowl up!
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