Limiting fluid intake before bedtime

Has anyone else been experimenting with this? I usually "try" going to bed between 11 - 11:30 and try not to drink after 10pm. I will take only the slightest sip of water just to wet my mouth. I really haven't noticed too much less on the bathroom visits and if I stop drinking water before 10 - I wake up during the night and am VERY thirsty.

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Getting dehydrated isn't good during pregnancy. I wouldn't bother trying to control it -- peeing a lot is just another glamorous part of being pregnant!

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I just drink and pee. I gave up on trying to deal with it. I even drink a little every time I get up. I realized I cramped a bit in the mornings where I didn't drink much.

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I learned the last time around that it didnt matter if I drank a lot before bed or not...so now I dont bother limiting myself..I also go to bed with a glass of water next to the bed in case I wake up thirsty

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I keep water next to the bed also, but I find when I do wake to go to the bathroom, it's a little painful until I do go which is why I'm trying to limit a bit before bedtime

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It didn't matter for me - I still got up to pee.

But hey - once baby is out it is amazing how you DON'T need to pee in the middle of the night!!

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Donna - I tried the same exact thing. I would stop drinking water at 10 and go to bed between 11-11:30. It didn't matter at all. I was still up every hour on the hour.

Now, at 41+ weeks I can actually get a whopping two hours in between every bathroom trip. Those two hours make it feel like I've been sleeping for days.

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I've done this since day 1 of both my pg's.

I drink ALL my water during the day and I stop downing liquids 2-3 hours before bed.

My whole pg's I slept through the night up to the 3rd trimester. My whole 3rd trimester and Even now being 37.5 weeks, I only wake up once a night to pee.

The key is to drink ALL your liquids during the day. I sip stuff at night or eat fruit.

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I never stop drinking the water. Peeing all day and night stinks but dehydration is a big cause of premature births. I'd rather be inconvenienced with an extra pee trip at night.

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Posted by sweetness

I've done this since day 1 of both my pg's.

I drink ALL my water during the day and I stop downing liquids 2-3 hours before bed.

My whole pg's I slept through the night up to the 3rd trimester. My whole 3rd trimester and Even now being 37.5 weeks, I only wake up once a night to pee.

The key is to drink ALL your liquids during the day. I sip stuff at night or eat fruit.

Once a night to pee!!! SHOWOFF!

I drink fluids all day long so I know I'm hydrated enough. I am very good about never leaving the house without a huge water bottle too. I'm just getting tired of going to the bathroom, getting back into bed and just as I'm getting comfortable again - I gotta get up and go!

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I tried this ONCE because the potty breaks were killing me at night. (stopped drinking at 9, bed at 10 and up no later than 6) I woke up so incredibly thirsty the next morning that I never did it again. Oh and I STILL woke up needing to go all night!

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Hey if it helps --- I only get up once or MAYBE twice to BF during the night -- and rarely have to pee either time. So there IS light at the end of the tunnel!!