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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Pennyfarthing on October 13, 2015, 06:42:44 PM

Title: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: Pennyfarthing on October 13, 2015, 06:42:44 PM
Just wondering because I go so often.  Even my 91 year old mother goes less frequently than me.  I am just about to go for my 4th wee in the last  hour and a half.

I don't have accidents or anything but I seem to spend so much time on the loo.
I go out with friends for a day and they might go once, I go maybe five times.
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: honeybun on October 13, 2015, 06:46:36 PM
It all depends on what I have been drinking. The more tea I drink the more I go (I don't drink coffee ).
If it's got caffeine in it then it makes you go more as caffeine is a diuretic.

If I'm just drinking juice or water or caffeine free teas then I don't go neatly as much.

What are you drinking.


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Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: CLKD on October 13, 2015, 07:37:46 PM
Body fluids is gained from food as well as liquids.  Do not reduce what you drink as the kidneys then need to work harder. It depends on how relaxed I am as to how often I pass urine.  At night it can be several times but rarely do I go through without waking.

It also depends on whether we are travelling as to how often I need to find a loo  :o
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: bramble on October 13, 2015, 08:33:15 PM
Maybe 4-5 times a day and not during the night.

Bramble
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: Mary G on October 13, 2015, 08:48:39 PM
I find it's habitual.  If I am out for the day, I go much less, usually once because of the hassle of finding a toilet.  If I'm at home, I go more because the toilet is there!  I don't usually go in the night unless I've had a lot of drink just before going to bed.  I did read somewhere (can't remember where) about bladder training and how you can mentally program yourself to go less.  I now try to only go when my bladder is full.  Apparently the Royal Family are big on bladder training due to all their public engagements.
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: countrybumpkin on October 13, 2015, 08:56:24 PM
I'm like a dog and a lampost and rarely pass a toilet ;D  I do drink quite alot of water but I like to keep hydrated.  Its much better for your kidneys if you drink plenty even though it means lots of toilet trips - your urine should be pale straw coloured.

No matter how little I drink in an evening I always need to go to the loo twice a night but I have always been like this.

I also find that I have odd days where I drink loads and don't go that much then get other days where I seem to produce gallons but my husband says same so it must be normal fluctuations.
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: Joyce on October 13, 2015, 09:15:52 PM
Depends on what I've had to drink. Coffee makes me go a lot, so drink very little of it. Tea I don't drink.

Possibly half a dozen times during the day & once or twice at night.
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: honeybun on October 13, 2015, 09:23:25 PM
I go more in the morning and less in the afternoon. I'm rarely up in the night but it depends how much water I drink in the evening. I get thirsty then and keep drinking lots of water.

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Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: Meeka on October 13, 2015, 09:55:41 PM
I recently had a urine infection and its taken me a few weeks to feel I don't need to wee every hour or two.  I feel better now but still think I wee about 6 to 8  times a day and a couple of times during the night.  I drink a lot of water though (probably over 2 litres per day)  plus tea and coffee during the day.  I get less headaches if I keep hydrated and I think it does improve my skin.

When I use utrogestan vaginally I feel it irritates my bladder and causes me to see even more.


Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: SadLynda on October 14, 2015, 10:36:23 AM
my fave topic, or it used to be.

I think quite normal in the day time 'now' but I stopped all caffine and drink herbal tea or water and plenty of it.  ONLY once a night now, used to be up to 5 times, and I am often only there 6 hours.

I still have issue's with travelling though, but I am pretty certain that is in my head and the anxiety of there not being a loo available.  Luckily I dont travel so much.
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: Hurdity on October 14, 2015, 04:55:33 PM
sparkle - you may not be drinking enough!

I drink 5-6 mugs of tea per day and 2 mugs of coffee, as well as a (small) glass of juice and usually a couple of glasses of water.

I wee quite a lot - but only once ( or not at all) now at night if I don't drink in the evening (apart from a glass of water). That's because I am sleeping more deeply now and always wake tired so sleep through the bladder feelings!

Yes I probably wee at least 4 times in the morning - it takes quite a while to get rid of all that tea, and then the coffee!!

Countrybumpkin - re the dog and the lampost - do you mean you rarely pass a loo when out without having to go just in case there isn't another one nearby? I'm with you on that one even though it's not good for the bladder! I never pass up on the opportunity to empty - although I try to hold it in more at home!

How funny re the Royal Family - must be the same for rock stars, actors and politicians!

Hurdity x

Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: gilaray on October 14, 2015, 06:58:59 PM
I also wee a lot in the mornings not so much in the afternoon. Always need a wee at night sometimes two, I dont know if I really need to wee at night but if I have a flush I get the feeling I need to pee.
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: honeybun on October 14, 2015, 07:08:19 PM
I think I get up occasionally in the night but to be perfectly honest I don't remember. I do it half asleep and don't put on the light....unlike hubby who manages to clatter around and waken me up  ::)
Why can't men do things quietly.


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Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: CLKD on October 14, 2015, 07:22:35 PM
Today I went at 6.10 a.m., again at 6.25 and then at 11.30.  Again mid afternoon and when we got home.
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: Pennyfarthing on October 16, 2015, 01:35:50 PM
just returning to this topic .... Sorry I forgot I'd posted it!!!

It's very interesting reading how different we all are.

I was looking up about it and find that if you are dehydrated you actually wee more so I am drinking a glass of water every few hours and I am not weeing  any more than usual so maybe there's something in that.
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: CLKD on October 16, 2015, 04:32:30 PM
OK Girls! listen up!

The first pee of the day will be dark and maybe smelly.  That is from after 3.00 a.m.-ish until you have had a drink at breakfast.  Any urine passed during the day should be straw coloured and non smelly - if it's clear you are drinking TOO much!  The bottled water industry 'pushed' the 2+ litres per day but we forget that we get liquid from our general diet.  How large is a glass?  Half-pint, full-pint, jug full  ;D and how much are you passing each time?

You could do a input and output chart for 5 days/nights which can be time consuming and messy.  It's the only way to find out if you are drinking enough.

To find out if you really are dehydrated: get hold of the loose skin on the back of the hand in a gentle pinch, hold; let go.  If it flops back immediately you are hydrated enough!  (works for dogs/cats too  ;)).

I haven't been much 2-day as we have been out and about; I haven't drunk much so haven't needed to wee.
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: CLKD on October 16, 2015, 05:05:38 PM
Have you considered what you've eaten in the last 12 hours ?  ;)
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: CLKD on October 17, 2015, 03:17:31 PM
Food converts to liquid, i.e. soup, stews ……… maybe your urine colour is 'normal 4 U'  ;).  Did you look today  ::)

My bladder feels irritated but I'm over-all tired because of this cold.
Title: Re: How frequently do you wee?
Post by: CLKD on October 18, 2015, 09:23:38 AM
Having re-read your response about what you drink, there's very little colour in what you are putting in  ;)

Considering that I was awake a lot in the night I didn't have to go across the bathroom once  :-\