You may have laughed when friends and relatives told you they had to visit the toilet roughly every five minutes or so during their pregnancy. However, as your own pregnancy progresses and you find that you spend most of your time in the bathroom, or thinking about visiting one, it’s not quite as funny!
It’s perfectly reasonable to expect this to happen. After all, your uterus has expanded, it’s full of amniotic fluid, and your baby, and the whole lot is pressing directly on your bladder. Of course, you’re going to need to go to the toilet more! However, while you can’t solve the problem completely, there are a few things you can do to decrease the frequency of your toilet visits.
First, make sure that when you do visit the toilet, you empty your bladder completely. Next, avoid beverages that are known diuretics – that means no coffee, tea or other caffeinated drinks.
Lastly, avoid beverages too close to bedtime. You’ll probably still have a few late night bathroom breaks, but they’ll be less frequent.
It’s perfectly reasonable to expect this to happen. After all, your uterus has expanded, it’s full of amniotic fluid, and your baby, and the whole lot is pressing directly on your bladder. Of course, you’re going to need to go to the toilet more! However, while you can’t solve the problem completely, there are a few things you can do to decrease the frequency of your toilet visits.
First, make sure that when you do visit the toilet, you empty your bladder completely. Next, avoid beverages that are known diuretics – that means no coffee, tea or other caffeinated drinks.
Lastly, avoid beverages too close to bedtime. You’ll probably still have a few late night bathroom breaks, but they’ll be less frequent.
