Time of pregnancy is too long, and many
“phenomena” causes discomfort in daily life of women.
Always urinating and urinating at night is one
of the anguishes that most of pregnant women have to
suffer. That is normal symptom, usually occurs during pregnancy and end after
childbirth.
Urinate
At Night Is An Anguish Of Pregnant Women
Normal physiological phenomenon
The uterus is behind bladder in normal
condition. During pregnancy, uterus is increasing size according to baby’s age;
from position behind bladder, uterus is bigger and bigger, and locates on top
of bladder.
Bladder is pressed causing condition that
it is stimulated frequently, so pregnant women have feeling of wanting to
urinate. This symptom begins happening from the 3th-4th
months of pregnancy. Women have feeling of urination and urinate more
frequently although the amount of urine does not increase (only times of
urinating increases).
This condition creates inconvenience for
daily activities of pregnant women all day long, and can cause insomnia at
night due to waking up frequently. That is a normal phenomenon and usually seen
in most pregnant women; however, they need to know in order to distinguish this
physiological phenomenon with signs of urinary tract infection, which is easy
to suffer in pregnant woman.
Urinating
frequently at nigh is one of the anguishes of pregnant women.
Make urine test to find urinary tract infection
Generally, upper urinary tract infection
(from bladder to kidneys) will have symptoms such as fever, cold, paint at hips
and back, urgency with urination, pain or burning on urination, urine appears
cloudy, dark, sometimes has blood.
However, these symptoms are not clear in
pregnant women (except urgency with urination similar to the condition of
pressed bladder by physiology); about half of cases of urinary tract infection
do not have any symptoms, only express through test, but can develop seriously
and cause risk of premature birth or take prematurity.
As a result, taking regularly urine test in
each antenatal care will screen many diseases including urinary tract infection
(if doubting, doctors will get urine culture to look for infection).
To improve a frequent urge to urinate due
to pressing, pregnant women should move frequently, try to discharge all urine
in each urination; limit to drink water before going to bed (the last time of
drinking water is about 2 hours before going to bed).
limit
to drink water before going to bed (the last time of drinking water is about 2
hours before going to bed).
Take antenatal care periodically and test
urine in order to find out early condition of urinary tract infection.
Especially, pregnant women should not ignore
or be subjective with uncomfortable signs of the body, list fully and specifically
these symptoms for doctor. If having urinary tract infection, women need to
comply with process of treating to avoid bad consequences of prematurity.
