Water = Pee a billion x's a day

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  • CoraGregoryCPA
    CoraGregoryCPA Posts: 1,087 Member
    Try your best to drink throughout the day rather than gulping. It will go away. Maybe in about 5 days, you'll be able to sleep through the night. It takes time for your body to adjust.

    But you may still pee a billion x's a day. I was told by someone that fat is ejected from the body through your pee. I don't know if that's true. Hell, it's probably not. But it made me LOVE peeing a billion x's a day :) haha!
  • jenniferswooten
    jenniferswooten Posts: 137 Member
    I have an hour commute and today I had to stop about halfway to pee. After drinking pretty much only Diet Coke for several years, my body probably needs a good flushing.
  • baileysmom4
    baileysmom4 Posts: 242 Member
    This thread made me realize something funny. I have to use an access badge to go in and out the door that leads to the bathroom at my office. I bet the security guys wonder WTF I'm doing going thru that door every hour! LOL
  • Simone_King
    Simone_King Posts: 467 Member
    At first when I started to drink my water yes, I had to go a lot. Now, not so much and I am still drinking the same amount of water.

    What I have found is I do need a restroom brake when I am half way done cleaning the restroom. Oh well.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Yup, I know I'm doing good when I have to get up and go pee about every hour. Think of it as a little mini break anyways. IDK the more water I drink the easier it is to control my appetite and I feel better too.
  • atb0821
    atb0821 Posts: 458 Member
    I basically live in the bathroom. It's normal for me to wake up twice at night to pee. It's annoying for sure.
  • Bubsys_mom
    Bubsys_mom Posts: 124 Member
    Having had gestational diabetes puts you at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. It would not hurt to get checked again to be sure that your current weight has not pushed you back over the edge from prediabetes to diabetes.

    I was borderline. I didn't officially have it. Never had to do anything special and my doctor didn't seem too concerned about it. I don't think I have diabetes. More water = more urine so it makes sense, especially since most of the people on this post say they have the same problem.

    Plus, you need insurance for that type of test which I do not have, nor do I have the money in the bank to pay out of pocket.
  • cmcmommy
    cmcmommy Posts: 197 Member
    I take a water pill ( dr ordered) and with drinking an average of 8 glasses a day , I go an average every 1 1/2 hrs last night I woke up 3 times between 11 pm - 7 am to pee.
  • Dlacenere
    Dlacenere Posts: 198 Member
    I basically live in the bathroom. It's normal for me to wake up twice at night to pee. It's annoying for sure.

    What she said
  • 2hobbit1
    2hobbit1 Posts: 820 Member
    Having had gestational diabetes puts you at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. It would not hurt to get checked again to be sure that your current weight has not pushed you back over the edge from prediabetes to diabetes.

    I was borderline. I didn't officially have it. Never had to do anything special and my doctor didn't seem too concerned about it. I don't think I have diabetes. More water = more urine so it makes sense, especially since most of the people on this post say they have the same problem.

    Plus, you need insurance for that type of test which I do not have, nor do I have the money in the bank to pay out of pocket.

    Many docs blow off the gestational diabetes - and do not do the follow up later to see if you continue to progress. They wait till you wind up in the ER in trouble before they act. Being borderline while pregnant makes you prediabetic, even if your MD was not concerned you should be, and keep an eye on it. Are you having any other symptoms - dry mouth even though you are drinking a lot? Blurry vision - trouble with night driving? Headaches, nausea, increasing fatigue?
    Do you have any health fairs in your area? A diabetes check is a common free test offered. What about a local free clinic? We have mini-clinics at the local pharmacy's that offer testing for cheap - some Walmarts have them as well.

    I'm not trying to be a nag but I'm speaking from personal experience - having ignored these same symptoms until I wound up admitted with new diagnosis diabetes! It can be a bit of a game changer.
  • GaiaGirl1992
    GaiaGirl1992 Posts: 459 Member
    Oh yea, definitely normal! Helps to flush your system, and eventually you'll feel dehydrated if you don't get that 8-10 per day =) I'm up to +100oz water a day....every other hour, like clockwork!
  • cordianet
    cordianet Posts: 534 Member
    There is zero scientific support for this idea that we need to drink 8 glasses of water a day. If you're not thirsty, don't drink it.

    http://ajpregu.physiology.org/content/283/5/R993.short
  • Bubsys_mom
    Bubsys_mom Posts: 124 Member
    Many docs blow off the gestational diabetes - and do not do the follow up later to see if you continue to progress. They wait till you wind up in the ER in trouble before they act. Being borderline while pregnant makes you prediabetic, even if your MD was not concerned you should be, and keep an eye on it. Are you having any other symptoms - dry mouth even though you are drinking a lot? Blurry vision - trouble with night driving? Headaches, nausea, increasing fatigue?
    Do you have any health fairs in your area? A diabetes check is a common free test offered. What about a local free clinic? We have mini-clinics at the local pharmacy's that offer testing for cheap - some Walmarts have them as well.

    I'm not trying to be a nag but I'm speaking from personal experience - having ignored these same symptoms until I wound up admitted with new diagnosis diabetes! It can be a bit of a game changer.

    No symptoms at all. I understand you are trying to help, but I know the general symptoms of diabetes and I don't have any of them. Just pee a lot. I don't pee nearly as much when I don't consume as much liquid.

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