Fatigue and Frequent Urination During Pregnancy

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What sort of sleep related problems? Many expecting mothers do not get enough quality sleep during the last three months of pregnancy. They have problems falling asleep or problems staying asleep.

The very same body which needs sleep can keep itself awake. Weight (which can make the body feel awkward), aches and pains, numbness or tingling of the limbs, leg cramps, and any number of other physical complaints make it very difficult to fall asleep. Once asleep, those same issues may cause their sufferer to awaken, and the whole quest to fall asleep begins again. Then there's the bladder. If you need to use the bathroom often, eight hours of sleep is impossible.

The mind of a pregnant woman can be a hard thing to turn off. The excitement of meeting baby, the to-do list, anxiety, and overactive imagination can be so distracting that sleep is hard to attain.

There's an old wives' tale that claims that third trimester sleep issues are the body's way to prepare for the sleep deprivation which comes with caring for a newborn. That seems too cruel a joke for one's own body to play. Sleep is essential. You need it to be healthy. What's healthy for you is healthy for baby. The same anti-fatigue advice which applied in the first trimester applies now. Make sleep and sleep comfort a priority. You need your rest and so does baby.

Frequent Urination
Another session of marathon bathroom sprinting awaits you this trimester. Remember all those clean public bathrooms you charted out six months ago? Get ready to break out that mental map again. You will be visiting the restroom more frequently again this trimester.

This time, baby's bigger body is the cause. No matter how beautifully your body expands to fit that baby inside, it's inevitable that there will be some side effects. Whose body could possibly expand enough to host a new person without noticing the physical presence of that person? Little arms, legs, heads, even bottoms will bump up against your bladder. There's just no place else to go. At the beginning of the third trimester, the increase in urination may be sporadic. Later as baby turns her toes toward the sky for the final positioning before birth, her precious little head may constantly press on the bladder, decreasing your holding capacity. Even a seven pound baby is...well, it's a person pressing on your bladder.

It is imperative that you maintain a healthy water intake. Sometimes a woman will suggest that cutting back on her liquids might help her reduce her bathroom breaks, insisting that baby is almost completely developed so there couldn't be much backlash. Yes, baby is almost ready to meet the world, but dehydration is not the way to accomplish this. Keep up that 64 fluid ounces a day. Doing so may keep you in the bathroom a bit more, but it will also keep your digestive system working properly, will keep your body temperature as close to normal as possible, will prevent uterine cramping, and will keep you and baby comfortable...bathroom breaks and all.

Another thing to keep in mind is that if you feel the urge to go, you should not ignore it. Delaying emptying the bladder can overextend it to the point where it becomes difficult or impossible to empty the bladder. Remember, when you've got to go, you do have to go.

By the end of your pregnancy you won't just be searching for the cleanest public bathroom to use, you may be looking for the largest public bathrooms to use. When you're nine months pregnant, some of those stalls can seem pretty small. Squeezing yourself into those stalls with a bigger body is practice for squeezing yourself in there with baby in tow a few months from now...which you'll be doing for years and years to come.

Remember, if you experience burning, tingling, or back pain while urinating, call your doctor. Frequent urination, not irritation, is a pregnancy norm.