One of the not very pleasant phenomena that all expectant mothers encounter is frequent urination during pregnancy and this is absolutely natural and normal. However, only if it is not accompanied by soreness.
Moreover, during pregnancy, frequent urination often occurs even before a woman finds out about her pregnancy and is one of her early symptoms. This is primarily due to a change in the hormonal background and, especially, with the beginning of the production by the corpus luteum of chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). By the way, it is its presence in the urine that determines the pregnancy test, and it also increases urination.
The corpus luteum is formed in the ovary during ovulation and performs the function of the placenta after conception. It resolves by 16 weeks, when it is fully formed. During the same period, urination during pregnancy is normal.
In addition, the uterus begins to increase in size. At the same time, it presses on the bubble, as it is located next to it. By the fourth month, she rises, and frequent urination during pregnancy passes.
The woman’s kidneys begin to work for two, the amount of fluid circulating in the body increases. In addition, amniotic fluid is updated several times a day. All this provokes frequent urination during pregnancy, including at night.
It prevents a woman from getting enough sleep and causes a lot of inconvenience. To run less in the toilet at night, you should stop drinking fluid two hours before bedtime. However, it is necessary to drink about two liters per day. And it is better that it was ordinary still water.
You need to visit the toilet as often as you want and in no case put up with it. Otherwise, it can lead to inflammatory diseases of the urinary system. It is better not to drink before long walks and trips, when problems with using the toilet can arise.
In addition, frequent urination during pregnancy can be reduced by stopping the use of coffee, tea, broth of wild rose and herbs. The toilet should lean forward slightly to empty the entire bubble.
As for the normal amount of urination for pregnant women per day, it is very individual. Some women go to the toilet every half hour, others less often. In any case, do not worry, this phenomenon is absolutely normal.
However, having disappeared at week 16, rapid urination may return a few weeks before delivery. This is due to the fact that the uterus lowers again, preparing for the upcoming event. And the baby's head begins to put pressure on the bubble, causing urges. In addition, his kidneys are already working at full strength and additionally load the urinary system of the mother. This is also absolutely normal, although in some, the uterus falls before the very birth and they do not collide with it.
It is urgent to visit a doctor if frequent urges are accompanied by one of the following symptoms: pain during urination, pain in the abdomen and lower back, fever, clouding of urine and its unpleasant odor. These are symptoms of cystitis and pyelonephritis. Inflammation of the kidneys and bladder can adversely affect pregnancy.
Pyelonephritis is especially dangerous, as it can lead to termination of pregnancy and premature birth. During pregnancy, kidney inflammation is treated in a hospital under the supervision of nephrologists, gynecologists and urologists. Be sure to prescribe antibiotics, uroseptics and herbs that are allowed when carrying a child. With timely treatment, everything can end safely.
Cystitis also needs to be treated immediately, because otherwise it will become chronic and may cause pyelonephritis. In addition, inflammation of the bladder can cause infection of the baby, amniotic fluid and complicate the course of pregnancy.
Thus, painless frequent urination in the first and last trimester is the norm. Its presence in combination with alarming symptoms is the reason for an immediate visit to a doctor. Since only timely treatment can help give birth to a healthy baby.