Current Status: 35 Weeks Pregnant With Twins
This is really not the type of thing you discuss in “polite” company—but then again, nothing that happens to your body during pregnancy is very polite.
I’ve made it my mission to alert unsuspecting women about what really happens to their bodies when they get pregnant. In pregnancy books we often just get the medical explanation-- you don’t always get the real nitty gritty.
So here goes……
Pregnancy bladder is one of those things that happen to every pregnant woman—however the degree of severity ranges among women. Pregnancy bladder is basically what happens to your bladder as your baby grows. Baby gets bigger; bladder gets smaller—a lot smaller! During your third trimester the pressure from your growing baby is part of what causes the frequent need to pee. Early in pregnancy the frequent need to urinate is caused by the increase in fluids that your body is processing.
Now let’s say you’re having twins—just say goodbye to your bladder right now. After midnight I’m up every single hour. I feel like a coo coo clock! But it’s not just the waking up at night thing that can drive you crazy. Laugh, you pee. Yell, you pee. Cough, you pee. Think too hard and I swear you’ll pee in your pants. If you’re not adequately prepared plan on a few puppy puddles.
I used to be embarrassed for those older people who had to go into the store and buy Depends diapers. Now I look at them and want to give them a fist pump and say, “I feel your pain.”
