# How many times do you get up during the night to pee? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 25, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022 "2019-04-25T01:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/21 "2019-04-25T03:57:40Z")
Male 61. Once, always very close to 4 am. A few times in my life—probably fewer than 10—I’ve slept all the way through. I’m uncomfortable going back to sleep unless my bladder is empty, so the first night in an unfamiliar bed, or if disturbed during the night, the count may go up to 3 or 4 times. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/22 "2019-04-25T03:59:06Z")
Male, 40 5 nights in a week are uninterrupted, the remainder I will get up 1-2 times. I am more or less teetotal these days though. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/23 "2019-04-25T04:18:08Z")
I’m 49. I rarely have to, and it will be a maximum of once in a night. There have been times when it seemed more common, e.g. five nights in a row needing to, and I figured that was going to be the new normal, but for whatever reason that period passed and now it’s back to how it’s always been. I currently wake up to pee maybe once every two weeks on average. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/24 "2019-04-25T04:20:12Z")
Male, age 54. I’m diabetic (though my blood sugar numbers are in good control), but the only time I ever need to get up in the middle of the night to pee is if I’m feeling sick, or had a _lot_ to drink the night before. Meanwhile, my wife (age 56) isn’t able to sleep for more than about 2 hours without waking up to go to the restroom. As she has trouble getting back to sleep, it’s a major hassle for her. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/25 "2019-04-25T04:45:37Z")
2 or 3 times. I take a diuretic for my blood pressure, among other things. Yet a doctor wants me to stay hydrated. Except for the time upon waking, I generally go often but not much volume. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/26 "2019-04-25T04:47:47Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I’m male, 67. Go get your prostate checked, seriously. This. My father experienced the same symptoms as the OP. He never went to a GP, just a cardiologist who never checked his prostate… He should have. Got it treated and died with it, not of it. Male, 70, never. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/27 "2019-04-25T07:32:14Z")
m 43 once sometimes twice depending on if I drink a soda before bed and how early/late i go to bed … but I had an operation when I was a kid that makes me go a lot… I used to take Ditropan for it ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/28 "2019-04-25T07:35:42Z")
Female, 49 and somewhere between never and once, depending on whether the dog has got me up. OP, please talk to your doctor about this. ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/29 "2019-04-25T07:39:58Z")
Male - 73. Generally sleep for 7 hours without getting up to pee. ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yellow_sausage_bandit/32/394_2.png) [@yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellow_sausage_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/30 "2019-04-25T09:17:06Z")
Male, 37 I wake up every 90 minutes but not due to the need to pee. I might pee once or twice a night while I’m awake. I do drink a lot, like 4-5L of tea/coffee/water/soda a day. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/31 "2019-04-25T10:07:58Z")
Male, 73, diabetic. I rarely sleep more than 3 hours, usually less, and always pee when I wake up. Sometimes I pee once, and then again 10 minutes later. I have to drink a lot of fluids due to kidney damage. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/32 "2019-04-25T10:14:38Z")
Woman, mid-50’s. I can’t remember the last time I had to get up in the middle of the night to pee, so I’m going to say zero. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/33 "2019-04-25T10:52:30Z")
Female. 56. I don’t have this pee problem. That doesn’t mean I sleep soundly though the night though, drat it. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/34 "2019-04-25T11:29:48Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Doesn’t the bed get wet? That reminds me of my favorite Golden Girls quip from Sophia: I pee every morning promptly at six o’clock. Unfortunately I only wake up at seven… ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/35 "2019-04-25T11:33:45Z")
I very rarely get up at night to pee. If I happen to wake up for other reasons, after a while I will notice the need to pee, but peeing is not what wakes me up. However, I have noticed that when I am visiting some family member who keeps their house colder than ours (which is pretty much all of them), I get up lots of times to pee. It is quite remarkable what a difference a few degrees makes. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/36 "2019-04-25T12:00:04Z")
Male, 61. I manage my gout through diuresis. I drink beer and eat many foods that they tell me not to eat. I’ve now gone years without a gout attack just by drinking huge volumes of water every day. I wake up a minimum of once a night to pee, more often twice, sometimes thrice. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/37 "2019-04-25T12:01:33Z")
Male, 45\ **Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/38 "2019-04-25T12:02:25Z") Almost always once per night. My normal wake-up time is between 4 & 5am, and if I have to pee anytime up to, say 2am, I can go back to sleep with no problem as long as I don’t turn on any lights. Unfortunately the bladder often calls around 3-3:30, so my body tells me “close enough, you’re up for the day!” Male, age 61 ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/39 "2019-04-25T12:54:29Z")
Male, 53. Rarely. I do have an enlarged prostate, and I do _really_ need to piss when I wake up, but I usually don’t wake early _because_ I need to piss. I usually drink very little fluid for the last 3 or 4 hours of my waking day, that seems to help. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022/40 "2019-04-25T12:59:29Z")
Female, 51. For the last couple years or so I’ve normally been waking up once. If I’m tired enough I still sleep through the night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-get-up-during-the-night-to-pee/833022.md?page=3)