# How many times, on average, do you wake up during the night to pee? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 29, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286 "2012-04-29T01:28:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/1 "2012-04-29T01:28:21Z")
Just curious, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/2 "2012-04-29T01:47:33Z")
Almost never, unless I drink a\* lot\* of water (the only thing I drink at night) before bed. But you better not be hogging the bathroom when I get up in the morning, because the second I get out of bed, I have to go _now_. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/3 "2012-04-29T01:51:07Z")
Three times a night, every night…and that’s ever since I was a kid. Just got pow’ful kidneys, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/4 "2012-04-29T01:52:31Z")
I wake at least once an hour during the night and have to pee just about every time I wake up. So I feel like I’m up all night peeing. I only pee a couple times during the day so I don’t what the heck is going on at night. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/5 "2012-04-29T01:53:50Z")
I don’t. I take a piss when I wake up. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/6 "2012-04-29T01:54:51Z")
Usually never. Except for the few days leading up to my period. Then I’ll have to get up to pee at 3:12 AM or some crazy-ass time like that. And then three hours later my bladder will be bursting again. I know many women retain water during this time of the month, but I seem to can’t hold mine in. (TMI, but I also can’t hold it very long either. When I gotta go, I _really_ gotta go. I think it must have something to do with the drop in estrogen and concomitant change in muscle elasticity.) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/7 "2012-04-29T01:55:35Z")
I voted “one” because it’s not zero, but it’s also not every night. A few times a week, I have a night during which I wake up to pee. It’s mostly nights when I’m woken up by something else, like a cat at the door or my husband coming to bed late, and I decide I need to pee since I’m awake anyway. I don’t usually wake up _because_ I have to pee. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/8 "2012-04-29T01:56:54Z")
I said zero, but it’s probably closer to “almost zero.” I usually only go if I have to put my daughter back to bed (she still wakes up sometimes - maybe once or twice a week when she’s not sick). If I don’t, I might very occasionally wake at 5:30-ish to go, then decide to just get up for the day since that’s close to when my alarm goes off anyway. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/9 "2012-04-29T02:08:02Z")
3 - 4 usually. Sometimes more. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/10 "2012-04-29T02:21:00Z")
Never, unless I’ve been drinking heavily (drinking alcohol, I mean) and even then sometimes not. Now, when I was pregnant I’d get up 2-3x per night. That stopped along with the pregnancy though. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/11 "2012-04-29T02:23:49Z")
Usually zero, because I restrict fluids near bedtime. I do that because I feel the icy hand of creeping prostatism… ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/12 "2012-04-29T02:25:50Z")
Depends on how long I’m asleep. 6 hours or less, I generally don’t get up at all. More than that, usually once. I do generally drink something before bed. I could probably hold it longer if I didn’t, but I get dehydration headaches and dry mouth pretty easily and that’s no fun. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/13 "2012-04-29T02:29:31Z")
I only wake up if the puddle goes cold. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/14 "2012-04-29T02:37:57Z")
I usually wake up an hour or so earlier than i have to get up and need to go, but manage to ignore it and go back to sleep. I lose the battle maybe 1/4 of the time. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/15 "2012-04-29T02:42:34Z")
Anywhere between zero and one. Depends on how much water I drink, of course. There is a bottle by my bed, so I generally swig some every time the cats wake me up. More than a couple of times means I’m up around 3am to pee. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/16 "2012-04-29T02:49:23Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I voted “one” because it’s not zero, but it’s also not every night. I voted “zero” because it is closer to that than one ;). Probably once every few nights. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/17 "2012-04-29T03:12:51Z")
For me also, it’s usually zero, and I go first thing in the morning, but that’s because I work to not get up. I used to often wake up in the middle of the night once. Now I make sure I’ve gone late, and don’t drink more than a sip of water right before getting in the bed. If I didn’t work at it, I’m sure I’d slip back into getting up in the middle of the night. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/18 "2012-04-29T03:24:33Z")
After giving birth 5 times, my ability to hold my pee well is pretty shot. So once or twice a night I have to go. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/19 "2012-04-29T05:35:24Z")
Maybe twice or thrice a week. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286/20 "2012-04-29T06:33:22Z")
At least two, sometimes three, and that’s been since I was at least a teen if not younger, so it’s not health related (Unless whatever it is is taking a darned long time to kill me :D). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286.md?page=2)