Posted: 06/20/06 - 00:00 Post subject: urinary frequency
I am only 8 week pregnant and I have to need to pee much more often than usual. I feel like my bladder is full all the time. Is this urinary frequency normal in pregnancy and if it is, for how long?
In the first 2-3 months of your pregnancy urinary frequency is normal. This is because your womb starts to press on your bladder so that it can’t hold as much urine as usual and also the increased blood supply to your pelvic area can make your bladder feel full so that you need to empty it more frequently. This extra blood makes you produce more urine than usual. After about 12 weeks, your womb rises out of your pelvis and this reduces the pressure on your bladder, but at the end of your pregnancy the pressure returns.
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