Healthy Bladder Series: Have Better Sleep & Less Leaks

Has this snuck up on you too? 

Those trips to the bathroom at night?

It's common as we age but there really isn't any research to show it's normal.

You may not realize how disruptive to deep sleep every bathroom trip is.

I didn't until recently.

I've been working on improving my sleep quality for over a year but hadn't really addressed my bladder.

I'd connected the dots on drinking fluids late at night with more frequent trips but not much beyond that.

It helps me for sure to limit fluids a few hours before bed and just take sips of water if I need it during the night.

And last year I'd cut back on caffeine as I became more sensitive to it disrupting my sleep.

But there is much more you can do to improve your bladder health and ultimately decrease those trips to the bathroom.

Let's start with 6 Bladder irritants you may not be aware of:

• Spicy foods
• Acidic foods
• Alcohol
• Caffeine
• Carbonated beverages
• Tomato based products

Not everyone is sensitive to these but it's worth checking out to help your brain know it doesn't have to send a signal to your bladder to empty at night.

Uncovering your sensitivities can also help if you have frequent UTI's (Urinary Tract Infections) or leaking when you sneeze, cough, laugh, or during activity.

It might take some detective work and monitoring your bathroom trips to figure out if you're sensitive to any of them.

If you do uncover sensitivities, start to reduce how often you consume them especially later in the day. For some, you may have to eliminate them all together.

Next up, I'll share what has eliminated my trips to the bathroom most nights AND helped me stop needing Melatonin the first week I started doing it.

To Better Sleep!
Mollie


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