Insatiable Thirst vs Sleepless Nights

Hi,

I am 8 weeks 2 days pregnant. I have just had the tests for gestational diabetes and was all clear. But for the past 4 nights I have been unable to have a decent sleep. I go to bed at 9pm and read (this is my usual routine) which makes me relax and tired. About 9.30pm I am dozing off so turn off the light. I wake about midnight and need to go to the toilet, and my mouth is so dry that I can't get to the sink fast enough for some water. Then back to bed, takes about 30 mins/1 hour to get back to sleep, awake again approx 2-3am, repeat performance, awake again 6am, repeat performance... it's driving me mad. After each visit to the toilet I am also cleaning my teeth/mouth vigorously incl mouthwash now to try to take away the gross feeling I have in my dry mouth. Some nights I eat a mandarin after the glass of water. All I can think of is that I have started drinking pineapple juice, just a glass a day. I have quit coffee, drink orange juice first thing, and if I need a coffee I have decafe, and only one. Water, especially chilled, is like a drug to me - I can't get enough of it, particularly overnight. I am quite concerned, and will be ringing my midwife tomorrow, but what is going on - do I possibly suddenly have gestational diabetes, despite my clearance test from 3 weeks ago???

This is my 3rd attempt at a pregnancy, the first was missed-miscarriage, the 2nd was bi-chemical, both times I had this insatiable thirst. This pregnancy has shown a foetus and a heartbeat so it's a lot better than the last two thankfully, but I am quite worried about this 'complication' - especially as I am really really tired now as well.

Our house gets quite hot at night with the logburner and we have ceased putting logs on the fire about 8pm to cool down the house a bit. I feel I need to sleep with an open window (it's winter!!!) but it's not fair on hubby. Yes, I am feeling very hot in this pregnancy also.

Thanks for your advice if you have any!

Sounds pretty normal to me, I drank like a fish from about 12 weeks until I finished BF ! Unfortunately, all the drinking = multiple visits to the loo so you will be well versed in interrupted sleep by the time bubs arrives!

Not much else I can say - you need to keep your fluids up and drinking water is SOOOOOOOO good when you are that thirsty!!

yep now my morning sickness has tapered off I have been drinking so much water, and at night wake up with the drys!! Our house is pretty toasty at night too and I am sure my body temperature has stepped up a notch too with pregnancy.

I'm totally with you, I am constantly drinking and peeing all day and all night, and still want to drink more........driving me mental, wasn't like this at all with DS.

So I'm am feeling it tonight really bad. I ahve drunk amost 3 750ml bottle in the last hour...... I'm goign to be getting up all night now, and the worst thing is I'm still thirsty (well I guess I am my mouth is so dry)

I am so glad to hear this is normal...I was starting to think there is something wrong with me. It doesn't matter how much I drink I stay thirsty and if I have too much water in one go I feel sick. I try and drink as much as I can during the day to drink less at night...but it doesn't seem to have much effect on the dry mouth. I am also a couple of days over 8 weeks.

I hope the cure works for me as well :-) yes, real early in March..according to my dates on the 3rd but the scan the other day put me about 2 days ahead...

I've been finding the same thing and I think it's because I've got a little bit of a stuffy nose and I'm sleeping with my mouth open. It's actually improved heaps in the last couple of weeks since we got HRV so maybe the drier air helps? What if you try putting on a dehumidifer or if your nose is stuffy try something to clear that (not sure what though!).