What is your urinary symptoms like in peri?

[Anonymous]

Just seeing what others are experiencing. I have some days where the urge is so strong but there isn't much urine. Its not everyday though but its insane what's your like?

[Anonymous]

In the day or two before my period I pee nearly constantly. Like cannot sleep because I need to get up 20+ times per night. Any other night, I only need to get up 1x a night.

[Anonymous]

i pee way more. esp at night.

[Anonymous]

Urinary incontinence within two days of period. Only then. Fun times.

[Anonymous]

I haven't noticed any change, but maybe it's because I'm only 45. I can hold my bladder like there's no tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Frequent urination, getting up multiple times a night to pee, having to stop frequently on road trips, recurrent UTIs, feeling like I was about to get a UTI when I wasn’t. Everything got really bad in my mid-40s and I started vaginal estrogen and then HRT a year later. All of my urinary symptoms have significantly improved.

[Anonymous]

Urgent continence that got worse as peri progressed. At the very end, there were a couple times when I literally peed in my pants and had to change clothes (thankfully I was home).

Solution is to do Kegels and also pelvic floor work like deep breathing (what you would do if you went to pelvic floor therapy after having a baby). That stuff helps to some degree.

If that’s not enough, estrogen, either systematic or vaginal, will take care of it.

[Anonymous]

Up in the night to pee, and recurring UTIs. Meeting with my gyn later this month and asking for vaginal estrogen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frequent urination, getting up multiple times a night to pee, having to stop frequently on road trips, recurrent UTIs, feeling like I was about to get a UTI when I wasn’t. Everything got really bad in my mid-40s and I started vaginal estrogen and then HRT a year later. All of my urinary symptoms have significantly improved.

I thought vaginal estrogen and HRT are the same thing....???

[Anonymous]

Vaginal estrogen added to my other HRT (estrogen patch and oral progesterone) has been helpful with urgency and leaking for me, age 51. I had been on the other stuff for over a year, but adding the vag est has been really helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frequent urination, getting up multiple times a night to pee, having to stop frequently on road trips, recurrent UTIs, feeling like I was about to get a UTI when I wasn’t. Everything got really bad in my mid-40s and I started vaginal estrogen and then HRT a year later. All of my urinary symptoms have significantly improved.

I thought vaginal estrogen and HRT are the same thing....???

Yes, technically all are hormone replacement, but vaginal estrogen is not systemic, so I think most people are referring to systemic estrogen, progesterone, and sometimes testosterone when referring to HRT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Urinary incontinence within two days of period. Only then. Fun times.

I cured my incontinence. It’s easier than you may think (and more fun).

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

OP sounds like you have a UTI. You can get mild ones that present just as you are describing. Go see your PCP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just seeing what others are experiencing. I have some days where the urge is so strong but there isn't much urine. Its not everyday though but its insane what's your like?

I had that for a while in peri. Went away for the first year of menopause and now is back. First make sure you don’t have a UTI, if you haven’t yet. And then perhaps consider pelvic floor therapy.