I added this post in the pregnancy Q&A, you might get some answers here as well.

Seeing a urologist would be a good idea, they can run some tests or advise you as to what might be happening.

Keep us posted...Congrats on the pregnancy..

k.kelly

I hope you still visit this website and can answer my questions. I too had the same exact symptoms you mentioned right down to the time of night I woke up and how far along I was in my pregnancy. After trying everything I could think of to go on my own, I ended up at the doctor's office to have a catheter put in. My question to you is this, did you eventually have your baby and was he/she physically healthy?

The reason I ask is this, three weeks later, we found out we lost our baby (they estimate gestational age at death to be about the time I had problems peeing). This was the second time I experienced this problem during a pregnancy. With our fourth child, this happened a few times, but I was eventually able to pee on my own. Our fourth child was born without her left hand.

After losing our fifth child, I started to wonder if this urinary problem is somehow hurting my unborn children and if we should have any more kids in the future. Please reply if you still visit this site.

I am having the same symptoms. I woke up this morning and could not pee but my bladder felt full. I went to the hospital and they inserted a catheter and drained 450 ml of pee. My urine test came back negative for an infection. Now, I'm scared to drink anything because I don't want to go back to the hospital. I'm almost 16 weeks pregnant. I've never had anything like this happen before.

jessbellis, how are you feeling now? I haven't been on my computer the past couple of weeks and just saw your post. I hope your pregnancy is still going well. Please keep me posted on how you are doing. My husband and I are a bit apprehensive to try again, given the problems with our last two prenancies. Out of curiosity, may I ask your age? I'm 37 and wonder if age is also an issue. The doctor could not give us a definitive answer as to whether this was a cause of our problems, a symptom that there was a problem or just a coincidence. I hope this note finds you and your little one doing well. Take care of yourself!

Thanks to these posts I woke my husband and had him take me to the emergency room after not being able to go to the bathroom for over four hours. My bladder was having spasms and there was blood from my body trying so hard to empty my bladder. when I got to the hospital they put in a catheter and I felt relief right away. Unfortunately on the way home I started to feel the urge to pee again and could not. I was immediately in pain once again. I then called my doctors office and started the drive there in horrible pain. They had to do another catheter and then an ultrasound that showed my twins were just fine but that my uterus and bladder were fighting each other for room. I have a tilted uterus that tips backwards that seems to be the culprit. The doctor was able to shift my uterus so that my bladder was no longer blocked. I now am on a schedule to go to the bathroom once an hour during the day and every two hours at night so that my bladder does not get full enough to get blocked by my uterus again. So far so good. I have been home a few hours and have been able to go on my own, Hopefully this will not happen again. It is the most painful thing I have experienced in pregnancy! This is my first twin pregnancy, I was fine with both of my daughters pregnancies (with tilted uterus then too). If this happens to you get help right away! There is something your doctor can do.

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your postings! I have been fine ever since that morning. The doctor could not explain why that happened. I was really scared to go to the bathroom when I got home from the hospital because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to pee but I was. I haven't had any problems since. I am 18 weeks pregnant and so far so good. I didn't get an ultrasound though when I was at the hospital, the doctor/nurse didn't seem too concerned. My doctor said if it happens again then he will talk to my ob. I have an ultrasound in 2 weeks and I also see my ob then as well. I am 27 years old (for those who wanted to know). I have a 4 year old son and this did not happen to me when I was pregnant with him. I noticed that someone also had a tilted (retroverted)uterus and I have the same. I'm nost sure if that could have been the reason.
Congratulations to all of you who are expecting and got past this problem! I just think it was a weird thing that happened and no one can seem to explain why!

jessbellis & lilmul is the same person (I had to make a new account because I could not remember my password)

I'm so happy to hear your pregnancies are still going well, that gives me hope ) I too have a tipped uterus, so that must be an underlying cause of this problem. It is strange it didn't happen in my first three pregnancies, just in the last two. Perhaps age also plays a role. Best wishes to you all.