Broken nights: decoding your nighttime awakenings and identifying when to worry

that limits urine production during sleep tends to decrease. The result? Our bladder fills up more quickly and sends us a signal that’s impossible to ignore.

Our daily lives also play a role. Some of our habits, sometimes seemingly insignificant, can exacerbate the phenomenon:

Drinking large quantities of liquid in the evening (even herbal teas),

Consuming caffeinated beverages (coffee, tea, certain sodas) in the late afternoon,

Taking medications with a diuretic effect,

Having heavy legs during the day: the accumulated water is eliminated by the kidneys once lying down.

For women, phases such as pregnancy or the postpartum period can