How to Record Nighttime Urination (Nocturia) in a Diary
Nocturia means waking up at night to pee. When a doctor asks you to track it, the useful numbers are how many times you woke to void, roughly how much each time, and what you drank in the evening. Night-time entries are the ones most often missed, so a simple routine helps.
Define your night
Write down when you went to bed and when you got up for the day. Voids between those times count as night-time voids. A trip at 2 a.m. belongs to the previous night, not to the new calendar day.
The first morning void
The void right after you get up for the day is usually recorded as the first void of the morning, not as a night-time void. Still log it, including its size, because it is part of the night's total volume. If your clinic uses a different rule, follow theirs.
What to log each time you wake
- Time
- Amount (mL or Small / Medium / Large)
- Whether you woke because you needed to pee, or woke for another reason and then went
- Any leak
Log evening drinks too
Record drinks from late afternoon until bed, including tea, alcohol and water with medication. Without them the diary cannot show how evening intake relates to the night.
Make night logging easy
- Keep your phone within reach with low screen brightness.
- Log right away; you can fix details in the morning.
- Don't change your evening routine just for the diary.
Counting it automatically
Voidly lets you set your own night hours and the time your day starts, so a 2 a.m. void counts toward the right night, and shows night-time voids on the Today screen. You can log from a home screen widget and edit times later. Voidly counts what you enter; it does not assess whether your pattern is normal.
This guide is general information about keeping records. It is not medical advice and does not replace your doctor. Follow the instructions your clinic gives you.
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