always thirsty?????

renee86akalisa · #1 (**permalink**) 01-21-2008, 10:23 PM

okay, ill admit, i hate drinking water, but right now its all I drink. i get up a few times a night because my mouth is parched! no matter how much water i drink, im always thirsty! anybody else? also, i was wondering if anybody could tell me how safe water filters are and which type they like the best if you have one? how expensive is it? if i drank water pre pregnancy it had to be dasani bottled water, but since i drink so much water now, im forced to drink tap water (bleh!)...soooooo i want to purchase a filter. thanks ladies.

heavensabove · #2 (**permalink**) 01-22-2008, 06:16 AM

We have Pur, LOVE it. We (at times) use Brita but I like Pur better.

Mommie2Ava&Presley · #3 (**permalink**) 01-22-2008, 06:23 AM

I drink throughout the day too, but I got into that habit when I was working on my weightloss. I try to get in at least 8-10 servings of water a day. I too have the situation where I wake up in the night with a mouth so dry I can barely swallow and keep water by my bed. It doesn't help for long though. I am thinking that the "cotton mouth" is a side effect of at least one of my meds though. I have to take 2 different kinds of BP medication daily and a Prednisone every other day. Thankfully the Pred. dosage is over at 20 weeks; so only a couple more weeks of that one. What I'd give for that talked about side effect of pregnancy - excessive saliva!

ashlee007 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-22-2008, 06:35 AM

I've been really thirsty too but particularly at night before I go to bed and then I have to pee every 10 minutes afterwards. I've tried not drinking but then I'm just SO thirsty so it's a lose-lose situation

nightowlmama · #5 (**permalink**) 01-22-2008, 11:17 AM

I get hit with it, too...especially at night! I keep a glass of ice water by my bed...I usually end up awake and chugging it at some point...and then am up to pee a couple of times, too.

I drink the water filtered through our fridge (Kenmore...have no idea if they use a different brand filter or not?) and have bottles I keep in the garage fridge for when I go out.

This thirst is nothing compared to the thirst I get when nursing a newborn though...oh my land! I'll probably have to bring the hose in through the bedroom window.