I often wear nappies to uni, especially if theres gonna be a long lecture. Thankfully most places now have disabled toilets with those special bins for nappies so changing is actually not that much of an issue. I take my rucksack with me to uni every day with my laptop in it, therefore I have a valid excuse to take it with me everywhere I go, which includes the toilet. So far I don't think anyone has noticed, touch wood!

As for night time well I guess that depends on the accommodation you stay in. If you're in the halls I would imagine you have your own room with a small en suite bathroom. I would enquire first when applying for your accommodation about this. And I doubt very much whether it will be the first time they will have received such an enquiry. Hope that helps :)

That really helps thank you so much. If I can get a single room would be great
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Hi Beth. You might even get specific British uni information from Bladder & Bowel Foundation UK. And these boards have some people's experiences too. The problem is so common that unis usually have well protected mattresses as routine too. Best of luck.

No problem, thats the whole point of this website! :) To help eachother! I'm so glad my advice was helpful... if only I'd had similar advice when I first started uni.... If you're staying in a modern build-halls then you should be fine... if it's an older building you might wanna look into the availability of rooms and how they are laid out etc... as I said, call them and ask what the situation is. In this day and age I would be very surprised if they made students share rooms... either way there will definitely be something in place to keep incontinent people separate from everyone else, privately. It might be hard to believe but there are so many young people who suffer from incontinence these days and the uni halls staff must get calls like these all the time and will be very used to it.

I'm the heavyweight champion of wearing nappies to uni and not being caught... so if you need any advice or you want to talk, I'm here for you :) xxx

Hi ya Beth

I have a overactive bladder.
Now OK during the day by medication, but at night I have to wear a nappy to bed.
I wear plastic bloomer pants over my nappy just in case of any slight leak, also if I am staying with family I put a disposable bed pad on the bed too.
Good luck.
Regards Kevin