Bedwetting Support Group

Bedwetting (or nocturnal enuresis or sleepwetting) is involuntary urination while asleep. It is the normal state of affairs in infancy, but can be a source of embarrassment when it persists into school age or the teen or adult years. Find others who are coping with a bedwetting problem and share your experiences and questions.

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Who Knows You Wet The Bed?

nicolas2
nicolas2

At age 13 I moved from Junior to Senior boarding-school. First night I got my dormitory number [3] and bed number [14]. I found my bed in the 24-bed dorm. Each bed had a set of pajamas laid out ready. Mine had two extra items -  a large white rubber sheet and a pair of white rubber pants. I went red! The boy in the next bed smiled and said: "Self-service around here! - I'll give you a hand." Together this new-found friend and I made up the bed with the rubber sheet on the mattress. Then I changed into the pajamas, pulled the rubber pants on "all the way up" as Mum used to say,  and climbed into bed. Staff would be glad I had "taken ownership" of my problem. But now 24 boys knew I was a bedwetter. Next day the whole school would know that: "Nico is a bedwetter!" They laughed to see my sheets, Pjs and rubber pants hanging out to dry - day after  day.

adfw61
adfw61
As the eldest of four siblings I was still wetting the bed into my teens. All my siblings were dry. I was still in nappies at night aged 14. Back then it was terry nappies and waterproof pants so our family nanny would make sure I had a nappy on before bed which inevitably meant after evening bath time, so I would be in a nappy when still up watching TV. My parents never shamed me in fact I sometimes wonder if they ever really knew or cared as it was left to the nanny to deal with. It was our nanny who suggested I go back into nappies when I started wetting the bed again aged 11 having been dry since I was 6. Better to deal with wet nappies than wet beds and pyjamas! At prep school (boarding school) those boys who wet the bed had to report to the matron in the evening before bed and were made to change into terry nappy pants and waterproof pants and of course we had the inevitable waterproof sheet on our bed but they never made an issue of it or embarrassed us. In many ways I guess that is why I am more accepting of the situation of having to wear adult nappies 24/7 to manage my incontinence.
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