Nighttime Incontinence - do briefs show if used?

[Selene22]

I have been wearing night time incontinence briefs this past week.....when I wake up they don't feel wet and I cannot tell if I urinated. Sounds silly- Challenging to write question. Last week I woke up and I had wet the bed. Urine on underpants and sheets. I am 68- Never happened before. I Thought it was a fluke. Following night same thing!! ( I normally wake several times and get up to use bathroom.) To be more sure, next night I set my alarm in one hour intervals and ok in morning, same thing next night. I decided to not set alarm and woke up wet again. It's not wet from one end of bed to top - my underwear is about half wet. I cut way down on drinking water at night.I started using nighttime Incontinence briefs four past 5 nights...when I wake up the briefs do not feel wet but I don't know if they would if not a huge amount of urine trapped in briefs. This sounds ridiculous but I dont know who to ask so I am hoping someone can help. Thank you

[Equilibrated]

When you take the brief off and feel the inside you should be able to feel moisture. You could also look at getting a brief that has a witness indicator this may also help.

[incon1982 Administrator]

A really good nighttime incontinence brief may not feel wet in the morning as they are made to pull the urine away from the surface material into an inner core. This is to safeguard your skin and not create irritation and inflammation. So it might feel dry to you. Especially if you are not releasing a lot of urine.

What's hard to determine is if the changes in the amount of water that you are drinking, and anything else you might have slightly changed, is making a difference for you during the night and that you have greatly reduced the amount of urine being produced. Sometimes changes in food and, medication (timing or the medication itself) can change nighttime (and daytime) bladder issues.

Also, sometimes a significant change like you experienced might indicate a bladder infection, and you might want to double check to see if you do have one. It's always a good thing to rule those out!

Hope this helps.

[JustAReplyGuy]

It seems you may be using a diaper that is made for heavy incontinence when you don't need something that much. Most adult diapers have a wetness indicator that should show wet even with minor leakage. Thankfully, they've started putting them on Pampers and Huggies, which is what I wear for both day/night respectively. My babysitter can always tell when I'm wet and the indicator always shows something, even if its a little bit that I have peed.