I am a relative newcomer to this board having only discovered it recently. Before getting to the question, let me tell you a little about myself.
I am a 47 year old accidental bedwetter who has never been dry for more then a few weeks at most. I do not wet myself every night, but would probably wet most nights of the week. Even though it happens accidentally, or when I am half asleep (usually after drinking too much) I must admit that I get pleasure from the feeling of warm wee flowing over me or waking up in pee-soaked panties.
Unless I am staying in a hotel or staying with friends I do not use disposable nappies and plastic pants. (In those situations I wear both, together with an old cotton towel to absorb any leak. At home I fold an old towel inside full size knickers and put an old beach towel under the bottom sheet. The mattress is covered with a fitted terry-coated rubber sheet.
In the morning I put all the wet gear on an airer near an open window and by evening the knickers and sheet are always dry. In summer the towels may be too. I reuse the knickers and bottom sheet and, if necessary, use 2 dry towels.
For the record, while my parents tried several tactics to get me dry at night, they never scolded me and, perhaps for good reason. My Mum was a bedwetter too.
She blamed her so-called 'accidents' on a weak bladder. But she never hid the fact that her and Dad's bed had a red rubber sheet on the mattress on her side of the bed. Well, either they forgot to put it on sometimes, or it moved about. (Maybe they did, too!!) Anyway, it was not unusual to see the mattress on its side near the window with a big wet patch on it. Sometimes it was soaked through and when I went into their room in the morning I would see a pool of wee under the side of the bed Mum was sleeping on. The bed had metal springs on it in those days and there was a big rusty patch under where Mum slept. It was repaired and replaced lots of times together with several mattresses which had virtually rotted through.
I do not know the age group of this site, but I am wondering if anyone can racall anything similar in their homes.
Mary
Email: maryannbyrne@yahoo.co.uk