Why It Happens:

Most bedwetters are quite typical and have very similar symptoms. We almost always find that someone in the not too distant family was either a bedwetter, sleep walker or had "night terrors" when they were younger, because these conditions are all related to the same sleep disorder.

When we sleep at night, it's normal to settle into a continuous four-stage sleep cycle which keeps us in a healthy balance during the night. Rather than cycle, almost all bedwetters rapidly fall into stage 4 of sleep and stay there for long periods interrupting the healthy balance. Stage 4 is the very deepest portion of sleep. It's when body functions slowdown and we receive a reduced volume of oxygen flowing through our system. During stage 4, as the bladder fills with urine, it tries to send a signal to the brain that it needs to empty. But, the brain never gets the message because of the deep sleep caused by oxygen deprivation. The bladder then empties involuntarily and a bedwetting episode occurs.

Therefore, it is critical to recondition (change) the sleep pattern back into a normal cycle and healthy balance in order for the brain and bladder to make a connection and for the bladder to respond normally.

How Do We Change The Sleep Pattern?

Many sufferers have tried a bedwetting alarm, and have had little or no success because the deep sleep allowed the bedwetter to sleep right through it .

Others found the alarm useful, but had no knowledge of what steps to take when it appeared the bedwetter was finally awake. Quite often, during the middle of the night and after they've already wet, the bedwetter can be found sitting up in bed holding a conversation, but you're sure they're not fully awake and aren't really aware of what's happening around them. The proof they were not completely awake is they didn't remember the event the next morning.

It should be obvious then, that bedwetters can't change their own sleep pattern when they're in this very deep sleep. Alarms, used by themselves, won't do it either. They need someone else to help them out of stage 4 of sleep. Mom, Dad, spouse, friend, nurse, etc. can become the helper along with guidance and instruction from the @Home Treatment Program.

It's critical to intervene with the deep sleep while the bedwetter is in that state (stage 4). It is very important to fully wake the bedwetter, at this point, in order to change the sleep pattern. The @Home Program teaches you all the various techniques and procedures to completely awaken the bedwetter from the deep sleep, to insure he is fully awake, and teaches you how to recondition (change) the sleep pattern back to a normal cycle, and healthy balance, in order for the brain and bladder to make the necessary connection.

When the sleep pattern is successfully changed, and the balance restored, the bedwetting will end.

Principle #2 Many Bedwetters Also Suffer From Daytime Problems.

The bedwetter is not preoccupied or lazy. The sphincter muscle is weak and insensitive which causes the inability to "hold it" once the urge appears. It can also cause frequent urination and possible bladder infections. Therefore, the muscle needs to be strengthened and sensitized

What Causes it?

Many bedwetters appear to wait until the last minute to go to the bathroom. Others have daytime accidents and sometimes leak. They may also have to urinate frequently within a short period of time. Females sometimes contract bladder infections within the urinary tract because they can't tell when they are totally empty and leave a residual of urine that settles in the tract.

The sphincter muscle is supposed to be able to hold the urine inside the bladder. It should also be able to alert us (in advance) as the bladder fills and also detect when the bladder is totally empty. The inability of the sphincter muscle to function properly at night, because of the deep sleep, may prevent it from working normally during the day.

How Do We Cure Daytime Problems?

Our simple exercise program, performed on a consistent basis, will not only strengthen the sphincter, but will sensitize the muscle to the degree that the bedwetter will be able to quickly sense the urge to urinate, hold it for a reasonable length of time, and be able to feel when the bladder is completely empty.

The @Home Treatment Program graphically illustrates, through pictures and diagrams, the necessary exercises and instructs the bedwetter how many reps to do each day and each week, until the symptoms disappear. Charts (included) allow you to focus on progress and review the results with an @Home counselor, when the need arises. The exercises are easy enough that even a young child (4 years or older) can perform them regularly.

Principle #3 Bladder Capacity Is Smaller Than Normal.

Because bedwetters don't hold their fluid for a normal length of time, the bladder has not had an opportunity to expand to its fullest capacity. Bladder capacity needs to be increased to equal age and body size.

Why It Happens:

Since bedwetters rarely hold their urine all night, the inside of the bladder is not elasticizing or stretching as it should. This causes the capacity of the bladder to remain small. The bladder itself is normal and growing with the body, but, like a balloon that never gets blown up, the potential to expand is there but it just has not been realized.

Limiting fluids, at any time, is counter productive to normal bladder capacity growth and elasticity. Bedwetters wet the bed because their brain cannot wake up, not because there is too much fluid in the body. Our bodies need fluids. Restricting is unhealthy.

How Do We Increase Capacity?

The @Home Treatment Program shows you how to measure current capacity of the bladder and based upon these results, teaches you the method that will slowly and gradually increase bladder capacity until it is normal for the bedwetters age and body size. Increasing capacity is accomplished with a simple, daily bladder routine that takes only a few minutes, once each day.