How To Complete A Bladder Diary – Download Bladder Diary (pdf)

Here’s how to complete a bladder diary and start bladder control training at home.

How to complete a bladder diary:

1. Measuring equipment 
2. How to fill in a bladder diary
3. Download your Bladder Diary .pdf (scroll down below video)
4. Bladder Control Training

This video shows you how to measure your bladder emptying to help you complete your bladder diary.

How To Complete A Bladder Diary 

Your bladder diary is your first key step to regaining bladder control!

Completing a bladder diary for 1-3 days helps you know whether or not you’re emptying your bladder too frequently.

A bladder diary gives you a record of how much urine you’re emptying or peeing from your bladder over the course of the day and how often you empty your bladder. 

Having a record of how much you’re peeing and how often, gives you a baseline to start from. This helps you monitor your progress and improved bladder control over the coming weeks and months.

Fill in your bladder diary for 1-3 days to start your bladder control training at home.

1. Bladder Diary Equipment 

Before starting you will need:

• 1 measuring jug or old plastic container
• Bladder diary printed out – 1 page for every day you intend to keep your diary (i.e. 1-3 copies)

2. How To Complete A Bladder Diary

Start your bladder diary on a day that you’ll be at home most of the day.

1. Urinate (pee) into an old measuring jug or container (e.g. icecream container sitting inside the toilet bowel)
2. Measure how much urine is in your container when you finish urinating
3. Repeat this for 1-3 days
4. Record the date and time you empty on your bladder diary
5. Record the volume (how much urine) is in your container in ounces or millilitres
6. Empty the container, flush the contents and rinse for your next measurement

• Volume voided – record the time that you empty your bladder and the quantity of urine you empty  (volume voided) in millilitres or ounces in the column provided
• Strong Urge – record whether you experienced any bladder urgency immediately before emptying your bladder in the appropriate column
• Leakage – record whether you experienced any bladder urgency immediately before emptying your bladder in the appropriate columns
• Total Number of voids and fluids – tally up the number of times you empty your bladder and the total fluids you consume at the lowest part of your diary at the end of the day

Measuring your bladder volumes at night can be challenging. If you prefer not to measure at night, just record how many times you get up during the course of the night to empty your bladder.

3. Download Bladder Diary 

Download your Bladder Diary (.pdf) here:

Knowing how to complete a bladder diary is the first step in bladder control training. This bladder control diary gives you a record of how often you empty your bladder and how much urine you empty each time you void.