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keeping bed clean
Literally every single cycle, on at least one night, my period leaks in my bed. I have tried everything I can think of to prevent it besides wearing a tampon to bed (which I know is a bad idea and also I just don't like tampons very much).
The issue is that I'm a bit of a restless sleeper, and I end up on my back, side, and front throughout the night. I can't do anything to keep myself in one position, and if I do, it usually ends up in me not really sleeping.
I usually use a night pad (the longest kind I can find) and then put a second pad up the back of my underwear because I do spend a good portion of the night on my back, so that helps prevent leaks that way.
However, I often end up leaking in the front or out the side, and sometimes even at the back beside the second pad.
How am I supposed to keep my bed clean? It's not such a big deal when I'm at home, but during the year when I'm living at school, it's a bit of a hassle to have to get the stains out every month. I can't think of anything that would help other than putting a third pad in to protect the front, but that just seems wasteful and would only solve one of my issues...
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When I still had my period, I did the double pads lengthwise and still had to hassle with stained sheets and mattresses. I was going to suggest the bed pads that hospitals use. But I know some pharmacies carry them too. THey can be found in same aisle as feminine care, adult incontinence diapers. I do know that the top part absorbs fine but the plastic bottom of these pads will slide all over the sheet, moving out of place since you move a lot in your sleep. So as suggested, I'd purchase the largest one and put it under the sheet in the area it needs to be. If you run into a pinch and can't buy more when you need them, I would take two towels and lay them double covering the area under your bottom. Towels can absorb a lot of moisture without sliding around. I know Towels work because of women who squirt (ejaculate during sex, tho not all can) and the liquid is thin like water and can leave wet spots the size of the palm of your hand or even larger, depends how many orgasms. So towels if double do absorb anything that leaks from periods and are easily thrown into the wash the next day. However, you may want quite a few towels if you decide to do this as your first choice.
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Go to a bedding store like Bed Bath 7 Beyond or look on Amazon for a mattress cover to cover your mattress with. Also go to a Surgical supply pharmacy and ask for mattress pads. These are the pads hospitals us and are generally placed under a patients bottom. You can place it on top of your sheet or under the sheet since you are a restless sleeper. Then if you leak all you need to do is change the sheet and put a fresh pad under where your bottom would be.
The mattress cover is a second line of defense against a stain getting through to the mattress.
FYI: Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)was caused by super absorbent Tampons. Since the manufacturers of those tampons have pulled them from the market this cause for TSS has declined rapidly. Tampon usage is not the way one can suffer TSS. I suggest you talk with your GYN about using tampons overnight and the safety of doing so.
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