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Well at night time my period leaked on my bed and there where a few drops of blood on the bed and later on in that day my mum went to a friends house and i thought I will try to clean up the stain so i got some washing up liquid and i poured a small amount from the bottle onto the stain i got a piece of clothe and i started rubbing it. The stain got lighter but it was still there and I couldn't get it out anymore so i kind of just gave up but in the afternoon there was like a budge stain from where I poured the washing u liquid and i don't know how to get it out and also how to get the bloodstain out? By the way i can not go to the shops to get any other cleaning materials because i do not have any money with me. And if my mum does see the now budge stain what do I say to her? Im just really embarrassed
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One thing I hated was having a mattress that had many stains from leaked blood at night during periods but pristine mattress, sheets and panties during the menstrual years is only a hopeful dream.
Although hydrogen peroxide will help lift some of the stain, the majority of it will remain. treat sheets the same way.
For the future, buy the thicker, longer maxi pads for night and adjust them on the panty so that the front end just starts at the crotch and the rest of it goes up your back side when standing. This positioning helps when lying down because the flow will go downwards towards your back when laying down. Of course it could shift a bit sideways and you may still leak. You could try the disposable bed pads that are often used for bed ridden, older patients. They should be in same area of pharmacy or stores where incontinence products or feminine products are sold. These are also used by women menstruating. They work really well unless you move around in your sleep too much dislodging them from beneath you. Most will slip and move around a bit because of the plastic side against your sheets. So if that doesnt work out for you, use one of the familys older bath towels under your bottom as you sleep. Double it over if you need.
Mom has likely stained many sheets and mattresses herself. I even did that to a hotel bed mattress once. I really felt bad about that but Its not like something one does on purpose. Its something we have no control over. So try to talk to mom about it. Andthing about body functions and sex is hard to start talking about but once you get past the first couple times of feeling scared and horridly embarrassed, it begins to go away. All my 3 daughters are able to discuss such stuff with me, no matter what their different personalities.
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First: You have nothing to be embarrassed about. After 42 years of marriage I can tell you that what has happened, happens to all women. Has probably happened to your mother and will probably happen to you again in the future. This is a bodily function of women that is not consistent month to month.
Like everything else we do you prepare for the normal and when the abnormal occurs if it occurs you do what is needed to handle the situation. In this situation I would suggest if you're concerned with staining your mattress that you tell mom what happened, though is she has washed the sheets she may already know.
Next to prevent staining the mattress ask mom to purchase a mattress cover for your bed. A mattress cover is fairly inexpensive, usually adds some softness to the mattress and is totally machine washable. Mattress covers are designed to protect your mattress from accidents like you had.
As for washing out the stains. We use two product that believe it or not we find at the dollar store and work very well in the laundry and in cleaning other areas of the house. They are Simply Green and Simple Orange. We pretreat the stain with one or the other and put them right in the washer, in cold water add some bleach if we can and machine wash. Most stain disappear including blood stains.
Please don't be embarrassed over what happened. As long as you took the precautions you normally take then you need not be embarrassed if they were not enough. As I said these things happen and it may happen again. There is not much you can do about it for you will not know in advance if your period is going to be heavier than normal.
So rather than be embarrassed and try to hide what happened. Just talk to mom and she may have some other ideas to help you that I being a guy can't think of.
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Personally, I'd say stop struggling to spot-remove a blood-stain (which is virtually impossible to do invisibly) and either tell your mum, or let her find it for herself. I don't know you, or her...but I guarantee she's had a bit of an unexpected leak overnight herself, many a time. She's been there! It's actually not embarrasing, or at least she won't be. You might cringe a bit...I assume you're quite young? I'd take a good guess that when she does your laundry and probably spots it, she won't even mention it to you at all. You haven't been messy, sloppy or childish here...there's nothing to beat yourself up over or worry about...all just part of becoming and being a woman. You'll be fine. OK?
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