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Heavy periods
I'm 13 and I have super heavy periods, they leak on my uniform, pjs, bed, towels, everything! Sometimes my friends and teachers at school see and it's embarrassing. Any advice?
Thanks!
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My daughter had a friend that age with the same problem. Mother took the girl to a doctor who put her on birth control as a means to take care of the issue of heavier flow. Apparently something about the hormone therapy helps to normalize the flow.
As for leaking onto the bed, that happened to me no matter if it was a regular or heavy flow. Your pad is directly below the flow when you are awake, walking and sitting but next to the flow when asleep. That makes it easier to miss the pad and flow down to stain whatever is in its' path. It is a good idea to get a water resistant mattress cover for the mattress, like a large zippered pillow case that can be removed and washed if it gets stained. That is a hassle but worth it. When you do know you are flowing, fold an old towel in half under you in bed. If you don't move much in your sleep, there are disposable absorbant large squares to lay on top of at night, used most often for bed bound patients, elderly with incontinence, and works also for periods. However the plastic side to it can slip around under you as you move in your sleep. Buying extra long pads that cover not just under you but go up your backside a ways helped me, plus I positioned them starting a little further back at night. Have mom take you to see a Dr. about the heavier than normal flows.
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