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Coping with heavy menopausal period
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I'm 53 and have not had a period for over six months. The last few times I've had them, they have been heavy - ie I can only go 1 or two hours between changing super plus tampons for the first 24 to 36 hours. I'm not in any discomfort, but this time round it's more like half an hour before I have to change, and I'm finding that difficult to cope with - does anyone have any tips?
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I had one heavy period before mine stopped a year ago. It lasted several weeks then none since. But previously I had a scan and was told I had fibroids but they wouldn't do anything about them as I was approaching the menopause. I was told they would shrink with the onset of the menopause.
Fibroids can make your periods heavier. I would get a referral from your doctor to see a gynacologist if I was you.
Fibroids can make your periods heavier. I would get a referral from your doctor to see a gynacologist if I was you.
Yes I'm using pads as well, otherwise it would be very messy - I just changed, got into the car and drove into the village to get some more - I couldn't have been gone 20 minutes and had to change when I got back. At the moment it's just a nuisance and I don't have any other symptoms thanks to the ladycare magnet I wear.
See your GP. My fibroids were large and causing my problems - the flooding ruled my life. My fibroids were large enough to warrant hysterectomy - great joy, I've never looked back. Not saying that would be your solution, but it's worth investigating.
Tip - I invested in a pair of incontinence pants - then at least if you leak, it stays in, you don't risk external staining.
Tip - I invested in a pair of incontinence pants - then at least if you leak, it stays in, you don't risk external staining.
After a lifetime of tiny little periods, my 'welcome to the menopause' present was a series of gigantic periods like you describe. Then nothing for 6 months, then same again, then nothing for a year, then one last ka-sploosh.
Horrible while it lasts, but I found that stocking up on the ultra size ultra absorbent pads - and even using two at a time - helped. It is very dispiriting to find oneself gushing blood like a slain pig but it passes.
See your GP and they might send you for a hysteroscopy - if they do, insist on anaesthetic. There's a little lie they sometimes tell that 'it doesn't really hurt'.
Horrible while it lasts, but I found that stocking up on the ultra size ultra absorbent pads - and even using two at a time - helped. It is very dispiriting to find oneself gushing blood like a slain pig but it passes.
See your GP and they might send you for a hysteroscopy - if they do, insist on anaesthetic. There's a little lie they sometimes tell that 'it doesn't really hurt'.
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It's horrible isn't it. You feel as though you want to stay sitting on the toilet all the time to save all the trouble.I remember thinking, where is all this blood coming from? All the tips I have have already been mentioned. The only thing I would say is, it will soon be over and then somehow..................... you miss them. Well I do, because I have entered another stage of my life.
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