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Some women just naturally have very light periods! Though it is hard to say as when just starting out periods go through a bit of changeability (i.e. they may not stay regular or may be heavy sometimes and light others) BUT if she's already regular, she may just be one of those women who are light.

Do you have light periods?

Some women do have v v light periods- there are threads on here about women who are homeless/in poverty not having access to sanpro, and there are always posters talking about how they are so light they hardly need to use it! However, I started my periods at 10 and was always regular, but started to get heavier flow in my 20s.

Mine were relatively light initially (started at 11) but got much heavier later (15 - 20 was a really tough time, I missed at least 1 day per month of school/uni and tried many different medications - it was only after a university doctor prescribed what would have been an overdose of paracetamol that my home doctor agreed to put me on the pill, which sorted them out)

So certainly they can get heavier.

That said I had many friends who just didn't get it, as theirs had started light and regular and stayed that way.

I'm not sure if you can predict what will happen tbh. Unless there is a genetic component? (Am adopted so no comparisons available to me, and DM was utterly bewildered by my heavy periods as hers were very light)

Thanks everyone for replying. Mine were the opposite for the first few years and very heavy - couldn't go an hour sometimes without changing and I regularly had blood stained clothes at school, so I think that's my main concern that they will change for her.