Re ex and DDs periods

Didn’t see that. Good call.

2017

That's when this thread is from.

2017

7 years ago.

Definitely go to the docs. On a practical level Cheeky wipes period pants have coverage from the waistband. I've used them as backup with other pads when having issues with leaking through to my clothes.

This is from 2017, can't you read the date?? Pretty sure OP will have sorted it 7 years ago!

This!

When I was in my teens the GP prescribed me mefenamic acid and said if that didn't help then we could try the pill. It's an NSAID (anti-inflammatory) Which helps with the pain but can also reduce the blood flow to make it slower/less heavy. Might be worth her trying that. It really helped me.
Also, YANBU. He has no idea how horrendous it is for her.

Hopefully this will help. I had similar problems - not to that extent and not as young though. GP advised the pill which worked well. My DM and I went. She would not have dreamed of discussing it with DF.

I accept that it was because of old fashioned attitudes about periods - but in your case I’d hold to that line. Periods, bra fittings etc - none of his business - especially as he’s clearly an idiot where women’s health is concerned.

Is he aware of the long-term health consequences of anaemia, of PCOS, of missing lots of school due to pain. Or just things he can spout to control someone being in discomfort?

You need to completely defame how you’re having conversations with home. Even if he wasn’t a fucking idiot, it’s her GP and her who decides - and that is all.

A coil would surely be very painful for her . It's horrendous for me and I'm old and had two children

I would think of an implant or something to help or the pill .

Can you go to a family planning place to ask for options

He’s being ridiculous and I wouldn’t even be asking his opinion. My DD went on the pill at 12, she had to have an emergency blood transition after her first period didn’t stop. She was 5 stone something. Before the pill she went on other meds that reduce bleeding but getting her to swallow big tablets was impossible. No way would I let a man tell my DD she couldn’t do something that would make the pain and inconvenience better. He’s an idiot

@HadloxB , my DD was the same. She’s been on the pill since she was 12 and it has made a huge difference to her quality of life. She takes it back to back, which is perfectly safe - NHS advice on this is very outdated - so her period is completely suppressed. She is now 15 and trains six days a week in her sport, which would have been impossible with her heavy periods and pain. She also no longer has PMS (mood swings and rages) so the whole family benefits.

This has also enabled her to gradually take ownership of her health, making sure her prescription is renewed in time etc.

Zombie!

Eugh edit. Zombie 🧟

Yorkshiregal1 This thread is from 2017.

I have really heavy periods with big clots and I tried Tranexamic acid last month and my period was alot lighter, it was amazing. Does your GP not do emergency on the day appointments, I would say this warrants one if they do. I would get your daughter tested for anemia too as the heavy periods can cause that.

Also, I use reusable sanitary towels from a company called Wear Em Out, and found them better than disposable ones. I got their biggest ones.

I went in the pill at 15 due to the same situation. I was in agony every month and was throwing up due to pain, my periods lasted 11 days and were really heavy. As I was approaching my exams and had been fobbed off with painkillers, which didn’t help when you throw them up, my mum demanded the GP do something. The pill was life changing, I had next to zero cramping, my flow was manageable and lasted 5 days at best. I could also choose just to run packs together and not have a period at all which I did regularly. I had no awful side effects apart from the very first day where I threw up twice.

normally im all for dads being involved in conversations about womens health but in this case he can fuck the fuck off - no uterus, no opinion.

Edited when realised how old this thread is. He's still a twat though!

This thread is SEVEN YEARS OLD

Was the fuckwit so.concerned about you being on contraception when you were together or did he insist on wearing comdoms to save any health risks to you from all those nasty hormones?

I doubt it. Has he "researched" the impacts of heavy periods? Of the risks associated with anaemia?

Does he look after his daughter when she's on her period,.or have to collect her from school? I bet the first time he had to leave work to do that and look after her, he'd be raging at you "why didn't you get her to the doctor's and get her on the pill? I found this research......"

Ignore him. He has no idea what he's on about. Or any concern for what his poor daughter is suffering.

had bad periods aged 11-12, luckily I was able to take time off school and could do nothing but stay in bed. Painkillers did nothing as I used to be sick as well. Over thirty years ago. I remember a male GP saying it would settle down after I had kids. Or I could have a hysterectomy! Female doctor immediately prescribed the pill. Completely resolved things.

Hope your daughter gets the help and your fuckwit ex.... Well. Shuts the fuck up.

oh thank goodness….. he was your ex!!

i’m researching about periods in relation to my DD and came across this thread

OP… are you still married to this stubborn, narrow minded cretin?

Ex is a fool who can't assess risk. As are many others on here.

The girl has major problems because nature has stuffed up. Medical help needed. Sheep like bleating about big pharma and natural remedies is the sign of wilful stupidity.

Definitely stress to he doctor how extreme this is. My DD was inclined to underplay it as she was embarrassed. When I mentioned (to her chagrin) the blood squelching in her trainers and having to put them in the washing machine the doctor began to listen.

It still took several years before the magic of the general anaesthetic, laparoscopy and mirena which I see was the solution for several of our DDs on here.

To those who say they’d never put a coil into a youngster and it would be agony, it’s done under general anaesthetic by a gynaecologist so they can check what’s going on at the same time. Being anaemic for years and suffering like this every month, also being in agony, is incredibly debilitating. There are degrees of “bad periods” and OP’s daughter, like mine and several PP’s is severe, by the sound of it.

OP I don’t think this should wait. If you can’t get anything before November I’d put in for an emergency appointment. She shouldn’t have to go through a single cycle more of this.