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Johannapiana · 2024-06-11T21:51:46+00:00

Recently heard a rumour online that it's no problem to have a bath on your period as the water stops blood flow (no tampon required). Never worked for me. AIBU this must be an old wives tale? YABU - Yes this can and does happen. YANBU - Sounds bonkers.

stopthepigeonstopthepigeon · 13/06/2024 08:16

Nope. Doesn’t work for me.

Catsmere · 13/06/2024 08:14

I'm just baffled at the idea of bath water being deep enough to make any noticeable pressure. I never had very deep baths - no point, they got cold too quickly.

MrsToothyBitch · 13/06/2024 08:14

Theydogethystericalovertheslightestthing · 13/06/2024 07:20

Am I reading this correctly? Does eveyone take their tampon out when in the bath? If yes, why??

For sweet relief and a break. My clots often hurt until they're out. I'm a fidget arse so although I double up with pads if I'm very heavy, I don't find them practical on their own, so heavy days can be very uncomfortable until I can remove a tampon. Baths seem to get everything moving and the heat helps the pain so it's bliss to de-tampon. What do you think people who don't use tampons at all do? I don't wear them in the shower either unless it's at the gym. Hot water on my lower back is bliss. DH sometimes comes in the shower with me and will pound the base of my spine at the same time to help the cramps.

Also I don't mind taking a tampon out after swimming but I don't really like how they feel after being in water so again- I avoid them in the bath at home. I clean the bath up afterwards.

MigGirl · 13/06/2024 08:12

I tend to find it mostly stops them, but I still prefer to have a shower as I get some leaking not loads. I do have horrible heaving periods though.

Concretejungle1 · 13/06/2024 08:06

Globetrote · 11/06/2024 23:08

Works for me.

The water pressure would usually stop anything coming out, which is why I don’t get the recent comments on a thread about swimming pools being disgusting places because you’re in the water swimming amongst other women’s vaginal discharge. The extreme pressure from a large body of water like a pool stops this from happening, plus the gusset in your swimwear.

water can stop some women’s periods, it does not work for all ( even then some may still be coming out).
water has never worked for me.

Nothinglefttosaynow · 13/06/2024 07:43

Theydogethystericalovertheslightestthing · 13/06/2024 07:20

Am I reading this correctly? Does eveyone take their tampon out when in the bath? If yes, why??

Yes I do, to give my body a break while I can. Each to their own.

Nothinglefttosaynow · 13/06/2024 07:40

Depends, if I'm in to help with cramps & leave everything alone down there then sometimes there's nothing/minimal. If I'm giving everything a good scrub then there can be loads. I always assumed it was similar to my period never really starting properly until I stand up in the morning & the angle changes letting everything flow.

Theydogethystericalovertheslightestthing · 13/06/2024 07:27

Dinosweetpea · 13/06/2024 07:23

Equally confused! I would wear a tampon in the bath, just like I would if I went swimming on my period.

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I'm begining to think I have woken up in a parallel world...

Poyulyi · 13/06/2024 07:27

I have very heavy periods and sometimes a bath ends up like a murder scene but I need it for my cramps. I just have a shower at the end of it, so problem solved!

Dinosweetpea · 13/06/2024 07:23

Theydogethystericalovertheslightestthing · 13/06/2024 07:20

Am I reading this correctly? Does eveyone take their tampon out when in the bath? If yes, why??

Equally confused! I would wear a tampon in the bath, just like I would if I went swimming on my period.

DracoDormiensNumquamTittilandum · 13/06/2024 07:22

Theydogethystericalovertheslightestthing · 13/06/2024 07:20

Am I reading this correctly? Does eveyone take their tampon out when in the bath? If yes, why??

When I used to use them I found water would go up my vagina and soak the tampon so it would have to come out anyway.

duchessofsilk · 13/06/2024 07:21

I dont like baths anyway but the few times I have had a bath it has not stopped me bleeding and I dont find it particularly nice bathing in blood water so showers feel much nicer.

Theydogethystericalovertheslightestthing · 13/06/2024 07:20

Halfheadhighlights · 13/06/2024 07:19

i have quite a heavy flow at the beginning of my period and it doesn’t flow into the bath. A couple of clots sometimes come out but I just push them towards the plug hole and let them out

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Theydogethystericalovertheslightestthing · 13/06/2024 07:20

Am I reading this correctly? Does eveyone take their tampon out when in the bath? If yes, why??

Halfheadhighlights · 13/06/2024 07:19

i have quite a heavy flow at the beginning of my period and it doesn’t flow into the bath. A couple of clots sometimes come out but I just push them towards the plug hole and let them out

TheChosenTwo · 13/06/2024 07:16

I’ve got PCOS so on the rare occasion I have my period I need to wear a tampon in the bath to avoid lying in my own ‘chunks’ 🫣 sorry!

DracoDormiensNumquamTittilandum · 13/06/2024 07:15

Springchickenonion · 12/06/2024 02:57

I have extremely heavy periods but works fir me.... well... until I stand up and get out of the bath

Maybe a pelvic floor thing? Try doing some pelvic floor exercises.... you should be doing this anyway!

It's because the blood is pooling in your vaginal canal or somewhere and when you stand up gravity causes it to pour out. Nothing is holding the blood inside you apart from gravity.

MadameMassiveSalad · 13/06/2024 07:12

It's fine!

DracoDormiensNumquamTittilandum · 13/06/2024 07:11

Of course blood flow doesn't stop in water, how could it? For me my flow is fairly light so it's not like it's pouring out of me at any point so I can have a bath without any leaking unless I actively pressure my pelvic floor. I am surprised that adult women actually believe that the vulva sitting in water can prevent the action of gravity on the blood that is in the uterus!

MrsToothyBitch · 13/06/2024 07:08

The heavy part of my period is very heavy and clotty. A nice hot bath does wonders for the pain and coaxes some clots out. I usually have a shower afterwards and wash my legs before I insert a tampon.
The bathwater probably does get a bit gross.

Demilei · 13/06/2024 05:23

sixtyandsomething · 13/06/2024 04:57

this is total nonsense - why on earth would being in water stop the flow - of course it doesn't. Some women just have very light periods, that is all

You obviously haven't bothered to read other's posts before declaring nonsense. Or are we all lying for the sake of it?

itsgettingweird · 13/06/2024 04:58

I wouldn't bleed whilst laying in the actual bath.

The clots lost whilst climbing in and standing up after are a whole different discussion!

Since my hysterectomy having a bath has been one of the things I've really felt it made a difference for.

sixtyandsomething · 13/06/2024 04:57

this is total nonsense - why on earth would being in water stop the flow - of course it doesn't. Some women just have very light periods, that is all

sixtyandsomething · 13/06/2024 04:56

Globetrote · 11/06/2024 23:08

Works for me.

The water pressure would usually stop anything coming out, which is why I don’t get the recent comments on a thread about swimming pools being disgusting places because you’re in the water swimming amongst other women’s vaginal discharge. The extreme pressure from a large body of water like a pool stops this from happening, plus the gusset in your swimwear.

there isn't "extreme pressure" and there is nothing to stop blood coming out.

Ponderingwindow · 13/06/2024 04:46

I bleed in the bath

sometimes even with a fresh tampon right before I get in, I bleed in the bath. Heavy periods and flooding are very annoying.

not going to stop taking baths during my period. They help with the cramps immensely .