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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.

AlmostAJillSandwich · 13/06/2024 01:37

I can't stand baths, and we don't have running hot water anyway so i never got to test this theory. Hated period showers though, not having them with my implant has been life changing.

MrsElsa · 13/06/2024 01:24

I don't understand what the question is. Bits of period end up in the bath water. That's normal isn't it? mind boggles

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Johannapiana · 13/06/2024 00:35

That's ok, I wasn't coming at you @Kpnutz91 the Mean Girls phrase just grinds my gears - as a pp pointed out, it's not a freaking tunnel!

Maybe some of us remember the 70s @JamieFraserSporran.

Would be interested to know why this works for some and not others. According to the Flo app, hot water can actually cause an increase in menstrual flow.

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Disturbia81 · 12/06/2024 14:01

JamieFraserSporran · 12/06/2024 08:22

Have we time travelled back to the 1970s? It's an odd discussion to have.

Why does it matter? It's a discussion forum, we can discuss what the hell we want.

JamieFraserSporran · 12/06/2024 08:22

Have we time travelled back to the 1970s? It's an odd discussion to have.

Kpnutz91 · 12/06/2024 03:03

Johannapiana · 11/06/2024 23:48

it’s not something I’ve spoken about to anyone incase I just have a wide set vagina and a heavy flow 🫣 😂

That's another thing I've noticed in films etc, equating having a heavy flow with a more 'wide set' vagina. Same will tampons i.e. higher absorption needed = bigger vagina, which is just ignorant and bloody insulting. I use 3 different levels of protection in one week...would like to see them explain that!

I completely get you! I was just quoting ‘Mean Girls’ I know it’s nothing to do with my anatomy, I was just making light of the situation that I’ve never met anyone with the same “suction” aspect that I have! 🙈
I can bleed through a super tampon and a night time pad within an hour so the notion isn’t lost on me!

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!

Garlicker · 12/06/2024 02:45

I bled in the bath, too. Also had bloodstained towels (I used a lot of Vanish Oxi-Action!) Never thought to question this until I read that thing about water pressure stopping it. Interesting how vaginal hydrodynamics seem to vary - that could be someone's PhD topic 😁

AbraAbraCadabra · 12/06/2024 02:35

I don't care. I just have a bath without a tampon. Occasionally there is blood in the bath.

Shan5474 · 12/06/2024 02:19

I’ve heard this before and found it to not be true for myself. Never had a very heavy period but on the occasions I’ve done it I’ve had blood in the water - “wisps” as another poster said as it has a different texture to blood and can be sort of stringy. Also found it to get messy on my thighs quickly when I get out unlike a shower where I have time to dry off and sort out a pad

HoHoHoliday · 12/06/2024 02:15

elm26 · 11/06/2024 23:11

I've got endometriosis and ridiculously heavy periods and I've never bled in the bath.

I also have endometriosis with heavy flow and would always bleed in the bath if I'm not wearing a tampon or cup. I don't think there is scientific fact here, it just happens to some people and not others.

Ginkypig · 12/06/2024 01:39

Iv not had a bath in my house for years but now I’m thinking of it no I don’t think I did bleed in the bath but did as I’m getting up to get out so it probably is to do with the pressure. Getting up changed the pressure and what would have come out did as she as pressure changed maybe?

not always but also another sucker here

Happinessischeeseontoast · 12/06/2024 00:37

Happens to me OP - I also suck water in. I actually encourage it on my period though. If I could give my uterus a blast of water to get my period over with quicker I would.

Excited101 · 12/06/2024 00:27

Of course the blood still comes out! What a load of nonsense. Just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. I’ve never had a very heavy flow but I’ve occasionally seen little whisps of blood in the water.

Catsmere · 12/06/2024 00:21

Johannapiana · 11/06/2024 23:48

it’s not something I’ve spoken about to anyone incase I just have a wide set vagina and a heavy flow 🫣 😂

That's another thing I've noticed in films etc, equating having a heavy flow with a more 'wide set' vagina. Same will tampons i.e. higher absorption needed = bigger vagina, which is just ignorant and bloody insulting. I use 3 different levels of protection in one week...would like to see them explain that!

I'd never heard the term "wide set vagina" before - that sounds like a reiteration of the nasty old assumption that the vagina is an open tube, rather than muscles that are firmly closed.

Halfemptyhalfling · 12/06/2024 00:09

Doesn't matter if it stops or not. I still feel cleaner afterwards. Wouldn't feel cleaner from a shower

PurplePolkaDot0 · 12/06/2024 00:05

I have endo and would still get clots (sorry, grim) in the bath 😩

Weedoormatnomore · 11/06/2024 23:57

I am really heavy at times never bled in the bath. Do use toilet before and straight after getting out,

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Johannapiana · 11/06/2024 23:48

it’s not something I’ve spoken about to anyone incase I just have a wide set vagina and a heavy flow 🫣 😂

That's another thing I've noticed in films etc, equating having a heavy flow with a more 'wide set' vagina. Same will tampons i.e. higher absorption needed = bigger vagina, which is just ignorant and bloody insulting. I use 3 different levels of protection in one week...would like to see them explain that!

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Kpnutz91 · 11/06/2024 23:36

tartancladpjs · 11/06/2024 23:29

I was just reading this thread thinking I must be really odd but nope, I found my fellow suction buddy! 🤣

I'm the variety that is fine for most of the bath but when I grab the side to stand up everything, water, blood water just floods out, so I have a choice bath or floor! Clearly I choose bath but then I have to do a weird tiptoe to the shower.

Even an hour + after the bath it's still little water gushes.

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Yay! Glad it’s not just me!

it’s not something I’ve spoken about to anyone incase I just have a wide set vagina and a heavy flow 🫣 😂

But I also don’t hate the little gushes as I then feel completely clean 🙃
I may be getting a little too personal now on this forum..

buffyslayer · 11/06/2024 23:35

BillieEyelash1 · 11/06/2024 23:11

Mine stops when I’m in the bath and I usually have a really heavy flow. When I stand up to get out though it does restart and it’s like a murder scene with blood everywhere

I have a stash of dark coloured flannels for that purpose! Saves getting towels full of blood

fashionqueen0123 · 11/06/2024 23:32

BillieEyelash1 · 11/06/2024 23:11

Mine stops when I’m in the bath and I usually have a really heavy flow. When I stand up to get out though it does restart and it’s like a murder scene with blood everywhere

That’s the same for me and why I wouldn’t have a bath. I can remember when I was young and my mum saying don’t worry you can have a bath and go swimming. We were in a hotel and I ran to get in! And ran to get changed after. It was ok but I wasn’t doing it again. (Was so much better when I discovered tampons for pools!)

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Johannapiana · 11/06/2024 23:32

Yes, as you say lying flat can't be it either @GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut

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Catsmere · 11/06/2024 23:31

Disturbia81 · 11/06/2024 23:19

Same! 😂 never bothered me.

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Yeah, didn't bother me much, I never expected it to stop. The clots were annoying, but better there than soaking into a pad!

tartancladpjs · 11/06/2024 23:29

Kpnutz91 · 11/06/2024 23:24

I suffer horrendous periods and hot baths help me no end, BUT.. I have one of those vaginas that suck up water and because of that it’s always a blood bath! I just shower straight after.. Even when not on my period, after a bath, 10 mins after I’ll flood a load of water out, not sure why it happens but it does 😅

I was just reading this thread thinking I must be really odd but nope, I found my fellow suction buddy! 🤣

I'm the variety that is fine for most of the bath but when I grab the side to stand up everything, water, blood water just floods out, so I have a choice bath or floor! Clearly I choose bath but then I have to do a weird tiptoe to the shower.

Even an hour + after the bath it's still little water gushes.