......how heavy are we talking?
I would post this on the General Health board, but am posting here for traffic.
I know this is a bit of a personal question to ask, but I figured an anonymous forum was an acceptable place to ask 
Not that periods are anything to be ashamed of!
Mine are ridiculously heavy. I wear the super PLUS tampons, along with pads and at my peak, am probably needing to change every 40 minutes or so. Huge clots (sorry 😬) and quite a bit of pain or though that isn't constant. Usually have a bit of pre period cramping and then around half a day of cramping when I'm on.
The peak only tends to last a day and a half. The rest of my period is still quite heavy, but manageable and overall lasts around 5 days.
I am on iron tablets as you can imagine and whereas I'm no longer anaemic, I am still iron deficient, although not dangerously so and am trying to really build up the iron in my diet recently, so hopefully my ferritin levels will be slowly rising.
I don't want to take hormones and I suspect at some stage I will consider having a hysterectomy.
GPS never seem concerned and say that it's basically just the way it is.
I hear people saying they have very heavy periods, but I do wonder if they mean this heavy.
I can cope. They don't destroy my life, but it is an alarming amount of blood to be losing.
So, if you don't mind sharing....
TIA