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WWYD - blood on hotel mattress

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Littlefluffyclouds81 · 25/10/2016 08:38

I'm in London with dd and she has the mother of all periods. She put clean knickers and a pad on last night but this morning there is a massive pool of blood on the sheets and it has soaked right through the mattress protector on to the mattress.

It's a budget hotel (small independent place), and the mattress looks very new. Shall I strip the bed and leave a note apologising, or go and tell them at reception? Bit worried I'm going to get charged for the mattress which will make this a very expensive trip!

And I'm going to have to wear yesterday's knickers as I had to donate my only clean pair to her this morning, she'd soaked through both the pairs she had. Not a good day so far!

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PatricianOfAnkhMorpork · 25/10/2016 09:56

The diary doll pants look ace but why can't do they do individual sizes? I'm not risking £10 on a pair of pants that possibly won't fit that I can't return.

OP this happened to me a few weeks ago. Staying at a hotel and woke up to the bed looking like somebody had been murdered in it. I was mortified, but apart from having a quiet word with housekeeping there isn't much you can do about it.

foxtrotoscarfoxtrotfoxtrot · 25/10/2016 09:56

Tell the hotel receptionist. We wouldn't charge at our hotel but room turn around times are tight so house keeping need advance notice of the extra cleaning time required, or time to get a new mattress up to the room.

Mummyoflittledragon · 25/10/2016 10:01

Wow thanks for that. I need diary doll pants. Sick of blood stains on the sheet and mattress protector.

IWasSpartacus · 25/10/2016 10:12

DD threw up in a Premier Inn one night. Was on sheets/duvet/carpet. Phoned housekeeping who brought clean sheets & duvet and we bundled the stained ones into a laundry bag. We did as good a job as we could on the carpet and the night manager said not to worry anymore for now and housekeeping would sort rest in the morning.

They could not have been more helpful and sympathetic - and reassuring that it happens in hotels and not to worry about it.

Hellochicken · 25/10/2016 10:30

I'd strip the bed and tell reception discretely.
Don't flip the mattress, give them a chance to clean it!

Flisspaps · 25/10/2016 10:33

I don't get why you wouldn't be able to tell the guy on reception green?

QueenLizIII · 25/10/2016 10:33

she'd soaked through both the pairs she had

One thing stands out. You know DD has the mother of all periods and you knew you were going away and brought two pairs of pants? Confused

I always brought double the pairs I thought I needed with a period as they take up so little space being packed anyway.

Pampers care mats work wonders for these things too.

lostowl · 25/10/2016 10:35

When I had heavy periods at that age I always slept on a towel. It is horrible though isn't it.

LightTripper · 25/10/2016 10:36

I had a m/c in a B&B once and was terrified of this happening. Tena do some packs of rectangular plastic/paper pads that you can put on the bed underneath you that really help. In the end I didn't leak but it meant I could actually sleep rather than worrying about it. Obviously doesn't help you this time, but might help reassure her the next time she is away from home on a period!

www.amazon.co.uk/Tena-60-90cm-Super-Bed/dp/B00CIW1WLE/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1477388117&sr=8-1&keywords=tena+bed+pad

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Littlefluffyclouds81 · 25/10/2016 10:46

When I took the sheets off it wasn't as bad as I thought, just a small stain. I left a tip in the room and mentioned it at reception as we left. They were fine about it.

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QueenLizIII · 25/10/2016 10:51

These are good: they have a sticky back.

www.boots.com/en/Huggies-DryNites-Bed-Mats-7Pack_1014512/

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Littlefluffyclouds81 · 25/10/2016 10:52

She doesn't normally have super heavy periods, and also didn't tell me she had her period until we were at the station, so was a bit late to pack any extra clothes by then. Just had to fork out for some new jeans too as she had bled all over her other ones, poor thing.

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harderandharder2breathe · 25/10/2016 11:04

I'm glad reception were fine with it. I always think they'd rather be told than discover it unexpectedly and their attitude probably varies accordingly! But it's just one of those things, not malicious damage.

Dontpanicpyke · 25/10/2016 11:12

Hop the trip gets better op Flowers

PollyPerky · 25/10/2016 11:22

Diary Doll pants are available by mail order. Google. J lewis used to stock them but don't appear to now.

TaraCarter · 25/10/2016 11:29

Does she already have extra long night-time pads? I expect she has, but I thought I'd better check as I used to have really heavy flow at night for a while as a teen, and they were a revelation.

myownprivateidaho · 25/10/2016 11:44

Yeah I don't think you have to tell reception. One of the hazards of renting a bed to people is that a woman on her period might sleep on it and get blood on the mattress. It's not like some extraordinary event. Housekeeping will find it when they change the bed surely?

SuperFlyHigh · 25/10/2016 11:45

My fail safe pants for this are black pants (HEMA do some in a multi pack) - has she tried Allways night time pads for night?

SuperFlyHigh · 25/10/2016 11:46

What you can also do is nip into eg M&S with a clothes section buy the pants/knickers and do a change in the toilets.

has saved my bacon many a time!

TaraCarter · 25/10/2016 11:52

OP has told reception and it's all fine, idaho, but ignoring he specifics if you tell reception, they can clean it more quickly. Getting fresh blood out is easy if you know what you're doing. Dried in blood is quite a different proposal

BowieFan · 25/10/2016 13:42

Don't worry about it - hotels will have dealt with it before. They've seen far worse.

My son had an issue with nosebleeds a few years ago and one came on him all of a sudden in the middle of the night at a Premier Inn. We did our best to clean it but we phoned reception and they had no issue, they sorted out clean bedding and everything.

Same happened when I had an epileptic seizure. When I have seizures, I sometimes evacuate my bladder or bowels, which is what happened when I was on a business trip. I was so embarrassed telling reception but again, they didn't mind. Like I said, they've seen worse.

ICuntSeeYourPoint · 25/10/2016 13:54

I did the same in a hotel. I stripped the sheets off the bed and left a note apologising and explaining together with a £10 note. It felt mortifying as an adult so I feel sorry for your dd, but they must see that kind of thing all the time unfortunately.

SexNamesRFab · 25/10/2016 14:30

I've done this twice. Once as a teenager. My mum told the lady at reception, she was very nice about it but I nearly died of shame.

Once on a work trip at a police training college. There was no reception or housekeeping, so I'm sorry to say I made the bed and fled. Makes me go hot and cold all over to even think about it now.

But I think attitudes women's bodies are changing and that if it happened now I'd be a big girl about it and just sponge it down and let housekeeping know. I hope my girls won't be as embarrassed about periods as my generation were. I'm only 39 BTW.

FeelingSmurfy · 25/10/2016 17:33

Have you mentioned to gp how heavily she is bleeding? Might be able to help

I had this when I was in a children's hospital, no privacy and all younger children (boys and girls) I was mortified. The nurses changed the bed no problem but I was so embarrassed the whole time I was there.

I've always bled heavily and I have seen a gynaecologist since I was 14 and had help from them. It's unusual to bleed through a pad, 2 pairs of underwear, jeans, sheets, on mattress etc. I would say that is extremely heavy and should be mentioned to gp to see if they can help, what if it happens in school?

Balletgirlmum · 25/10/2016 17:40

Diary Dolls are fabulous. They done up small. Dd is a size 6/8 & had to have the second size up.

She takes medication for her periods - without it she totally floods but the best sanitary protection is lilets ultra tampering NHS combined with a towel.

If anyone has a very small dd I have two unworn only tried on over the top of a leotard pairs of diary dolls going spare.