WWYD - blood on hotel mattress

[Littlefluffyclouds81]

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!

They are cotton but there is a double layer with a waterproof lining in the middle.

Smurfy I asked her today if her periods were normally like this and she said no, so it might just be a one off freaky heavy one (mine are usually very light but once in a while I have a hellish one for no apparent reason). So probably worth waiting to see what happens over the next couple of months. She started just after her 11th birthday and she's 12 now and there's not been an issue until this one.

Sods law it would be this one but at least she was with you and you were able to help her with it

small independent business = tell them

Poor DD. Sympathies. I've just spent the last 4 nights sleeping in a campervan suffering from the period from hell. I've been sleeping on a puppy training pad, whilst using super plus tampons and always night time pads.

I really wouldn't worry about the mattress, I bet they have some special blood stain remover to treat it with. Cold water is the best thing for blood, wet wipes work well too.