Just literally walked out

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Just had to come home and change my jeans! Having the period from hell and leaked everywhere. So embarrassed I just text my Male boss to tell him I’d be back soon, girl stuff! Worst bit is we have an offsite meeting later and it’ll be just me and him in the car for 2 hours

I am sorry to read from your update that things didn't improve. It may be worth visiting your GP. Heavy flooding periods are shit.

I am glad to see that the disbelievers who try to tell the rest of us that because this doesn't happen to them then it happens to nobody have not come and hijacked the thread.

Another voice for Mirena coils here - they have fucked about with my regularity (I can go 8 weeks with nothing, then two weeks of spotting), but the RIVERS OF BLOOD have dried up.

My worst story ever - teenager, at school, in summer, so not wearing tights. I could feel all lesson that I was leaking. Teacher was the sort of bastard who wouldn't respond to a discreet 'tampax showing out of cuff' reason for asking to go to the loo. I got up at the bell, and the seat looked like I'd pissed blood. Deliberately.
Tied my jumper around my waist and raced to the loo, feeling blood making its way down into my boots. Removed tampon, which was so sodden, it fecking sprayed blood all over the cubicle and floor. New one in. Time for a clean up. Except there was no bastard loo roll. None. I had to take my socks off to try and effect a clean up, except that the blood that had trickled down had already dried, so I was dipping my socks into the loo to dampen them to clean me and the cubicle up. After quite a few long minutes, I emerged. Only to realise that my tucked in white school blouse was very absorbent and had helpfully shared the load with my pants, skirt, & jumper.

And that is why male teachers should understand that when a girl asks to go to the loo during a lesson, he should just say yes.

The TA seems to be working today. Still heavy but manageable thank goodness!

Worst time for me was at school, it was my second ever period, and I stoo up from having lunch and felt this gush, and my dark grey skirt was coated, but I had the bestest mate in all the world, and she noticed my panic and the tears, and she saw what had happened, and she grabbed my drink and chucked it over my lap laughing loudly.
Then she said "Oh sorry! Lets go to the bathroom quick and sort it out!" Still laughing, and I wanted to kiss her.

It was mortifying, and with my parents I couldn't tell them anything about it, they were too up themselves to talk about periods and the like, so made sure my girls had everything ready from the age of 9 just in case lol. x

But how the hell does a cup work?? I have such a horrible flow, gives me dreadful migraines, and others have said to use a cup, but all I can imagine is sticking me humungous Sports Direct pint mug in me apple catchers???

It's the worst. Found diary dolls waterproif pants (pretty clever pants) are great as feel like regular ones but help prevent leaks plus menstrual cup as holds more than tampons and less smelly.

Ugh, that's hell. I sympathise - nearing menopause these days, and had no idea that things get worse (heavier) before they get better (ended, hurrah!). It's grim. Human reproduction is badly designed, that's all I can conclude.

Everyone who has had an embarrassing leak, you have my sincere sympathies.
I always dreaded that but it only happened to me once, a couple of years ago, when I had a very heavy period that went on for weeks, and Sod’s law I was sitting on a friend’s cream leather sofa. I’m 49 and they’ve stopped now, thank goodness.
Well done to all of you for either being brave enough to confess to male bosses or for the ingenious ways you came up with sneak into the loos and clean up. Special mention to the pp who scooted the length of the office on her office chair!
It makes me bloody (sorry) cross though that periods are still so taboo that most of us would rather die than let on to a male boss that we need to pop to the shop or home, that teachers aren’t letting girls go to the toilet, and even worse, schools are making girls of up to 12 or so wear those flimsy gingham dresses in the summer!

none of the blokes in the office asked about those either hmm... we work in an industry where observation skills are pretty vital...

Thank goodness women are invisible......

I've had a total hysterectomy, but before that I used to have the most horrendous periods. The most embarrassing one was when my OH and I stayed at a friend's, and I had awful cramping pains in the night, the loo was downstairs, by the time I got there I was passing clots, and blood was running down my legs, I used all the loo roll, couldn't find anymore, I used all the kitchen towel, and I was just sitting there on the loo. It was about 3.30 in the morning. I managed to get a super super sanitary towel on, then I had to clean the floor, the toilet and the basin. By the time I'd done that my towel needed changing, I had to go back upstairs, I'd got one towel left. I put that on, and woke my OH to say I would have to go home. We had both had a drink, so couldn't drive. I had to phone a taxi to take me home, and I prayed all the way my last towel wouldn't let me down. Alas my prayers were in vain, I could feel it soaking through my clothes. By the time he pulled up to my house, I was in a right state. I had to explain to him about the seat, and I gave him all the money in my purse to get it cleaned (about £80) and crawled into the house with shame. As I'm thinking about it now, I'm cringing.

You can bet your last dollar that if men were having to put up with this sort of thing month in month out, doctors would not be so sanguine (if you'll excuse that word) about it

Glad it's better today OP, sounds horrendous

I had horrific periods with flooding for more than a decade thanks to fibroids. Also had almost constant pain. Surgical removal of the fibroids didn't work but left me with scar tissue that would have made a hysterectomy dangerous. In the end I had a series of Zoladex implants to stop my periods completely and I finally got my life back.

I've started flooding over the past few years and have had some highly embarrassing instances at work recently. Luckily I work in a female dominated office but I dread the commute and social events when I'm on my period....im terrified I'm going to embarrass myself!

Not to derail the thread but what I also struggle with is I'm kind of allergic to the blood being on my skin. I have to wear both a tampon and pad to contain the period and feel secure, but for my entire period the whole area including my butt crack (sorry TMI) is swollen itchy and feels inflamed. It takes at least a week after my period ends for it to get back to normal....anyone else have this prob? 🙁😳

Ahhh bless you it is awful so embarassing! I had to cancel a night of private care for a terminally ill man and I felt so bad but there was nothing l could do , the clots were massive and l wore a hand towel(cloth) it was so bad. I still feel bad about letting them down but there was nothing l could do, he died a short while later so l never got a chance to explain fully. It still worries me to this day .

DangerMouse have you tried different pads, maybe you have sensitive skin and the pad you're using is irritating your skin? When I changed contraception once, I had period for 3 straight months and the constant wetness made me itchy. I used a barrier cream and this helped a lot.

Danger mouse... do patch test on your elbow. One blood, one your sanitary towel (not sticky side) of choice. I'm finding it harder and harder to buy towels that don't irritate my chuff.

DangerMouse17. That can quite often be caused by the pads lots of them have scent on them and causes the swelling and itchiness. I was lucky hysterectomy at 34 but had horrif heavy bleeding at one point for nine months after my ds.
You can research which ones are better. Have a friend who has the same problem.

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A few people have mentioned that we haven’t had the usual influx of ‘don’t exagerare’ or ‘that’s impossible’ twats this time...

I can’t imagine where they all went!?

...on a completely unrelated issue, I’d just like to say I’m thrilled with our new raised patio.

I used to flood every month when I was a teenager, until I went on the pill. Once leaked in bed while staying at my best friend's house, once while out shopping and a couple of times at school (thank god the uniform was navy).

Probably TMI, but I used to have to sit on the loo after weeing and wait until the big clots stopped coming out of me

I was also fed the eggcup worth of blood rubbish by school and adverts. My arse (or rather, my fanjo)!

I was in A&E for heavy bleeding. Lots of looks suggesting time wasting. Then I got up from my chair. Everything covered in blood, seat too. They were all really lovely, staff and patients. Except they had to give me an incontinence nappy to wear as they had no pads! DH drove me straight to Tesco after getting the transexemic acid and bought me a whole new outfit!

Poor you, you are not alone. I find saying it as it is works well in cases like this, no lies, o emaassment, it is what it is. Unfortunately.

If it makes you feel better my worst episode was having ski boots fitted, sat on the pale foam seat pads to have the boots fitted, then stood up and despite having dark jeans on which hid my leakage, I had leaked through to the foam seats that absorbed the blood and so I couldn't wipe it away. The yellow seat pad had a huge red stain on it.

I died. I still die thinking about it.

Similar in white jeans at a significant birthday party. Fortunately I also spilt red wine over myself so it was just a blur of red!

Perimenopausal here too and I’ve never known anything like it! There really should be more acceptance from our male colleagues though - my bosswould run a mile if I tried to explain!

OMG you poor things! I've never had a period like these in all my life! It sounds horrendous, I just can't imagine having this worry every month and

Another one who had it happen to at school, I was sitting on a school desk and when I got up there was the red stain. Im still embarrassed 30 years later, and did get some teasing, although the girls should have know better.

I had years of surviving with night time towels, but now facing the menopause, the flooding has again got worse again. I now try to make sure Im wearing dark clothes during that time, just in case.

Thanks to the PP who recommended those pants, I have ordered some and hope they help.

Had this today. Leaked all over myself. In the middle of teaching a year 10 class about angles.

Luckily I was wearing back trousers so they couldn't see anything, but nothing makes you feel more gross than having to spend the next 4 hours wearing underwear and trousers covered in your own blood, followed by parents evening. Glad to be home and bathed now'!