AIBU to ask if your DDs' periods were horribly heavy at first?

[hoolydooly]

...and did they then settle down?

My DD is on her second period. First was light but this one is horrendous - heavy bleeding and clots - and still going strong on day 9.

I've been to the GP and she has been referred for blood tests.

Anyone have any experience of this and it turned out fine?
Does this just settle in time or do girls with this issue always have to go on the pill?

Not exactly the same as wasn't as long and I don't think there were clots but my daughters 2nd period was very heavy and she was only 10. It did settle down and go lighter within a few months and they are not too heavy now (still irregular years later though).

I started off with very light periods and then they suddenly changed and were heavy and painful and lasted at least a week. The pain only eased off after having a baby (sorry), they are still heavy and last for ages and are now worse than they used to be due to age, but not painful.

I was on the Pill for about 18 months in my 20s, it had little or no effect on my periods, they still lasted ages and were heavy.

My first maybe three or four periods (spread out over the course of a year as they were irregular), were unbelievably heavy and long. My first lasted two weeks! I was only 11.

Then maybe the second year they lasted around a week but by the time i was around 14/15 they were down to 2-3 days.

Now as an adult they last anywhere between 2 days and 5 days but nowhere near as heavy as they were when I started

Thanks for those last few replies.
Reassuring to hear it settled for some people.
Still horribly heavy with a clot the size of an egg this morning.
Weird as she has those clots first thing in the morning but then not much for the rest of the day (thankfully).

@VenusRising - it's not that I am anti-intervention. I am just hoping this will resolve in a month or two. My hands are somewhat tied anyway as she is pnly 9, so too young for the pill. That is why I was hoping for stories of other first/second periods being a nightmare and then settling down by themselves.

At definitely go down the test route, my DM started at 9 and it turned out she ad issues with her thyroid and had to go on medication.

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I see where you are coming from @hoolydooly, to be fair you never said your DD was only 9 in your OP as its an important piece of the puzzle.

best of luck with the tests etc, and ask particularly for progesterone supplementation if tests show she's oestrogen dominant.