Lightening heavy periods

[Marasme]

my period is due on the 28th - when it starts, it s basically like floodgates are opening, day or night, and I always soak through clothes and at least an item of soft furnishing, which makes sitting very worrying, especially when not at home.

After 3 days it usually calms down to a light period. This is like this since DD2, now 5.

We will be sleeping at family on 28/29 and sitting on white sofas (and sleeping in fresh bedding on top of a towel :s ) and I am already stressing about it. I am also iron deficient so keen to not have all my ferrous fumarate gained iron go down the toilet.

Do you have tricks to lighten period? things to do or avoid? I was given tranexamic acid last month, and it did not do much, but I have 6 tabs left. I am not on the pill/coil. I always use tampons+pads but this has been sometime insufficient in the past (flood and stain).

Def get a gyn referral. Could be a fibroid, polyp, endometriosis. But you need a referral to establish this. Pls don't put up with it. The tranexamic acid barely made any difference for me during massive flooding. I am 10+ years older than you, so heading towards menopause and it can seem like a full time job managing the flow. But you need to get to the root of the issue.