Second period

[JazzyAmbs]

Ok so I remember my eldest’s second period was quite bad. My youngest now has her second and it’s horrendous. Shes going through pads in around 2 hours. Shes tiny. It’s a scary amount of blood. My eldest has a bleeding disorder so I know what bad looks like. Youngest doesn’t have this. Is the second one always particularly bad? Should I be worried? Going to try and get her in at the doctors tomorrow but that’s anyone’s guess if I will get an appointment.

It took years for my periods to settle - heavy, light, very light, randomly, so I think it's probably just a perfectly normal scenario for a body just starting periods. Going through pads in about 2 hours sounds very normal too - I'm sure when I started I would change at break and lunch so about 2 hours per pad would be right.

However if you are concerned, I would try and book her an appointment with a doctor. No one would blame you for wanting to check. Also look at washable pads - so much nicer than disposable and from what I've experienced makes periods lighter.

I wouldn’t be worried and I definitely wouldn’t be rushing to the doctor with this.

When you say she is going through pads in 2 hours, is she actually flooding them or is she just changing them because she can ‘feel‘ them?

I’m unsure if she’s flooding but it is possible. For example tonight she had a bath got changed sat chilling for a couple of hours then when she went to the toilet the whole pad was soaked through.