What to about my daughter bleeding so heavily?

Question

My daughter has avery heavy period.Yesterday she came home and told me the blood was on her seat and was tooembarassed to tell her female teacher. It was also on her clothes. She does not want meto talk to the teacher . As a parent I feel that I should explain that she has a heavy period.What do others feel?

My daughter is only 12 and this is only her third period.

Answer 1

Get her the pads made for overnight with wings. I always used to have heavy periods too until I started taking birth control pills. I rarely had an accident with those pads.

Answer 2

This is one of those very rare circumstances where she should see the doctor to lessen and regulate her periods with the pill.

Its not common for young girls, especially those in a low grade with a single teacher, to have such an extremely heavy period.

Make sure she's properly wearing a pad, and help her find one that is better suited for her. As a mom, you get used to wearing the same bulky pads you've been wearing since you found one you trusted, but since then they have made wider, thinner pads that absorb faster and better, and are much better suited for young girls.

Have her try stayfree overnite maxi's with wings, those are extra long and cover a good deal of her seat, theyre thing and absorb moisture soooo much faster than even the always pads that ive tried.

Once you get her into something that works a little better, and the imediate problem is solved, take her in and consider putting her on the pill. I honestly dont like putting young girls on the pill because its never a good idea to regulate your body with synthetic hormones and chemicals, but if she's bleeding so heavily that she cannot enjoy her childhood then perhaps something should be done about it.

Answer 3

I'm sure there is no need to talk to the teacher. Make sure she changes tampons and pads more often or use a tampon and a liner to also help. If it gets too heavy and she is losing too much blood and gets light headed then take her to an Ob-Gyn and ask about birth control pills to help regulate her periods so they are not as heavy, the pills will lighten her flow. I had a friend who lost so much during one of her periods that she passed out at work.

Answer 4

You might put a bug in the teachers ear that when she needs to go to the bathroom she REALLY needs to go (for the future), so she does not have this happen again. Any teacher will understand male or female. For obvious sanitary reasons, have your daughter take lysol wipes and arrive a little early to clean the seat.

Answer 5

if she uses a thicker pad and changes it more often whats the problem with it she should use ones with wings so the sides dont come in that cuases leaks. you dont need to tell the teacher your daughter has a heavy flow unless she asked about the blood on the seat

Answer 6

It won't be a easy conversation to have if you're too embarrassed. I am a teen girl and periods are hard to deal with. But when I started having mine my mom went to the store with me and we discussed different absorbency pads. Just talk to her about getting a thicker pad and changing it more often. Also tell her that it is nothing to be ashamed of, it's a part of being a girl. Tell her that if she needs her female teachers help, they went threw it too, they'll understand and they can help. You just have to be honest with her. She'll appreciate you for it one day even if she is embarrassed now.

Answer 7

My niece had the same problem, bless her heart. Not only did we have to get her the always overnight, but the ones that are thick and not thin. She wasn't wearing them up far enough either. We had to take her to the dr and the dr said she wouldn't have to be put on the pill unless it got worse and to not use a tampon unless she absolutely had to because kids at that age could forget about the tampon. Good luck.

Answer 8

She needs to change her pad every TWO hours or less and wear the most absorbant pad you can get.

Why do you think you need to tell the teacher? You think the teacher doesn't know what causes there to be blood on a seat?

Answer 9

Does she understand how frequently she needs to change whatever she's using? This could easily be the problem. If not, I'd recommend her err.. double bagging for lack of better words! Tampon and a pad. Better safe then embarrassed!

Answer 10

When my daughter had this trouble my wife told her to use a tampon and a pad at the same time. This helped tell her periods regulated themselves to just using a tampon.