How long and heavy are your periods?

[minilady]

I was blown away looking at peoples charts and their periods lasting only 2-3 days. My periods last 5-7 days and I usually have 2 days of heavy bleeding (around 5 pads a day)

Is this normal? Or is there something wrong with me?

How are your general periods?

[amandamae1126]

I usually have 1 light day, 2-3 heavy days and 1-2 light days. At one point I was down to 3 very light days and I knew that wasn't right for me. That was my my first clue that something was up. As long as your periods are fairly normal and regular for YOU, I think you should be just fine. :) Also, mine have been clotty from time to time...I think that is pretty normal for many of us too.

[minilady]

That's interesting. I weigh 94lbs but I've never been more then that, Im very petite, so not I'll or aneroxic...... But my periods are heavy I feel and I have clots :-( my mum is a twin and I always thought maybe I have heavy periods due to the release of multiple eggs..... But not having any luck so I'm probably wrong x

[minilady]

Wow, so I guess there's no norm, everyone is different and that's normal for them, all this stuff they tell us about if u have clots get checked, if your last longer than 5 days it's not normal. When realistically everyone is different....... Thanks for all your responses,anyone else that reads this please comment, love learning about other people and how unique everyone is :-)

[emw11]

yes its normal. i would have periods that were 5-7 days and the first days it was light then got realllllly heavy for a couple then got light towards the end..and my cycles were 30-34 days apart and i have a friend whose cycles are 44 days apart..every woman is different.

[lozzaj83]

How long would a normal cycle last before having to get worried or speaking to the docs? My cycles last any where between 38 - 42 days - is this normal?

[cnhauk]

my first day is light, then heavy for 3 days, then back to light for the last day or 2.

[Ashelen]

I bleed like a stuck pig for 2/3-4 days...literally I fill a pad every hour or two hours, and at night no matter how big the pad is I always leak out despite getting up several times a night to change it. But it starts abruptly..bleeds like crazy...then stops after only a few days. I always feel weak and shaky during my period and my OB says that my iron levels drop a lot during this time (we've monitored it before because i bleed so very much) and I have to go to the hospital if my periods last more than 5 days...it really stinks. and by bleed like a stuck pig I mean yes fill up pads but when I go to the bathroom (sorry tmi) the water is so filled with blood you can't see the bottom and I literally (sorry EXTRA tmi) have blood dripping while I'm wiping..I have to take iron supplements in the few days leading up to, during, and a few days after my period every month. My OB says my shorter heavier periods are due to the fact that I also have shorter cycles- average 24 days, and that I'm very fertile (2 babies conceived first month trying and 2 m/c conceived while on B/c). I dunno if it's all connected like he says, but it seems likely.

He also said that on the months that I bleed heavier it's possible I released more than one egg but it's a theory that's being studied and isn't proven yet...I thought that was interesting.

[DarkRaven]

My periods would be two weeks long with extra heavy bleeding. I haven't had a period since boot camp. I would go through 6 super Kotex tampons and overnight pads during the day. I had to sleep with and hourly alarm so that I would ruin my last set of sheets.

[ammanda]

Mine are about 5 or 6 days, first 2 days really heavy and the last couple days are light.. sometimes my period will even end for a couple days, then il get some spotting the next day or two after it ends, drives me insane.. I hate always worrying about what Im wearing and starting my period,.  sometimes if Im wearing something really nice and going out, ill wear a tampon just incase, sounds crazy I know.. lol...  

[minilady]

Ahhh thanks for all your responses :-) crazy how different everyone is, I just hate how the normal thing is only normal for that group of people...

[wannabeamama6]

Mine are usually 5 days. Never go over that. They start out at bout medium. Then go heavy with out clots for a day then heavy with clots for a day- day and a half then brown on the last day.

[ketona31479]

7 days, light the first day then heavy day 2-6, 7th day light.

[amy_1985]

i think all the ladies who only have a few days bleeding are very lucky lol mine tend to be about 6days long, first 4days using super tampons changing every hr then tails off (sorry for the graphics lol)

[avaortega407]

the 1st day of mine is light then the 2nd and 3rd even sometimes the 4th is heavy but 5 and 6 are light

[blueeyedtabbycat]

I am generaly around 3 days maybe 4 with very light spotting. I have never been a heavy bleeder. When ttc #3 my docotr informed me that because my AF was so light it was an indication that I wasnt ovulating. It took almost 2years to get pregnant when our first 2 children it happened the first or second month., but then again even when I got pregnant with my first 2 so easily my periods were really light. I know several woman whos AF last a week and I cant imagine, but it is normal:)

[Clysta]

Mine lasts 6-8 days and I use 4-5 tampons (sp?) a day, and normally 6 on the first day. There isn't really a 'norm'. Yours sound just fine.

[minilady]

I would class my period as 4-8 days heavy