Bleeding Stats for September

I know! You're overwhelmed with statistics and you never even liked them at school let alone in your web browsing leisure time! I'm sorry - I never got round to doing Augusts so I thought I'd just stick em both up in one go.

This was my 29 day period for September- taking Norethisterone 5mg 3 times a day - yes, I did say 29 days! It would appear that the hormones are reducing the volume and increasing the length - hurray. It also means that whereas before taking the Norethisterone I could tell when I'd start a period, now I don't have a clue and pretty much feel like I'm bleeding all the damn time. Less bleeding though, so that's good, right?

Mooncup

Not used this month - after my initial experience I was a teensy bit reluctant, however if the level of bleeding remains lower then I will have another go in November. Anyone care to join me in the Mooncup experiment?

Tampons

Heavy 7

Sodden to the point of being past absorption, falls out when string gently pulled, lands like a broken milk bottle, often accompanied by large and frankly revolting looking clots.

Woohoo! Very little excessive bleeding and that feels soooo good.

Medium 49

Some traces of white left on tampon, may be clots hanging on for grim life but not always, takes a little pull to remove.

Medium is the new heavy. But if you think that this is over 29 days then that's actually not bad at all.

Light 44

Slightly bloody, generally at least half covered, takes a sharp pull to remove, not many of these as you can see.

As expected this figure has risen as the hormones kicked in.

Towels

Heavy 0

Sodden to the point of leaking out all over clothing and causing “ooo I just sat in something brown” embarrassment, feels as heavy as a suitcase exceeding the airline limits, requires careful disposal not to promote leakage.

Now that's good. No leakages.

Medium 23

Some traces of white left on towel, could squeeze in a few more ml of blood to the super absorbent core if you were really determined.

Again - not bad for a 29 dayer.

Light 20

Slightly bloody, looks less like road kill has occurred in one’s pant and more like you’re having a fairly normal monthly bleed.

Up on the last couple of months but I don't care - this is light soiling (ooo I hate that word - uck).

The increase in length has surprised me this month, in fact I've not actually stopped bleeding since the 2nd September and have just started bleeding a bit heavier over the last couple of days.

But hey, I'm still not losing anywhere near as much blood as I have been and it may improve over the coming months even more. I'll keep popping the iron pills and soon I'll be raring to go - just you watch :)

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P.S. Ade and I are off on our jolly holidays for the next couple of weeks, so feel free not to check in because I doubt I'll be updating this while I'm away. Saying that there may be an internet connection in the hotel - hmmmmm . . .

Bleeding Stats for August

This was my 16 day period for August - started taking Norethisterone 5mg 3 times a day when this period started.

Mooncup

Full to overflowing 11

Totally full to bursting, clots sloshing about, dam bust effect on towel, which was an absolute necessity, very messy.

Of these 8 were in the 10 hours that I posted about. The other 3 were a few days later and I still had the same outpouring, thus have not used them yet since.

Half full 1

As name suggests.

Tampons

Heavy 38

Sodden to the point of being past absorption, falls out when string gently pulled, lands like a broken milk bottle, often accompanied by large and frankly revolting looking clots.

This figure is almost a third of the amount in July - a sign that the pills kicked in almost immediately.

Medium 14

Some traces of white left on tampon, may be clots hanging on for grim life but not always, takes a little pull to remove.

Just over half of July's quota.

Light 4

Slightly bloody, generally at least half covered, takes a sharp pull to remove, not many of these as you can see.

More than July and expecting this figure to rise as the hormones kick in.

Towels

Heavy 9

Sodden to the point of leaking out all over clothing and causing “ooo I just sat in something brown” embarrassment, feels as heavy as a suitcase exceeding the airline limits, requires careful disposal not to promote leakage.

This figure went up but that was mainly achieved due the Mooncup period, as it is now known :)

Medium 9

Some traces of white left on towel, could squeeze in a few more ml of blood to the super absorbent core if you were really determined.

This is an improvement on last month.

Light 0

Slightly bloody, looks less like road kill has occurred in one’s pant and more like you’re having a fairly normal monthly bleed.

This although it was still a fairly lengthy bleed was much improved over July and made life much easier to manage. However because I didn't know what to expect I still was prepared, as all good Brownies are, for an explosion of menstruation at any given time.

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