Flow, Fit & Absorbency
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Flow, Fit & Absorbency
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General information, not medical advice. For anything about your own health, talk to a healthcare provider.
- Flow, Fit & AbsorbencyHow heavy is heavy? Reading your own flowThe SOGC gives a clinical number, but blood loss is hard to measure. So health sources also use a short list of signs. Here they are, in their own words, and what each period product format offers on the heaviest days.
- Flow, Fit & Absorbency“Super” on a period pad and “Super” on a tampon are not the same thing.Light. Regular. Super. Heavy. Overnight. Ultra. They are supposed to help us choose a product that matches our flow. Does Super mean the same for a period pad or a...
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