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Choosing products for heavy days
General information, not medical advice. For anything about your own health, talk to a healthcare provider.
- Everyday LifeProtecting your bed and sofa on heavy nightsWhat readers put under themselves on heavy nights, what makers and health authorities say about each format at night, and the signs that make a heavy night worth a conversation with a healthcare provider. In the sources’ own words.
- How-To & CareGetting blood out: sheets, mattresses, sofas and clothesBlood on a sheet or a cushion is part of ordinary life. Here is what care labels and makers say about cleaning it, what Health Canada says about using cleaning products safely, and what readers describe doing. Start with the label.
- Life StagesPerimenopause periods: flooding, skipping and everything betweenPeriods can come closer together or further apart, and get heavier or lighter. Here is what Canadian and UK health sources say, the one sign the NHS says to get checked even if it happens only once, and what each period product format offers when the calendar stops helping.
- Everyday LifeHow to sleep on your period: every format, overnightWhat makers and health authorities say about nights, format by format, in their own words. What to check on the pack. And what readers put between themselves and the mattress.
- 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.
- The FormatsIncontinence pads and period pads: what’s the difference?Both look alike. They are built for two different liquids that arrive in two different ways.
- 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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