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[voidofher.livejournal.com]

hi :)

heres something i never understood:
all of the pads that are made for the night are big and everything, more than the ones you'd use during the day... but usually when i get my period, i can go to bed with a pad on and everything and when i wake up, there wont be any blood on it... but a few minutes after im out of bed, i get the most blood out. im guessing its because you lay down during the night and the blood doesnt flow down... and it only comes out when im standing... but its obviously not like that for most women because i see so many huge pads made for nights. it just seems weird to me that everyone needs extra protection during the night when i bleed even less at night than i do during the day.

is anyone else like this?

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[michelleh324.livejournal.com]

yeah. i bleed less at night also. i think those huge night time pads are a waste. just get me a long thin one, and i'm fine.. i just don't wanna ruin my panties. but i've been wearing tampons lately.. and i sleep a long time.. so that's prolly not too smart.. i dunno.
sorry for rambling.

[lindsey-nichole.livejournal.com]

i can go to bed without a pad or tampon and not bleed at all and i seem to bleed the most when im in the shower.

[achtungbaby.livejournal.com]

i dont bleed at all during the night, in the shower, or for an hour AFTER i shower. its nice.

[lindsey-nichole.livejournal.com]

lol. the only thing good about the shower thing is that i seem to get most of the heavy bleeding out of the way and i still feel clean :)

[delicata77.livejournal.com]

I bleed the whole time morning or night...I have to sleep on my stomach as opposed to on my side or on my back so that my vagina is in a position so the blood will flow onto the pad.

The blood will trickle to the lowest point otherwise.

The longer pad keeps me slightly safe, but not much.

[whoremoan.livejournal.com]

I can usually just use a pantyliner for overnight because I also don't bleed much then. I guess we're lucky!

[i-feel-broken.livejournal.com]

i used to have to use the super long ones at night because the blood would always flow right to the front, im a stomache sleeper, but the rest of the pad would be clean. but since i started using tampons, about 3 years ago, i dont bleed out hardly at all, except for my first day or so.
but i know that mom always uses the super night ones because she's a heavy bleeder.
actually, i know alot of women who use the nightly ones all day. maybe they just marketed them as "nightly" pads so women wouldnt feel badly about themselves for wearing larger and thicker pads. the larger the pad, the more its assumed that you bleed and the "grosser" it is. its all about society making women ashamed of their cycles.
just a thought.

[delicata77.livejournal.com]

I can see that.
I use the "overnight" ultra-thin, extra-long pads for most of my cycle and have felt weird buying them.
I like them because they do the job very well and I never stain my undies like I used to wearing the "regular" pads.

[cute-kitty.livejournal.com]

I used to bleed A LOT at night, until I went on The Pill. I would soak through a night pad AND a regular ultra-thin pad on top sometimes. The Pill relieved all of that, luckily. :)

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

Same here. I don't ever wear a pad at nite and I have no problems. In the mornings I bleed probably more than I would if I bled during the nite. It doesn't make any sense to me, other than the whole laying down thing.

[alisatank.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hardly bleed at night, except for the first few days it's always a whole bunch right before I get up. So I like to have the "wings" longer ones for those days, but that's usually just the first two nights. Getting up is icky, because it all seems to come right out then.... ewww... lol

[angel-of-music2.livejournal.com]

I don't really bleed at night either. i still wear a pad, or at least a panty liner, because of the occasional bleeding, but usually when i wake up in the morning, there is nothing on it. When i go to the bathroom, though, the toilet is filled with blood, so i guess i'm like you! If i bleed at all overnight, it is more likely that its right when i wake up in the morning. Like this morning, when i went to the bathroom, there was a little bit of fresh blood on the pad, but nothing else. So in other words, you're not alone! I'm the same way basically.

yeah, i'm the same way

[dodogrrl.livejournal.com]

might have something to do with sleeping positions; usually it all stays inside until after I get up. But if I *assume* I won't need a pad at night, that'll be the night I have a heavy enough flow to stain the sheets! d'oh!