Looking for tips on managing heavy flow at night? What strategies do you use to stay comfortable? 💬🌙 #HeavyFlow #MenstrualFlow #NightTimeStrategies
Containing the Flow
– Have you tried overnight pads?
– What about menstrual cups or period panties?
Reader Engagement
Share your experiences and recommendations below! Let’s help each other navigate heavy flow nights together. 💪🩸
One pad like normal, another pad horizontally across in the back so it covers the ass crack and prevents leaking, and sleeping on a folded bath towel.
Not sure if these are available in all countries but I use XXL sanitary pads with a wide back. I’m also a side sleeper so things are generally contained.
I typically wear two overnight pads for the front and back. I like to wear old panties like granny ones so if they are ruined, I can just throw them away. Also, put a towel down so the sheets won’t be stained.
Period underwear like thinx have been amazing. Haven’t experienced any leakage!
Bambody period underwear they cover front to back. But as an extra back up when sleeping. I make sure my bed sheets and blankets are a dark color and my mattress has a waterproof washable mattress protector. I move a lot when I sleep.
Period panties! I also use tampons. But I wake up usually every 3-4 hours.
I’m grateful for menopause these days, but my go-to used to be a super tampon plus an overnight pad, then getting up in the middle of the night (I have to pee anyway) and changing everything, so it wasn’t trying to last more than 4 hours.
Prayer
I typically have one day of my period that’s really heavy, and after I got used to it, I swear by my mensural disk. That thing is magical.
Flex cup, game changer
Period underwear and a menstrual disk (if I’m not being lazy). Knix has an ultra absorption that I like. However, as my flow will generally not be contained by any combination of apparatus for very long, I also use a waterproof bed pad.
flex disc, overnight pad (Kotex is thin but their overnight pads fan out more in the rear), and period panties (full brief style). The disc/overnight pad is usually enough on my heaviest day though. Before that I used to sleep on an incontinence pad (looks like a puppy pee pad) so I wouldn’t leak onto my sheets.
Waterproof sanitary mat on the bed, night time pad and tampax. Go to toilet as soon as I sit up.
Flex menstrual cup, dark colored towel on the bed underneath me.
Adult diaper. I tried everything from doubling and tripling the pad, wearing a tampon and a pad, wearing a cup and a pad, period panties, you name it. Nothing worked and I would end up with blood on my sheets every morning. So, depends it is, and a shower first thing.
Overnight pad plus a small pad in the back, across the top. Towel on the bed.
Adult diapers…like the ones old people use. You don’t have to worry about blood getting on your pjs, bed, or get up in the middle of the night , it catches everything
Adult diapers…I use Tena because they have the “smallest” size small. I can’t use anything internal. I usually only use them the first two nights of my cycle.
I love the Always period undies!
Biggest pads available and 2 or 3 pairs of old shark week pants to make it all snug.
A menstruation cup combined with a pad, and a bath towel just in case.
IUD for me now
Before my IUD, I would buy these:
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Modibodi undies! I like that some of them have the absorbing layer all the way up the waistline. Small towel underneath but I haven’t leaked with the undies yet.
Ultra tampon + overnight pad, or menstrual cup + overnight pad. The cup lasts way longer if you are comfortable with them.
I use pads made for bladder leaks. They’re extra thick and have always contained my flow. Which is a lot. I use the big ass mfs, they’re uncomfortable sometimes, but it keeps everything in until I wake up.
The Always Overnight disposable period underwear!!
XL overnight pad with a wider back + a hand towel between my underwear and shorts. I also have my “period shorts” for days 1-4 that are basically oversized men’s compression shorts. Loose enough to be comfy but tight enough to lock everything down so my pad doesn’t shift off center while i toss and turn. I sleep like a baby since I started this method because I can actually relax and not feel like I’m about to ruin my sheets.
Heavy flow menstrual cup + period panties like Thinx or Knix. Works pretty well for me
Heavy, overnight pad on regular underwear, then period underwear, shorts and a wad of toilet paper that I put between the cheeks. I also have a waterproof mattress pad.
Extra long pad with wings, tampon, and a towel beneath me just in case
The disc and a heavy pad. Game changer
Disposable period underwear have been a life saver. I used the Rael ones unscented.
Cup or disc