September 2010 Weddings
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TMI Post
So I am on my period and have ruined new sheets. I feel horrible and they were a wedding gift. Great.
Do you have different sheets you use during that time of the month?
I am definitely using different sheets from now on.
Re: TMI Post
No, I don't use different sheets.
I've actually never spotted on the sheets - I typically wear tampons to bed or if I need a break I make sure it's a "night" pad since those are longer for extra coverage to help avoid spotting if you're laying on your stomach or back.
What you can do is put a towl down where you might spot that way you don't ruin any sheets or have to change them out just because it's that time of the month.
It happens...
I just use a bit of hydrogen peroxide if it does.
TTC since 2010
Me: 36, slightly elevated FSH. Everything else (hysterescopy, HSG, b/w) normal.
DH:30, with super sperm? >200mil post wash
BFP #1 - May 2011 - m/c @ 8weeks
IUI #1 - July 26 2012 - Femara = BFN
Suprise BFP Jan 15 2013. Hope this one sticks!
DH and I have a couple sets of light or cream colored sheets. I try not to use those during my time of the month and if they're already on and I don't feel like changing them, sometimes I've put a towel down just in case. Other than that, I also use the night time pads cuz they offer more coverage / protection.
I don't spot normally but I know it can happen so I get paranoid and stick to dark sheets, pajama bottoms and undies so it won't be as noticable if it does!
This. I was really cranky when it happened the day after I changed the sheets.
Married / The Cookaholic Wife
Ditto all of this. It's not an issue now, but when it was I would charge to dark sheets if I thought about it. If not, I didn't put a towel down, but instead a dark blanket that I didn't care about. But even then it usually wasn't an issue. I know sometimes you're caught unawares, but during TOM I use a pad at night in addition to a tampon, and if I think it's coming I sleep with a pantyliner.
Yes, it happens during months when I have a heavy flow.
This actually happened at the beginning of October. I went to a wedding in Napa and stayed at the house of a freind's friend. I had just started my period and had an especially heavy flow and I stained her white sheets. I was mortified to say the least. I went home soon after.