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Here, I have measured 80ml in a measuring cup. It doesn’t actually look like that much when you see it like that does it? 80ml is a little bit under ½ cup by metric standards. Next to the cup, on the left, you can see a wine glass. I’ve measured into the wine glass a standard glass of wine, which here in Australia is 100ml. | In this photo, you can see the first wine glass on the left alongside the 80ml of menstrual blood as a direct comparison. So heavy menstrual bleeding is a bit less than a standard glass of wine. |
How can this help me?
We hope this post has given you some context to what heavy menstrual bleeding means. We would encourage you to take a read of the post linked above about menstrual products, and consider using a cup (please email me through my site, I’d love to answer any questions you have!). Both you and your doctors struggle with understanding what heavy really means - my personal experience has been that my medical team has loved the opportunity to understand my blood loss in quantifiable terms, rather than the abstract concept of “x completely soaked pads”. Based on this more accurate information my own treatment plan has been modified to better suit my needs.
For those of you for whom using a cup isn’t an option, we hope this post has given you some context of what heavy means, and can provide you with a reference to discuss your symptoms with your medical team.
Please share this post with your family, your doctors and anyone you know with a period or period problems - you never know who it might help! Comment below with your view, any questions or suggestions for other content around this issue. We also welcome emails with your questions - send it through here!
- by Jenna
For those of you for whom using a cup isn’t an option, we hope this post has given you some context of what heavy means, and can provide you with a reference to discuss your symptoms with your medical team.
Please share this post with your family, your doctors and anyone you know with a period or period problems - you never know who it might help! Comment below with your view, any questions or suggestions for other content around this issue. We also welcome emails with your questions - send it through here!
- by Jenna
Images kindly submitted by some very inspiring and dedicated females of the community..
Meet our youngest community advocate at Women Who Bleed!
Introducing young Rhea who is 9 years old living with Von Willebrand Disease type 2N from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has kindly put together a how-to self infusion video to share after a rough road of overcoming self infusion with the support of her incredible mother, Tanya.
Head over to our Women Who Bleed page to see her advocating work in the media HERE.
Enjoy!
Introducing young Rhea who is 9 years old living with Von Willebrand Disease type 2N from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has kindly put together a how-to self infusion video to share after a rough road of overcoming self infusion with the support of her incredible mother, Tanya.
Head over to our Women Who Bleed page to see her advocating work in the media HERE.
Enjoy!
Disclaimer : We are passionate about sharing the experiences of women with bleeding disorders - their backgrounds with medical treatment, their life goals and how they achieve them, their dreams for the future of our community. While we are sharing our and others views and experiences of their lives with bleeding disorders, we are not giving out medical advice or seeking to treat anyone. We encourage all our readers and community to speak with their own medical team about their care, to advocate for themselves and to ask every question that comes to mind.
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