Girls/Women: Period Question?

Question

So I just got my schedule for this upcoming school year and I have a major problem. My school starts at 7:00 am and my lunch period isn't until 11:00 am. All the teachers in my school are jerks and don't let us leave the class to go to the bathroom. I am terrified that I will leak through my pants since I am going 4 hours without changing it. I will be putting on a fresh pad probably 6:40ish when I first get to school. I'm kinda confused though because last year I changed it at 9:30 ish and then when I got home around 2:00ish and I never leaked, but today I was wearing a pad for two hours and I leaked through my shorts. Would wearing two pads help at all? Since the blood would have to leak through two pads to get to my pants. Also tampons are out of the question. Please help me!

Also another quick question: I am due for my period the first week of school but I want to wear this cute new skirt for the first day. If I wear spandex under my skirt will that prevent leaking? Since it's like an extra layer.


Thank you soo much! I really appreciate it!

Answer 1

I seriously do not miss being in school.



Firstly, your teachers are just going to have to understand that you're a female and as a result, you're going to have a period. If it were me and my teachers wouldn't let me go to the bathroom, I would just walk out of class and go to the bathroom. If you get sent to the principals office, what's the worst that can happen? Your teacher tells the principal that you left the classroom without consent and then you politely tell the principal that you needed to go to the bathroom to handle female business and if they don't understand that, then get your parents involved. I've always been the type of girl to wear two pads. But not stacked, I always stuck two together to make one long pad. It really does offer more coverage that way. I understand you saying that tampons are out of the question because I didn't start wearing them until this year (I'm 21) but honestly, they've been a life changer. Depending on my flow, wearing a super tampon and a pad offers good coverage for at least 6 hours.



Concering your question about wearing spandex under your skirt to prevent leaking. If you leak through your pad, it's really no telling how or what else you'll bleed through. Meaning, wearing the spandex could catch some of the blood...but it's not a for sure catch all for blood leakage.

Answer 2

I have quite heavy periods aswell.

At school, sometimes I wear 2 pads, and if I'm extra worried, I get some soft toilet roll, and wrap it acouple of times around my hand, and then place it over the pads. Although this is not very comfortable, you soon get used to it and you find that you barely leak through to the first pad!

If you like, why don't you ask your mum to email the school and complain about not being allowed to go to the bathroom during lessons. Teachers always take in what parents want, and things nay gradually change :) x

Answer 3

Try using an overnight pad or use a tampon of your comfortable but if you do the u will HAVE to change it at lunch. Hope I helped! FYI my school is the same exact way!

Answer 4

In my school there is the same problem. Teachers dont let us go to the toilet most of the time but all the girls (and even a few boys(must be desperate)) say to the teachers 'can i go to the toilet' and if the teacher says no they just say 'but sir, im on my period and i need to go to the toilet' every time without fail the teacher puts their heads down and says 'your excused' :-) i know its awkward infront of your classmates and if its a male teacher it'd be awks but just do it and if your friends ask just say 'im not really i was just desperate' :P :) hope this helped!

Answer 5

I had that same problem when I was younger. Two pads will not help. What I did was buy pads for "bladder control" and that lasted me for the day. Its A LOT thicker, and more absorbent.