Mine seems short and am just wondering if it's normal. I'm 4-5 days including 1-2 light days.
Mine seems short and am just wondering if it's normal. I'm 4-5 days including 1-2 light days.
pomelo / 5791 posts
Mine is about the same. 5 days total, with at least 1-2 light days (usually at the end)
honeydew / 7235 posts
Mine is usually 5 days, last day very light. And I'm not including usually one day before it starts of very light spotting.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
My I'd about 5 to 7. Usually just light spotting on the last two days
pear / 1750 posts
I was worried about mine after coming off BCP a few years ago. I had very heavy period when I was young, before BC. Now I only have 3 days of medium-light flow and one day of spotting.
cherry / 141 posts
From starting menstruation at 13, without birth control and then even on birth control, using pads or tampons:
started normal flow a couple days, then lighten to a bare minimum spotting over a few days, then thickened to a normal flow again before dwindling away. Covered a full 7-8 days, depending on how long the last spotting took to go away. Always had cramps, birth control lessened them to a faint ache that lasted much less time.
Switched to a menstrual cup 3 years ago.
No more cramps. Period is now a spot 2-3 days before actual start, then starts with heavy bleeding for a couple days, and a couple days of lighter flow. Then it stops, but the last half day might be spotting.
So, 4-5 days of bleeding, but still 7-8 if you count the pre-herald spot.
cantaloupe / 6059 posts
5-7 days, usually 3 are pretty heavy. That's before this second pregnancy though so we'll see if that holds true once my cycle comes back again.
pomelo / 5129 posts
i have 3-4 heavy days. I'll spot for 2-7 days before (low P) and a couple after.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Mine was usually about 7-8 days. 1-2 of spotting, 2-3 heavy, and the rest somewhere in between.
eggplant / 11824 posts
0! (thank you Mirena!
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@Mamaof2: mine is the same when I'm not on IUD.
pear / 1556 posts
Mine was shorter when I came off birth control than it was before I went on it. I am usually around 4-5 days but super light on day 5.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
@macintosh: This is how I am. Pre-BC, I had 9 day periods (6-7 days of heavy) and when I was off birth control while we TTC, I had 3 day period plus maybe 1 day of spotting.
pomelo / 5469 posts
Usually 4 days, 2 heavy and a light one either side. It's definitely gotten shorter as I've gotten older...I swear it used to be like 5 heavy days when I was a teenager.
bananas / 9899 posts
4-5 days. The last few days are usually light, and I do not usually have much/any spotting before or after that.
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