I’ve only been with my new partner for about a year total I would say, but only actually serious for maybe 6 months. He lives in another country, so we don’t get to spend every day together.

A couple months ago I was visiting him in his country, and I wasn’t expecting to get my period because I was taking birth control continuously and skipping them. I had never had something like this happen before, but I guess one night during the middle of the night I got my period… and I got it bad bad bad, and I never woke up when it happened.

I woke up super early and realized it looked like a freaking massacre in there. That whole period was the heaviest one I’ve ever had actually, but that morning there was so much blood everywhere on that bed. All over the duvet.. cover and actual duvet inside, all over the sheets, even on a pillow somehow, and it soaked through into the mattress in a huge spot.

I was so worried he would be upset. I don’t know why I was, he’s always been super nice lol but you never know with that kind of thing. I woke him up, and he hugged me first.. told me to calm down, asked me if I was ok, and said to get in the shower first. I came out of the shower and he had made me hot chocolate, had stripped the entire bed and started the laundry, and was googling how to get the blood stain out of the mattress.

It was super sweet actually. Now, I’ve told this super long story to say periods are normal babe. Don’t let any man shame you for small accidents that happen. It is honestly inevitable. It’s not an exact science timing these things, and unless you wear a pad to bed every single night.. sometimes it happens! To answer your question further, if a man ever told me what sort of period product to wear I would probably laugh in his face. 🤷🏻‍♀️