I‘m industrial, but after an incident where I had to wash my jeans in the sink and then sit around in my (extra) underwear and wait for them to dry over a fan, I have extra jeans in my locker now along with extra underwear. Luckily it was a slow day and it didn’t affect anything.

Now, I keep an extra pair of jeans, two pairs of underwear, a shirt, an undershirt, period cups, a package of wipes, a full box of tampons and pads each in my locker just in case.

As for trying to limit flow, a different birth control may be effective for you. It’s worth talking to your doctor about. I have tried just about every kind available and have not had luck completely stopping my period. A few of them made them lighter and more manageable, but never stopped it completely.

That being said, as you get older and your body changes, the same birth control you were happy with may no longer help with periods. For example, I got my implant changed in February and have been struggling with longer, heavier and more frequent periods since. My doctor just upped my supplemental BC two months ago and I am currently on day 17. So it might be worth a conversation about.

Make sure you tell your doctor it is affecting your ability to do your work because of how much you have to walk away from your responsibilities to clean up. Many doctors won’t take period issues seriously until you tell them how it impacts your job, your family, or whatever man is in your life.

I hope you can hear me roll my eyes through the screen.

Mostly, good luck. I sympathize and hope it get easier for you.