Dealing with Heavy Periods

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Women are often dismayed to go through years of what would be considered “normal” periods, only to find at some point that their period has become heavy and rather unmanageable. Heavy periods, also called menorrhagia, are characterized by blood loss of more that 8 teaspoons per period (it’s not easy to know exactly how many teaspoons of blood you lose), passing of large clots, and the need to change protection during the night. Read more