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Anonymous · 28th Jan 2012, 05:03 PM

Okay this is kind of an awkward question, but I started having my period 1 and 1/2 years ago. And I bleed for 4 days then it just stops for like 12 hours to a day and then it comes back for 2 days but it's not as bad. Is this normal?

**Chandra** · 28th Jan 2012, 05:51 PM

Just to clarify, do you mean that within a given month, you're continuously bleeding most days with only 12-hour-to-one-day breaks at a time? Or that you still have the normal three-to-four weeks in between periods, but when you're on your period you have this "pause" in the middle?

If it's the former, I would definitely encourage you to see a doctor. If it's the latter, that doesn't sound like anything too alarming. Periods vary a lot from person to person, and can take a couple of years to regularize themselves.

Anonymous · 28th Jan 2012, 06:02 PM

I have about the same issue as the OP, except I'm in my mid-20s, and it's been like this only for the past year or so. There are about five weeks between periods in my case.

28th Jan 2012, 05:03 PM	#1
Anonymous Posting Anonymously Posts: 34,191 Join Date: Dec 2007	period Okay this is kind of an awkward question, but I started having my period 1 and 1/2 years ago. And I bleed for 4 days then it just stops for like 12 hours to a day and then it comes back for 2 days but it's not as bad. Is this normal?

28th Jan 2012, 05:51 PM	#2
Chandra Empty Closets Advisor EC Advisor Gender: Female Orientation: somewhere over the rainbow Out Status: Out to most people Posts: 780 Join Date: Jan 2010	Re: period Just to clarify, do you mean that within a given month, you're continuously bleeding most days with only 12-hour-to-one-day breaks at a time? Or that you still have the normal three-to-four weeks in between periods, but when you're on your period you have this "pause" in the middle? If it's the former, I would definitely encourage you to see a doctor. If it's the latter, that doesn't sound like anything too alarming. Periods vary a lot from person to person, and can take a couple of years to regularize themselves.

28th Jan 2012, 06:02 PM	#3
Anonymous Posting Anonymously Posts: 34,191 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: period I have about the same issue as the OP, except I'm in my mid-20s, and it's been like this only for the past year or so. There are about five weeks between periods in my case.

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