Today is the second day of my period. I woke up to very heavy bleeding, went straight to the toilet,…

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Today is the second day of my period. I woke up to very heavy bleeding, went straight to the toilet, and then suddenly felt unwell: my head started spinning, my vision went dark, my ears started ringing, and my body felt like cotton. I called my husband, he carried me to the bed, we opened the window, he washed my face with water – and I started to feel better. I'm breastfeeding, my cycle is unstable, and I've never had such heavy bleeding before. Has anyone experienced this? What could be the cause? I'm afraid it will happen again, thankfully my husband was home.
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Marina
Check your hemoglobin. With such heavy periods, it has surely dropped. My periods became very heavy after childbirth. They only started to normalize recently, and it's been almost 10 years.
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Olesya
I fell once at work. I don't know why it happened, I didn't check, and it hasn't happened since.
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Svetlana TortyNaZakaz
I wrote yesterday about the same pressure, it was 88, I don't know what to do, I guess old age is creeping up, I'm almost forty)
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Anastasiya
Check your iron levels. Maybe your blood pressure dropped suddenly too.
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Albina
This has happened to me a few times. The last time before this, I called my husband and kids, but no one heard me – I guess I called out quietly, I couldn't scream. But when I fainted, everyone heard me!)
Now I know that if I feel dizzy and my vision goes dark, I definitely shouldn't stand up. I need to crawl out of the bathroom, because falling on the tiles is painful and dangerous.
Check your iron levels. My doctor advised me to take it during my period... because while I'm pregnant and not breastfeeding, my iron levels are normal, but then they drop and I'm left without strength...
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Yana
It has stopped now, it was only like this in the morning
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Suhareva Olga
Then my blood pressure just dropped and my hemoglobin
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Yulya Tokareva
I had the same thing happen. My period started the day we were driving home from Arkhyz. I sat in the car for 10 hours, and it got really bad, with a fever close to 104°F (40°C). That night, I bled so much I was constantly changing pads. Towards morning, I went to the bathroom and felt like I couldn't stand up – my legs were like jelly, I was dizzy, and I started throwing up. 🤢 I crawled back to bed somehow, and my husband jumped up, made me tea, and helped me recover. I felt better afterwards. Later, I checked my hemoglobin, and it had dropped from 110 to 83.
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Shashkova Anna
My blood pressure dropped. I have anemia and low hemoglobin, I feel really bad during my period, especially when it's heavy.
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