{"id":115401,"date":"2017-12-20T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=115401"},"modified":"2017-12-21T10:22:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T18:22:35","slug":"how-much-blood-loss-on-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/how-much-blood-loss-on-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Bleeding Too Much During Your Period?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kotexfits.com\/faqs\/menstruation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">average woman loses<\/a> about four tablespoons to as much as a cup of blood during her\u00a0period. This amount may seem like a lot, but considering you lose a combination of menstrual fluids and blood, it&#8217;s actually quite normal.<\/p>\n<p>Blood loss also varies among women, but if you&#8217;re consistently experiencing heavy periods or an excessive amount of blood loss, it might be a cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p>So how much is <em>too\u00a0<\/em>much? Here are some signs your period has crossed over into the heavy range.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your period is a consistently heavy flow, not just heavy bleeding on the first or second day of your period.<\/li>\n<li>Your periods last longer than seven days.<\/li>\n<li>You have blood clots that are larger than the size of a quarter.<\/li>\n<li>Having your period makes you feel lightheaded or short of breath due to blood loss.<\/li>\n<li>You have to wear both a tampon and a pad during your period to prevent leaks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, a consistently heavy flow could indicate the presence of an underlying pelvic condition such as endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, or polycystic ovary syndrome. So if you feel like you have a heavy flow, make an appointment with your gynecologist ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"The average woman loses about four tablespoons to as much as a cup of blood ...","author":252621,"featured_media":115461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/21102118\/period.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/21102118\/period-386x200.jpg","formated_date":"December 20, 2017","category_name":"Wellness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#5b22f7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/252621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}