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When I'm on my period and I'm having a shower, I watch as the blood flows down through the drain and sometimes I play with the blood.
Is It Normal? Does anybody else get satisfaction from doing this?
I mean... It's not exactly "normal" but it's not like you're doing anything wrong. When I shower on my period, I stop bleeding for a while till I get out of the shower so it's not like I would know anyways.
This sounds like some weird fantasy from a guy who doesn't understand what a period is and what it entails.
Normally, many women (myself included) experience the phenomenon of our period "stopping," while bathing. It doesn't actually stop, but instead the amount of water is greater than the amount of blood that exits. Remember, our period last for 3 - 7 days (a few drops or uterine lining clumps every 15-30 minutes, more or less), so by no means should our blood leave our body in a thick, steady stream, not enough to see it a small pool of blood while showering. If by some chance you are a girl, get that check out by your GYN.
I didn't write this, but I see my blood flowing through the water on the first couple days of my period. I also have extremely painful periods and I sometimes start to fall from how heavy it is on my second day so I knew it was heavier than other girl's periods, I just didn't know other girl's periods were so light that they don't see their blood in the shower water.
These last couple of months I've noticed that my periods were much heavier than usual. I'm now taking iron supplements.
What worries me is the pain you feel and how heavy you've describe your flow. Please talk to your GYN. Not saying all women should be the same, but periods are suppose to be a mild inconvenience at it's worse, not debilitating. It shouldn't soak through maxi pads/tampons right away and cause extreme amounts of pain.
The blood only flows within the first 5-10 minutes of being in the shower, after that the flow doesn't start again until I get out. I don't consider this much blood as unnatural because my last several periods were like next to nothing. Maybe I should get it checked out...
I just focus on taking the shower and not watching blood I also have no intentions on playing with it.
Run water down there as soon as you get in. I hear the water forms some type of film that prevents further blood flow
I like watching the blood being washed away by the shower too. Never thought about playing with it.