is heavy period normal? have all mylife but wasent sure ?!

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?Most women experience abnormal uterine bleeding at least once during their reproductive years. The most common times that women experience heavy menstrual periods are during the first few years of menstruation during adolescence and during the final two to three years of menstruating before menopause.
How Do I Know When Menstrual Bleeding is Abnormal?
You may be experiencing abnormal uterine bleeding if you're change pads or tampons more often than every one or two hours, or having a period that lasts over seven days.

While it sounds unlikely, abnormal uterine bleeding is also used to describe amenorrhea or absence of menstruation.

Uterine bleeding is always abnormal when:

?Bleeding occurs between periods
?Bleeding occurs following sex
?Spotting occurs at anytime during the menstrual cycle
?Bleeding is heavier than normal or lasts for more days than usual
?Bleeding occurs after menopause
Some women are concerned, needlessly, by clots in their menstruation. In most instances, brown, black, or red menstrual blood clots are normal. These blood clots are part of the endometrium, which is the lining of the uterus that is shed during menstruation.
What Causes Abnormal Uterine Bleeding?
Abnormal uterine bleeding, or heavy menstruation, which is called menorrhagia by the medical community, is usually the result of a hormonal imbalance in adolescents during the years following the onset of menstruation, or in women who are approaching menopause. Menstruation is often irregular or heavy during these times because, depending on hormonal levels, the ovaries may or may not release an egg. Another common cause of abnormal uterine bleeding is fibroid tumors.

http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/abnorma…

Yes, it is totally normal. If your flow gets suddenly heavier or the clots are the size of a quarter or larger, it would be time to see a doctor.

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