Final Period Question for Females-Do You Shower During or After Your Period?

[Anonymous]

Okay so, I'm sorry for an another personal (?) kind of question. If you don't want to say anything, that is why I made this into a poll question. (From what I know, it doesn't show who votes what...)
The reason why I asked this was because, recently my strong feminine side (if you follow me or seen my profile, you'll know the story...) asked me a question I don't know... yet. Which bugs me because of my femmy side, it makes me want to learn about the female life so that I can feel more like a female and imagine how it really is like-unlike those stereotypes and people saying that I would never understand. I have a better imagination than most men (if the theory is true about women having better imaginations...) I really want to learn more about the female world, I just can't explain it all on here! (Dang text limits...) So yeah... I think you get it now? If not... its ok. Not many understand me. (Here comes the emo side of me lol... it runs in the family, long story short... again...)
Anyways... focusing back to the question. What do you do on your period when needing to get clean?

I take a shower/bath after.

I take a shower/bath during.

I take a shower/bath before. (Foresight is an amazing gift. Haha!)

Other/All of Above (or well... just the first two...)

[Anonymous]

Ok, so, periods last for several days, sometimes more, and it's normal in many cultures to bathe or shower even as much as twice a day.

Put two and two together - we keep ourselves clean all month long, and we don't stop because we are on our periods. If anything we probably shower and bathe more.

Do you think you would go for a week with crusty dried blood on your penis without washing it off?

C'mon man. Use your brain.

[Asker]

Ok, so, I knew that it lasts a week (is it more than a week possible?) but that would be a lot of bathtime in our family. O. O
(We are a huge family)

Would it still be possible to procrastrinate (bad spelling lol... speaking of using my brain lololol... thats my brain for ya :p XD)
But yeah, its understandable. I was mainly focusing on the possibilities of women who may procrastinate... or just dont feel like it on certain days.
Like what you said about the penis thing... it would depend on my mood/or feel up for cleaning it.
(For sure I will clean it eventually because it may clog up or just spread...)

[Opinion Owner]

Well, periods can sometimes last for more than a week, but not often. Most of us it's like about 3-5 days.

Sometimes it's so heavy that you feel like you lost a gallon of blood.

Sometimes I have periods so light that really almost nothing comes out.

But I think most women, for most of their adult life would want to wash her groin area in some way every day when she has a period.

Provided there's easy access to running water.

[Asker]

Oh... thought so. X'D

That explains the heavy pain one of my friends had on her period! :o (despite the cramps... me, my sistet and her friends have strange conversations sometimes but hey, its learning material lol)

Your lucky though! >w<

Understanable.

If the bathroom is free lol... we have 2 bathrooms but 1 sink stopped working. Our "new father" is ehhh, not the greatest who thinks he can keep making new rules, not allowing people to use the upper bathroom during the night. In the morning, its hard to get in there at the right timing and if you are in, he may yell at you for taking too long. (ーー゛)
So, if I were a girl, what would I do then?

I forgot to mention, I was hoping someone on this site to treat me like a young girl learning about my future. (Since well... long story short, lets say mt femnine side is like a female spirit in a male body-possessing this form for too long-forgetting how it was like when I was a girl.
(Thats a fictional way od saying it loll

[Anonymous]

I take a bath or shower depending on the mood because when you get in the water you stop bleeding. The most you’ll ever get is a tiny little squirt when your submerged like that. And it would be super gross if we didn’t get clean for our entire period (which can last 3-7 days with the average woman’s being 5 days) and baths soothe cramps for a little while so our stomachs feel better and the sore places like lower back feel better too.

[Asker]

Oh gosh! Thanks so much for this!! This pretty much finished my questions about the topic! This was so helpful! Thanks!!
Thing is... does the water like absorb it right away-making it look like the period doesn't happen in mater? Or is it some knd of... reflex from the water?

[Opinion Owner]

I actually just looked this up. When swimming while on their period find that they don’t seem to bleed in the water. The explanation for this is simple. Your period does not stop since the coating of the uterus continues to shed. But, due to the counter-pressure of the water, the gush is impeded and does not enter the water. Additionally, if you are floating or swimming in a horizontal manner, the gravity cannot pull the flow down and out (the science of swimming). Gravity isn’t strong enough to pull it out when you’re standing in the water, so it makes sense that if you further counteract gravity’s effects, it won’t be able to draw your flow out. The moment you stop swimming and stand upright for a couple of minutes, your period will continue exiting normally. You should note that this counter-pressure does not always stop menstrual flow – depending on the woman and depending on the period, it can continue leaking out, and it disperses throughout the water so that you can’t see it.

[Opinion Owner]

So basically it’s just inside of you so until you stand up and get out it doesn’t flow outside of you and we can’t tell.

[Asker]

Interesting... thanks for all of that! ^_^ It was really helpful! (cant wait till GaG will let me choose best answers for this question now... X'D)

[Jmcmanning]

This is an odd question, periods for females vary for the length of days. I would hope most/all females would shower/bathe daily to be clean in general.

[Asker]

Ok thanks! n. n

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

During. That's why girls get so pruney when they're on their cycle.

[Asker]

What is 'pruny'? o. O

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

You know - when you've been in the bath/shower for too long

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[Asker]

Ohhh like on Fairy Tale when Lucy was taking a long time in the bath and when sh got out, she looked at her finger tips to see if they look like raisons.

[Mimi1721]

Well I'm not going to not shower or take a bath for 5 days so I have to do it during. It's super gross if anyone doesn't shower or take a bath for 5 days straight.

[Asker]

Good point. X'3

[nickyBBB]

Period lasts for few days lol and I shower everyday so... but I usually take few showers in each day, once I took 5 showers while on my period because of that lol

[Asker]

I know that it lasts for a few days but, I mean like... is it ok to leave the cleaning for later-being lazy? (Despite it being gross lol)

[nickyBBB]

Lol nooo it's wrong 😂 I have awful pains and I still get up and do the cleaning, I can't stay dirty lol

[Asker]

oh okay... X'D

[strangytie]

One should constantly bathe when menstruating when they have the energy to. I bathe every day sometimes twice a day.

[Asker]

So, it can be optional?

[TingaTinga]

Well. . All... Periods last a few days, I don't think many people go a few days without cleaning themselves whether they're on their period or not.

[Asker]

Thats true... X'D

[Marilyn-Monroe]

When you get into water you stop bleeding, so I do both on my period.

[Asker]

Woah! Really? :o Its like magic? -pictures mystic water-

[Asker]

... wait... how does that actually work? o. o

[Mimi1721]

I've been told that by so many people but I do not stop bleeding at all when I go into water. I guess some people are different then others but do they actually stop bleeding or does the water just wash it away?

[Asker]

Huh... strange.. o_O Maybe... or they put bubbles in the bath? lol... I kinda doubt that though...

[Marilyn-Monroe]

@Mimi1721 I shouldn't say it stops, but the counter pressure of the water makes the blood not flow.

[Mimi1721]

Must be different for you then... or maybe I'm different lol. It does slow down but it never stops and I still have to wear a tampon.

[Marilyn-Monroe]

@Mimi1721 Oh yeah for sure, every woman is different lol. :)

[Asker]

Both of your comments helped! Thanks! n. n

[TacosRAwesome]

Women get their period for like a week at a time. If they don't shower they smell of blood. So daily as normal.

[Asker]

Vampires are gonna lose track of the women they are after haha!

[willow74]

Well... I shower every day. And my period lasts like 5 days.. so I guess all of the above 😂

[kaskas19]

You can still shower and bathe during my period.

Hot baths actually help relax me. It helped with cramps and eases my gender muscles.

[Asker]

Thanks! I was hoping to see an answer like that if someone commented. n. n I was wondering if it was possible... I know for sure my sister did but, I wasn't sure if all girls could?

[kaskas19]

Ah gotcha

[Asker]

Yep yep lol

[Anonymous]

I only take showers not baths when I have it... Although I rarely have a bath.

[BleepRawrsaurus_Rex]

I shower everyday so yeah during, before, and after

[hasrett]

Period lasts for days... Do you think that girls simply don't shower for days?

[Asker]

Maybe... depends on their mood/laziness lol!

[hasrett]

I shower normally just like any other day.

[Asker]

Okay! Thanks! ^_^

[N2thing]

I take a shower before, during and after period.

[Asker]

That was a simple answer haha! Thanks! n. n

[azzntittiz]

We shower everyday of our period.

[Anonymous]

Both during and after.

[Anonymous]

After