Thanks for the comments everyone! Haha I'm glad I'm on the right track at least (using thick pads and putting a towel under me when I sleep). I also wear workout pants to sleep when I have my period just in case the weird synthetic fibers will help block anything. Although, sometimes even with my best defenses up, Mother Nature knows how to thwart every plan and destroy every barrier to rain on my parade. Now if only my period would start to be on some sort of regulated schedule (it skips or shifts around when I don't have enough sleep or get stressed which is pretty common).

I'm a little uncomfortable to add birth control to my ever growing amount of meds that I take but I'm glad it's an option if I decide that the torrent of blood becomes too much. And that a hysterectomy is also available in the future.