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‘My period nearly killed me - doctors warned I could die overnight’


EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Marjolein Robertson speaks to OK! about how a period at 16 left her hospitalised for three days and how it's inspired her new Edinburgh Fringe show

As she changed her tampon and pads every 15 to 30 minutes in order to keep up with the blood loss, it was only when her mum raised her concerns that she realised something wasn’t quite right. Comedian Marjolein Robertson is retelling the experience in her Edinburgh Fringe show, O (Image: Trudy Stade 2016) Read MoreRelated Articles'My 40-hour birth was the most desperate time of my life - the trauma will stay with me' says TV's Anna Williamson That’s ranging from women who have had a similar experience to men who have teenage daughters who’ve said that the show has helped them be for them more or has allowed them to understand their partner better,” she says.

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