Pretty freakin' terrible. You can get an idea of life in the workhouse from reading "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens or "street child". Basically the workhouses sprang from the Malthusian and...
not sure wat is considered too long but my period lasted over 15 days one time and the doctors gave me birth control to stop it. i jus had to take 2 pills a day instead of 1 a day. it really did...
It varies quite a lot with each individual. Any time after menstruation and before ovulation is usually considered safe, but it is so specific that I wouldn't put my trust in the internet to answer...