Ladies, what do you use?

[TheEclipse]

Pads?
Tampons?
Either or?
Double up with a pad and a tampon?
menstrual cup? (what brand?)
bleach free tampons?
reusable pads?
Freebleed?
Something I'm missing?

If you're a guy, what does your girlfriend do?

[Blinger$]

Pads?
Tampons?
Either or?
Double up with a pad and a tampon?
menstrual cup? (what brand?)
bleach free tampons?
reusable pads?
Freebleed?
Something I'm missing?

If you're a guy, what does your girlfriend do?

Does that mean you don't use a tampon/pad.. if so, thats ******* gross. NOBODY should do that +o(

And the girls i know use tampons. been shopping with a few of 'em.

[TheEclipse]

Well, some people do freebleed. I was reading something the other day about a girl who on her first day, she uses a menstrual cup or a pad, and then the rest of the 3 days, she doesn't use anything. How? She has a VERY light flow. She said that she just goes to the loo every hour or so and wipes and the most mess she's ever had is a slight smear. So, whatever works for her hey. I know that there are some women who are heavier and use nothing, sometimes at night- so they choose to sleep on towels and stuff instead. *shrugs* their choice, not something I want to do but I promise you they're not walking around grossing people out- you wouldn't know.



I'm switching to a cup.
I usually use pads, occasionally tampons depending on the activity I'm doing but lately, I can't change as often, so I have to double up (tampon, and pad for leakage purposes) and oh gosh it makes me feel horrible. So a cup seems a better option for me right now! They've only been around in the current form for 10 years (current form being made out of medical grade silicone rather than latex), but they were invented in the 30s. Didn't catch on because gasp! You have to touch yourself! And tampon companies took over with advertising, and now they won't advertise (big bucks) in magazines that talk about the Alternatives such as cups, which would totally ruin their reputation... so it's been on the down low. Still, I guess tampons didn't catch on for 10 years or more either. Everyone thought they were disgusting. So, that's why no one's heard of cups until the past... three or so years I guess. Takes a while for word of mouth.

[Blinger$]

thats the thing, you see all kind of advertisements for U tampons (in australia anyway) because they are "super slim and sexy" etc.. never heard of these cups things.. but i imagine something like this |_| where you put it in (sorry for being so blunt) and it just kinda fills up, like a cup under a sink +o(. not my cuppa tea, mate.

[buttons]

i can't use tampons (would probably get lost up me ;l joke) because i get really bad cramp, as in i often can't even get out of bed or keep any food down and they make it worse >.> thankfully my period only lasts 3 days with the 3rd day being hardly anything (lucky me) so i just use pads but i used to use tampons the first two days and pad the 3rd day.

i dont mind talking about my period lol, i welcome it. lets me know everthings working fine (and that im not pregnant....) plus gives me an excuse to skive and curl up with a hot water bottle n chocolate, oo ye(H)

[TheEclipse]

http://current.com/groups/on-current...eriod-cups.htm

This video explains it in a non graphic way. It looks big but it folds up. Yes, it goes inside the girl, and creates a sort of seal around the edges, it fills up (you can leave it there for 12 hours! This is amazing, because you have to change tampons maximum of 8 hours but usually women have to change every 2 or so, because they overflow. This, it most likely won't overflow! Yayyyy no annoying toilet trips!)

Well, something else that's turning me off of tampons is the bleach and chemicals! That can't be good to put inside you. They're perfumed for goodness sakes. And the fibres that stick inside you! And how it dries you out. Cups don't do that (bonus for the boyfriends. I know so many girls who are just turned off straight afterwards because they're hurting). Also since they're reusable (yeah get it over with, say ew. You wash them and whatnot, it's fine), it saves hundreds of dollars a year, and stops the 10,000 pads/tampons women use in a lifetime from building up in a dump or sewer somewhere.

Lots of benefits for very little inconvenience.

Anyway, I'm hyped up about the idea.

I promise, I'm not a saleswoman, but lots of people have been saying that the cups help with cramps, because of the mild suction. Maybe it'd be worth a try. Also they say that the chemicals often add to cramps. I'm sorry to hear you're in so much pain! Do you have a wheatsack?

[Swastika]

Why are you posting threads about periods all of a sudden?

[TheEclipse]

Long story. First, I was asking questions that'd help me in my research for an article I'm writing about sex ed/puberty ed, for a teacher's website. Then I was thinking and got curious what girls here used. Two threads.

[HotelUser]

Why are you posting threads about periods all of a sudden?

And why is buttons the only one answering them!

[Shar]

Pads?
Tampons?
Either or?
Double up with a pad and a tampon?
menstrual cup? (what brand?)
bleach free tampons?
reusable pads?
Freebleed?
Something I'm missing?

If you're a guy, what does your girlfriend do?

What the......?!

I use either thanks xoxo