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| Sun, 07-06-2008 - 11:48pm |
Hi! All!
Ever since 12, I got my period, I tried pads first. Later on, due to swimming lessons, I switched to tampons. Now, 28, I rely, mostly on tampons. I may use extra long overnight pads, during the initial heavy days.
Now, I am kinda tired of painful tampon insertion and removal, looking for alternatives.
Googling around, I found, on YouTube, some video clips, praising the British reusable MoonCup. Lamenting the fact that pads piled up the landfill and cost lots of money from the beginning to the end of menstruation.
I tried the DivaCup. It is environment-friendly, alright. It does force me to deal with mess factor uncomfortably in insertion and removal.
What do you think? Would you factor in Bio-friendliness or savings in choosing feminine protection products?
Share your thoughts, please!
Janine

Janine, I know how you feel! I looked it up in YouTube. Some women actually expressed their misgivings about reusing feminine protection items. Me too!
Most women, all ages, are used to disposing of used pads or tampons instantly. Wash off and reuse, is easy to say; yet tough to do!
BF does like it, though. That’s how we remain intimate, during my Aunt’s Flow.
Thanks for your raising awareness.
Maria
Dear Corbin’s Mom(?):
Don’t laugh! I actually tried Granny-style reusable cloth pads before. I was so nervous. I had to squeeze a clean piece in my purse. I had to clean up repeatedly. I stuffed the used one into a Ziploc, afraid the odor might leak out. Rushed home washing it off, right after work.
Maybe I am not as nimble as my best friend Jenna. OB suits her just fine. I can’t use it. I rely on applicators. Truthfully! I like DivaCup which allows me to be intimate with BF when I am on my period, yet insertion without applicator is just too much for me. It requires a lot of finessing. I don’t feel comfortable, unless I can change it in a private restroom. Hey! Nothing is prefect, right?!
Thanks for your comment.
Janine
It's something I've been debating about for a long time, and still am. Since reusable options aren't easily available in New Zealand, that has been another factor. Diva cups, Instead cups and the like are really expensive here, since they are imported by small companies from overseas. I barely have the time to deal with laundry as it is without adding reusable cloth pads to the list......
I also like the fact that I know that the pads and panty liners I use make me feel OK - i.e. not wetness, really thin, etc. And since my periods are so light, the use of tampons after the first day is unpleasant, since I dry out down there too easily. I think that trying to use a menstrual cup at that point might not be too agreeable with me.
I know it's bad for the environment, and I feel horrible about it, and I feel like a hypocrite, since I'm an office manager for an ecotourism business!
So I'm still thinking and thinking and thinking. I could make my own cloth pads, but I'd have to invest in a sewing machine first, and I have to prioritise my money right now.
I too would like to be more environmentally friendly but find the security of tampons or store-bought pads too much to give up right now.
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Dear Lisa:
Talking about the trickiness of using DivaCup.
I asked my dear friend, Leah, about the pros and cons of using the Cup. She said it would be too messy to reach deep into the vaginal canal, so as to place or remove the Cup.
Normally, I would go to the “private” Ladies’ Room in the StarBucks, near my office, to “handle” the Cup, really worry free. One day, there was an intense Sales Meeting. I did not have the time to visit StarBucks. I had to do it in one of the three Ladies’ Room, without decent partitioning, in the building. I was nervous. I was worried what if someone happened to come in. I was about to finish up……Suddenly, Leah got into the one right next to mine. Looking at the stains on the floor and my hi-heels, she, tongue in cheek, questioned:” Is that you, Maria? Are you actually using IT?”
One hour later, I bumped into her in the Cafeteria. I was really blushing.
Maria
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Dear Maria:
This is my take! There is nothing to be ashamed of.
It is our monthly feminine ritual! You did not mean to leave the stains behind. As long as you cleaned it up!
During the initial heavy days, I had my office chair tainted before. Now I place a piece of thin cover over my chair, just in case! I learn from the accidents.
Regards,
Janine