Menstruation - don't read this if you're a lilly-livered goit!

[AlteredEgo]

I'm using the reusable DivaCup now. It is yucky to clean, but it actually works. I know we're not supposed to, but I leave it in for about 1/2 a week, washing it once a day, before my period is supposed to start. It helps a lot, seeing as how I have heavy flow, the SPLUT! problem, and serious, actual-clinical-level-paranoia-inducing PMDD, so I need another fucking menstruation-related issue to deal with like I need a surprise nipple piercing. Actually, if you could take away the PMDD, and make it just PMS, I would totally take a surprise nipple piercing a month in trade. I've had my nipple pierced before (took it out. Not worth the bother. Thankfully didn't wreck my sensitivity. Did it to help a pal in med school and piercing school pass his Bod Mod finals/State Certification Test.) and it's highly preferable to having to make sheepish apologies to people I know I've bitched out waaay too harshly and perhaps totally undeservedly.

I'm not sure I could take a surprise nipple piercing over anything! The intentional on I had scared me for weeks, and never healed. (I think it's because my work is vigorous and physical.) I'm sorry your PMDD is so harsh. I have a very heavy flow too because I do not menstruate regularly, and would do just about anything to not walk around stained in public, and have to get blood out of my clothes or furniture.

 

[AlteredEgo]

Not seen it on the shelves in France - but thanks.

It would be in the pet shops if it is available. If not, many online retailers carry it. I don't know how to efficiently search for companies which deliver to France. However, here's what you'd be trying to find.

My first reaction is 'go fuck yourself' - you seem to be taking my OP FAR too serioulsy and therefore going and fucking yourself maybe the best option, it might set you right.

You also seem to be having reading comprehension issues - I do wear a pantyliner when I feel I'm due and I almost NEVER start when I'm wearing them. This commonly known as Sod's Law. I get sick of the suffocated itchy cunt feeling and ditch the liner only to have my period start.

Because you're giving up too easily. The sad fact is, we're doomed to a period of discomfort, usually every month. We just kind of suck it up. We try as many methods as we can, and pick the least horrifying. Still, I suppose I seem unsupportive, and don't really mean to. It just seemed strange and uncharacteristic for you.

If you are really suggesting that I wear a tampon for the 1 to 4 days before my period starts...

I think you know me better than that. I have no idea what method you employ to absorb your monthly mess. If it's tampons alone, obviously that's not an option.

i'll send you chocolates if you send me a heat pad.

it ain't fun being a woman!

Oddly, I gave mine to a friend when he has meningitis, and haven't been able to locate such a nice one since. I now live in the elderly mecca of America, so I'm sure I'll find them soon. Anyway, being a woman's not all bad. I don't think I'd enjoy being a man. Not a masculine one, anyway.

it's a bit grim having to fish them out and rinse them...

That's why I use disposable cups from InStead. I just dump the contents into the toilet, and toss the cup in the trash. It's not as eco-friendly, but it's less drama for me.

 

[dolfette]

That's why I use disposable cups from InStead. I just dump the contents into the toilet, and toss the cup in the trash. It's not as eco-friendly, but it's less drama for me.

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interesting! i might get some, for when i'm out & about or fancy a shag.

 

[ManlyBanisters]

Because you're giving up too easily.

By whose standards?

The sad fact is, we're doomed to a period of discomfort, usually every month. We just kind of suck it up. We try as many methods as we can, and pick the least horrifying.

What and that's it? I'm not allowed have a little bitch or rant about it?

 

[dolfette]

well i'm going to bitch!
even with the cups i get staining, because by the time i've put it in then there's already blood in the tube...not much, but enough to mark underwear. and washing out the inside of your vag after fitting isn't very practical or healthy.
the whole thing is a fricking nightmare. roll on menopause.

 

[MickeyLee]

Gladrags.com home of all ya alternative girly care needs. you can find the patterns for cloth pads and pantie liners online at hippy craft girl sites. if you use cotton flannel for the cover you can avoid all the feelings of sweaty vag smothering discomfort. can be carried in a purse *back pocket for the tomyboy types* and tossed into the washer. good for you, ya pocket book and mother earth.

randomly: sponges/cups are the loveage on light days.

i get off pretty easy on the monthly mess. never have the sneak attack panties massacre. just a nice ease into and short trip the end. *pets Jenny and related parts with pure affection and gratitude*

chocolate, hugs, codeine and heating pads for the ladies bearing the full fury of mother nature's menstrual wrath.:hugs:

ml
mooncup uk totally owns divacups ass :tongue:

 

[AlteredEgo]

By whose standards?

Your period's, clearly. if it starts soon after you take the damn' thing off, then obviously you needed wait only a little longer. *shrug* Find your self a great enzyme cleaner like the one I mentioned, and I guess this will be less of an issue for you.

What and that's it? I'm not allowed have a little bitch or rant about it?

I'm not allowed to respond?

 

[D_Ellerby Eatsprick]

Can't say I've ever experience that SPLUT feeling. For me it's mostly... slow ooze. I had the splut feeling when I was in my teens. I'd be walking then feel a big clump come out.

 

[B_Hickboy]

I'm 36 years old, I've been having periods for 21 years and 5 months so WHY THE FUCK does the start of my period ALWAYS catch me unawares???...snip...

Am I the only sad sack this happens to?

Oh, babe, I'm so sorry you had a mishap. I wish I could be there to rub your back and make you tea and cook meals for you. Don't worry, though. I'll be there in exactly 28 days from tod-

Woohoo!!! ANAL!!!

:087::banana::wiggle::arms::laola::clap:

 

[Drifterwood]

Oooooh Panty Liners. Try getting the globby bits up your nose.

 

[3664shaken]

my periods like to dake a couple of days off, right in the middle, just to trick me into ruining more underwear.

I know the feeling.

I know when they are going to start (sort of) but they usually start when I'm out running or sleeping or at a meeting, etc. So in that case I am never prepared and my first day is like I am hemorrhaging. Then then day 2 slows down and stops on day three. Whee over, but about every over time day 4-6 start and there we go again.

 

[naughty]

i start wearing a liner a week before because i just dont know actually when it is going to kick in for real. It can be messy but this is how it is...

 

[Chantal_Kyrie]

Mine like to be irregular by just a few days, even though I'm on the pill. In my uterus's defense, though, I'm only 22 and it's only been bleeding since I was 16, with a hiatus of one year when I was 18. It's bloody annoying, though. (pun entirely intended) I don't know how many pairs of panties I've stained, because I absolutely can't stand wearing pads or liners...they smell and they're uncomfy and sometimes they give me heat rash. Nobody likes a heat rashy vag.

 

[tasteslikejellyjam]

I don't have that problem when I start...
its when I stop...
it has a mind of its own...
never know when its truly done...
I found these tonight on a random google...
I think its a very interesting feminine product...
would like to see the research results...
see if it truly does help balance the natural flora...
Markets absorbed by probiotic Swedish tampons - The Local

 

[dolfette]

Oooooh Panty Liners. Try getting the globby bits up your nose.

oooooh globby bits.
try getting cunt eczema!

 

[D_Ellerby Eatsprick]

I wonder how many men read this thread.

 

[Principessa]

MB, as you know I don't just sympathize, I empathize. :redface: I wish I could say I have no clue what you mean. :tongue: Lately my flow has been so heavy I gave up on maxi-pads and use the Poise pads which are designed for incontinence. :frown1: Otherwise I would be changing pads every 15-30 minutes. I can feel the flow surge every time I cough sneeze or sometimes just when I go from sitting to standing.

I'm 36 years old, I've been having periods for 21 years and 5 months so WHY THE FUCK does the start of my period ALWAYS catch me unawares???

Well maybe not always, but damn near!

I don't even have the excuse of not being regular.

But here's the thing - if I'm going to be early or late, I get grumblings and I kinda know, but I can't stand pantie liners, so I'm back and forth to the bathroom every 30 mins... nothing happening, I give up checking... several hours later I pick up a child or a dog SPLUT!! - mess. Bastard!

When I'm on time it's worse because it just starts with no grumblings at all. Today, for example, I was walking the dogs - middle of nowhere, 3k from the car, I coughed SPLUT!! - mess. Bollocks, bollocks, bollocks. Absolutely nothing I could do except get back to the car asap without coughing again and hope the store where I bought those cute elephant pattern boxer briefs still sells them because I really likeD them!

So yeah, I hear you - wear a pantie liner, you dumb bitch. Well - I do that sometimes - but I hate them. They suffocate my poor cunt. I feel like I have a fucking cheese slice clinging to me when I wear one. They are foul things. So I wear them for a while but nothing happens - so I get sick of the fucking things, don't bother putting a new one on and then SPLUT!! - mess. Bastard! Cunt! Wank! Fucksticks!!

Am I the only sad sack this happens to?

 

[Ed69]

I wonder how many men read this thread.

Count me in!:smile:

I even started a thread of my own a while back.

http://www.lpsg.org/56640-can-a-man-help.html

I've made more than a few emergency runs to get supplys for my wife and daughter.:wink:

 

[Drifterwood]

oooooh globby bits.
try getting cunt eczema!

I knew you had an itch. :wink:

 

[ManlyBanisters]

Oh, babe, I'm so sorry you had a mishap. I wish I could be there to rub your back and make you tea and cook meals for you. Don't worry, though. I'll be there in exactly 28 days from tod-

Woohoo!!! ANAL!!!

:087::banana::wiggle::arms::laola::clap:

Babe!! What ever will people think!!

They'll get totally the wrong impression and think we don't do anal when I'm not on my period. :biggrin1:

I absolutely can't stand wearing pads or liners...they smell and they're uncomfy and sometimes they give me heat rash. Nobody likes a heat rashy vag.

I hear ya, sister!

MB, as you know I don't just sympathize, I empathize. :redface: I wish I could say I have no clue what you mean. :tongue: Lately my flow has been so heavy I gave up on maxi-pads and use the Poise pads which are designed for incontinence. :frown1: Otherwise I would be changing pads every 15-30 minutes. I can feel the flow surge every time I cough sneeze or sometimes just when I go from sitting to standing.

Wow, that's a pain - I'm bad the first two days, but not that bad. The only time I was that bad was after surgery last year - I needed two of those massive, thick footlong night time ones just to watch tv for an hour. As if that wasn't bad enough I started passing huge blood clots through my undilated and recently cut cervix. I ended up going back in when the pain got too bad. It was like a labour contraction only more painful and it never subsided, it lasted 8 hours til I got intravenous pain relief at the hospital. Not a fun time.