What do you use during your period?

Contributor: Lildrummrgurl7 Lildrummrgurl7
Pads and tampons for now. I'm buying the Diva Cup soon. The co-op in the next town over sells them now so I don't have to pay for shipping.
07/16/2012
Contributor: Eva Schwaltz Eva Schwaltz
I use the Diva cup. The thought of wearing tampons now really scares me.
07/16/2012
Contributor: amazon amazon
Personally, the DivaCup disgusts me
07/16/2012
Contributor: SneakersAndPearls SneakersAndPearls
Quote:
Originally posted by amazon
Personally, the DivaCup disgusts me
Why?
07/16/2012
Contributor: Love Obsessed Love Obsessed
I use pads right now.Maybe in the future I might go back to tampons but,now I prefer to use pads.I don't think I could use the cup.
07/16/2012
Contributor: HotMama2three HotMama2three
Surprised and pleased there are so many diva cup users. Guessing it's linked to being I tune nd aware of our bodies
07/16/2012
Contributor: HannahPanda HannahPanda
The menstral cup makes me squeamish, thinking about it holding all that blood. I use tampons, mostly.
07/16/2012
Contributor: KRD KRD
I wear tampons. I never heard of Menstrual Cups until recently on EF.
07/17/2012
Contributor: glitterbombs glitterbombs
A cup! I have the Lunette.
07/17/2012
Contributor: LLmama LLmama
Diva Cup or instead cup (disposbale) I didn't realize how many women actually used them! It's awesome! I've never tried having sex with the diva cup in, it's quite large but we comfortably have CLEAN, blood free sex with the instead cups!
07/17/2012
Contributor: Charry Charry
I use both tampon and pads, but maybe I'll try out a cup one day.
07/17/2012
Contributor: Missmarc Missmarc
Quote:
Originally posted by smashthepatriarchy
I was a tampon user for many years throughout my teens years and in July of 2011 I bought a menstrual cup. It was the best decision I've ever made.

If you use cups - what brand do you use?

I use Diva Cup.
Definitely pads. U by Kotex made my life a lot easier.
07/17/2012
Contributor: chelly411 chelly411
Just use pads and tampons
07/19/2012
Contributor: Virgingasms Virgingasms
I love menstrual cups. I've had mine for three years and am never going back to disposables.
10/15/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
I used to use pads throughout most of the day since tampons made me feel dry and so were uncomfortable to walk with. Then I'd wear a tampon to bed (which you're not supposed to do) since pads almost always leaked when I laid down, or else the blood getting on my skin would make me itchy and I'd wake up with menstrual blood under my fingernails from scratching. Not fun.

Recently I started using a Diva Cup, and now I'm only keeping my leftover tampons and pads around in the event I need them - I shudder at the idea! The cup is so much more comfortable, and I can sleep with it in and not worry at all about itching or dryness! And it just seems so clean compared to disposables! I'd never had a period where I felt totally clean until I got my cup!
10/15/2012
Contributor: butts butts
Quote:
Originally posted by lemondrop
I started using the Instead SoftCup a couple of months ago and I will never go back to tampons. I can go all day before having to empty it, it has never leaked, and you can even have sex with it in, which is a major plus for anyone with a partner who ... more
^^^ This. I'd never go back to tampons after using the Instead SoftCups, they're great because you can have sex with them in and be clean. Also even though the box says to discard after one use, I find that they're like the Tenga Eggs, with proper care you can use them multiple times. In a few months I won't be bleeding ever again, thank god, but until then, I'm only using SoftCups.
10/15/2012
Contributor: butts butts
Quote:
Originally posted by November
What?!?! They don't use ANYTHING? How is that even possible? I've never heard of someone not using anything. I'm not trying to come across as rude, but the idea seems so impossible. Are they on some kind of birth control where they ... more
Some people don't bleed enough to need anything. I know a few people who only get spots after they urinate, no real 'flow' to speak of. It's just their bodies.
10/15/2012
Contributor: marshmallow marshmallow
pads!
10/15/2012
Contributor: Glinteye Glinteye
divacup!
10/16/2012
Contributor: MK434 MK434
Tampons
10/16/2012
Contributor: quinceykay quinceykay
I used pads for about five years after I started my period, then started using tampons fairly recently. I definitely do want to try the cup though.
10/17/2012
Contributor: SaraW0512 SaraW0512
I was always a tampon user
10/18/2012
Contributor: Creepellah Creepellah
pads.. but I would like to try a cup
10/18/2012
Contributor: Sima-pusya Sima-pusya
Tampons
10/18/2012
Contributor: Shayla Shayla
tampons and pads..i dont trust tampons by themselves the first 2 days and its too heavy for pads alone...been hearing alot about this diva cup, might give it a try
10/18/2012
Contributor: TameTemptress TameTemptress
Pads and tampons. Depends on how heavy and how I feel as to which (but sometimes both).
10/18/2012
Contributor: BG529 BG529
I have never heard of a menstural cup...
10/18/2012
Contributor: llellsee llellsee
A Mooncup.
10/18/2012
Contributor: Geogeo Geogeo
Quote:
Originally posted by smashthepatriarchy
I was a tampon user for many years throughout my teens years and in July of 2011 I bought a menstrual cup. It was the best decision I've ever made.

If you use cups - what brand do you use?

I use Diva Cup.
im surprised so many people use the cup!
10/18/2012
Contributor: kadytheredpanda kadytheredpanda
I'm waiting for my Lunette to come into the mail as we speak
10/18/2012