Tampons or pads?

[Lachlann]

Pads - the bandage for a wounded soldier. 

Ha, I like that.

[christov]

i'm a DIY hippie/punk who hates consumerism, patriarchy & the status quo. i make my own cloth pads....at least until T makes my P stop!

[Miniar]

I'm not big on consumerism myself, but I'm even less inclined to "see" the mess more than is remotely required.. so I use the moon cup.
That means I can tend to my "problem" once a day and ignore it for the rest of the 24 hours.

[Nero]

i've never even heard of this moon cup. what is it?

[Miniar]

a small silicone cup you insert somewhat like tampons but is 100% leak proof.
Only problem is.. it's inserted, and you have to empty it once a day.
Still feels like less fuss than anything else to me.

[Jay]

I used to use Pads all the time, unless I had to go swimming then I would try a tampon depending on when I started etc..


Jay

[christov]

ah yeah the mooncup (i think its the divacup that i've used in the past) is great. there's zero waste and no dioxin! super cool. i think i've just gotten less and less comfortable with sticking stuff up there.....

[Mr. Fox]

I have to use a tampon and a pad at the same time or leak through before lunch.  That mooncup is sounding good.  Oh hell, gotta go before I start lecturing on all the alternative, environmentally friendly, and superior forms of sanitary products.

[Sophie90]

Pads.

It's an exit only.

Well...

*Ahem.*


Arg, periods are an abomination. Talking/typing about them is squicky.

[DRAIN]

tampons, ouch. pads, ok. mooncup? just the idea of having to *clean up* squicks me, and i'm damn near unsquickable.

.....times like this i think it would be hilarious to go back in time and tell my 12 year old self "hey, in 2009 you'll be on a transsexual forum talking about your period" i probably would have cried xD

[Tabe]

No Period now, whoo! I love T.

When I first started getting them, I used tampons. No mess. For some reason, I eventually developed severe stomachaches whenever I used them, and had to stop. Didn't like pads though, especially since I only wore boxers, so I made my own... Stuff... Out of toilet paper which, forgive the blatant reference to body parts, went in between the labia yet rested outside the vagina. Just changed it whenever I had to pee. Only thing I couldn't do was swim.

[Osiris]

so I made my own... Stuff... Out of toilet paper which, forgive the blatant reference to body parts, went in between the labia yet rested outside the vagina. Just changed it whenever I had to pee. Only thing I couldn't do was swim.

I did the same thing when I was younger and ran out of pads.

[Lachlann]

No Period now, whoo! I love T.

When I first started getting them, I used tampons. No mess. For some reason, I eventually developed severe stomachaches whenever I used them, and had to stop. Didn't like pads though, especially since I only wore boxers, so I made my own... Stuff... Out of toilet paper which, forgive the blatant reference to body parts, went in between the labia yet rested outside the vagina. Just changed it whenever I had to pee. Only thing I couldn't do was swim.

You must have been a light flow. I'm way too heavy of a flow to work off that.

[Sophie90]

You must have been a light flow. I'm way too heavy of a flow to work off that.

Same.

*facepalm*


Getting better though.

[Elwood]

Pads. I refuse to shove something up in there for 4-6 hours (whatever the time limit is)...

[Ashton28]

Definately only used tampons a couple times when in dire need. Other than that. It's pads. I feel slightly violated when I use tampons. Just doesn't feel right.

[Wings]

Tampons, most of the time. It's weird to think of sticking stuff "up there", but I feel less messy/smelly that way.. and I have to put on girl-underwear with a pad, which feels extremely strange.

[christov]

Wings-
I hated having to wear girl underwear to use a pad too. I switched to guy's bikinis or whatever they're called & its not nearly as bad. Plus, guys underwear is made so much better than women's...they are much sturdier or something; they last a lot longer.

[IanToxic]

This is one of the major reasons why I reaaaaaally wanna start T lol I use pads though because of how my um monthly thing is*grumbles*I should be using tampons but because of what I was told and quite frankly the idea of it freaks me out so I couldn't handle it hopefully it'll all be over in a few months lol

[HellHound77]

Definately pads. Tampons are just gross. It's too weird, if you know what I mean...