Your period... DO you prefer tampons or pads?

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Your period... DO you prefer tampons or pads?

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Contributor: Love Perpetua Love Perpetua
Quote:
Originally posted by AndroAngel
I use a silicone Lunette Cup, it's so much cleaner and less irritating than either of the choices.
Yes! I love my Lunette as well! Could never go back to pads or tampons.
10/25/2011
Contributor: Tessa Taboo Tessa Taboo
Quote:
Originally posted by domsub1993
LIKE!!
I use the instead cups.
10/25/2011
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
Quote:
Originally posted by unfulfilled
Which do you use on your time of the month?
i use the moon cup.


mooncup.co.uk


it's way better for me. reuseable for up to ten years, sterilizable, holds alot of bloody gook, and doesn't leak like a siv like tampons, just one drop at a time.

also, no tampon waste to throw away, no dry vagina, no chemicals in your hoo ha, AND if you're careful, you can have sex with it in. if your man isn't huge. and only in certain positions.
10/25/2011
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
Quote:
Originally posted by mistressg
There should be an "other" option (menstrual cups, washable things, etc. etc. etc.)
i agree! but believe it or not, they're not as well known as you might think. i'd never even heard of diva cups or reusable cloth pads until about 5 years ago.
10/25/2011
Contributor: Piña Colada Piña Colada
Both really
10/25/2011
Contributor: Pixel Pixel
Other!

I use a Divacup.
10/25/2011
Contributor: FemmeFlo FemmeFlo
Quote:
Originally posted by AndroAngel
I use a silicone Lunette Cup, it's so much cleaner and less irritating than either of the choices.
I've heard about those! I've heard they're not hard to use and they're better for the environment than throwing away all those tampons you would otherwise use.
10/27/2011
Contributor: dartigen dartigen
I've tried tampons - I just find them horribly uncomfortable, plus there's very few 'heavy flow' tampons that actually work. (With that being said, I have used them for 'diagnostics' before - trying to figure out where the blood was coming from and why it was there.)
I get overnight-type pads, or pads that are actually designed for bladder weakness, but I still have to change them constantly.
(Never tried a DivaCup or anything like that...I don't think you can even get them here.)
11/04/2011
Contributor: The Curious Couple The Curious Couple
My fiancee prefers tampons, but she's looking at switching to a Diva Cup.
11/04/2011
Contributor: karay123 karay123
Another Diva cup fan here!

Here's that video: link
11/04/2011
Contributor: RedGoddess RedGoddess
Tampon, but i am interested in the silicone cups that are out there
11/06/2011
Contributor: toxie m toxie m
Quote:
Originally posted by mistressg
There should be an "other" option (menstrual cups, washable things, etc. etc. etc.)
Agreed. I only use menstrual cups.
11/27/2011
Contributor: bayosgirl bayosgirl
Both! Tampons when the flow is heavier, pads at night time/when the flow is lighter. I used a Diva Cup at one time, but it started leaking after awhile. I'm considering buying some reusable cloth pads...to be greener, you know
11/28/2011
Contributor: SiNn SiNn
Quote:
Originally posted by unfulfilled
Which do you use on your time of the month?
i use tampons
11/28/2011
Contributor: 0letitgrow 0letitgrow
Quote:
Originally posted by unfulfilled
Which do you use on your time of the month?
I prefer the moon cup when I have somewhere to wash it that is private. Otherwise I kinda hate both of them. Though my husband gets turned on when he sees me using tampons so I go more for those.
11/28/2011
Contributor: jedent jedent
pads always, but i like these alternatives.
11/28/2011
Contributor: RedGoddess RedGoddess
Quote:
Originally posted by unfulfilled
Which do you use on your time of the month?
tampons most of the time, with pantyliners if i feel the need.

haven't used pads for a long time, but will use at night sometimes to give myself a break
11/29/2011
Contributor: hyacinthgirl hyacinthgirl
Pads. Tampons cause me to itch like crazy, hurt going in, and leave me hurting for several hours after taking them out. I only use them for swimming, and only then if my period happened to come while I was on vacation.
11/30/2011
Contributor: Chirple Chirple
I used tampons when I first started, but in the past few years I just can't.

I don't know what changed, but they're no longer comfortable.

I'm curious about cloth pads, but having to change mine every three hours, I don't know if it'd be viable.
11/30/2011
Contributor: julia. julia.
I use tampons, though I'm trying to get used to a diva cup!
11/30/2011
Contributor: lost686girl lost686girl
never pads! always tampons. sometimes a panty liner
11/30/2011
Contributor: GoneBabyGone GoneBabyGone
I have a very busy life so I usually use tampons, but I prefer pads for when I'm just frumping around the house. I only have a period once every four months to begin with.
11/30/2011
Contributor: Cherrylane Cherrylane
Pads make me feel like I'm wearing a diaper.
11/30/2011
Contributor: mizzmilla mizzmilla
Both, I like pads more though. Tampons give me UTI's
11/30/2011
Contributor: Lindsey123 Lindsey123
I voted tampons, but I only use them at night and at work. I don't like having an accidental "mess" to clean up or get out of my sheets. I always wear a pad too, though, for backup.
12/03/2011
Contributor: Collogue Collogue
Quote:
Originally posted by unfulfilled
Which do you use on your time of the month?
NEITHER! I've been using a diva cup for 5 or 6 cycles and I LOVE it! great for the environment, too
12/05/2011
Contributor: Why Why
I like tampons enough.
12/05/2011
Contributor: Katherine Wolfe Katherine Wolfe
Quote:
Originally posted by unfulfilled
Which do you use on your time of the month?
Yippee, I'm done with having periods!
12/05/2011
Contributor: swaggsohott12 swaggsohott12
tampons can be uncomfortable i perfer pads
12/05/2011
Contributor: AU AU
I've never been a fan of pads. I always feel they are too obvious. I gave them up when I started paying for my own supplies. I almost never used them for a few years until I got a sample in the mail and felt a little better about newer ones. But still not a fan. Tampons have been my choice for a long while--on lighter days I don't even feel like I'm on my period thanks to them. But I don't like the frequency of plastic applicators nowadays. So for environmental and economic reasons, I might try a silicone cup. It's hefty fee to pay initially, but it sounds very worth it. Neat to see so many using them now!
12/05/2011