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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
As I imagine many of you do, I have my favorite sanitary protection products.

(This is the point where the guys who were curious about the thread quickly skedaddle)

So, in my opinion, the best sanitary napkins are the Always Ultra Thin with Wings. Although, I must say, it has got to be the dumbest product name around. Always. Always? ?? As much as I appreciate their quality product, I would not want to use it always.

So, circumstances dictated that I run out to the store to pick up a new package. They have changed the packaging ever so slightly. The little paper tab that covers the adhesive on the wings is now printed with a friendly little greeting: "Have a Happy Period." And, for our French-speaking neighbors to the north, "Bonne et heureuse semaine."

I have never before in my entire life been wished a happy period in any language, and here I am, receiving wishes for a joyous menstruation in TWO languages!

I must say, before opening the new napkins, my period was a tad unhappy. Cramps and all, don't you know. But now, it's a veritable party going on in my underwear! I am having the happiest period ever!

Thanks, Always!
 

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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
I really don't want wings, I'd rather my period didn't fly.
 

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Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
 
That seems like my dentist saying "Have a happy root canal!"

If he did that, I'd find myself a new dentist. Which would make my mom very unhappy, as he's her brother.
 

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Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
You see, I am frightened away by many of these new packagings with giant flowers and attempts to make the package look less like a box of sanitary products. It's like Trojan marketing their condoms to women primarily by putting them in a non-condom-looking box. That makes it worse.

-pH
 

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Posted by Krease (Member # 9536) on :
 

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And here I read that and went "oh, she's trying to fool me, so I read through the rest of the post more curious than before...yarr...

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Suckah!!!!
 

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Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
 

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Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
They have changed the packaging ever so slightly. The little paper tab that covers the adhesive on the wings is now printed with a friendly little greeting: "Have a Happy Period." And, for our French-speaking neighbors to the north, "Bonne et heureuse semaine."

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That was written by a man. Had to be. No other alternative. Becuase, you know, every woman knows that periods are NOT "happy".

Or maybe it's just me that's not happy because I started the stupid things when I was ten freaking years old. I turn 50 next month. You do the math.
 

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Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
 
Kotex sells "Security" tampons. I wonder if that's some sort of post-9/11 marketing strategy.
 

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Posted by sarahdipity (Member # 3254) on :
 
I'm trying those now. I will see if I can evaluate how they are different from the gentle glide's or the generic store brand. I have to say that my recent generic brand experience leads me to believe that it's not worth the savings. Ugh, *not* comfortable.
 

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Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
Eh - a period's just a reminder that women can host life, right? I'd say it's a small sacrifice for the first kick of a child in your belly... ; )

As far as the products go - I've heard mention of some upset people that O.B. stopped production on their applicator tampons... I mean, they were developed by gyns!!!
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Eh, their non-applicator ones are still better than everyone else's applicator ones. Except maybe Kotex.
 

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Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
Crazy thought that I can't believe I'm just putting out there... but...

Some women don't 'like' O.B. tampons. They prefer applicated tampons like - say - Tampax. Not for nothing - but doesn't a woman know her body best? Wouldn't she know best where the 'optimal protection placement' of a tampon would be? Hands should be washed after using the bathroom no matter what you do in there, right? So what's the difference?
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Tampax are the WORST. They stretch, instead of expanding in circumference.
 

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Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
And become uncomfortable because that's not how the body works!!! Silly, if you ask me...
 

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Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
 

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Originally posted by cmc:
Eh - a period's just a reminder that women can host life, right? I'd say it's a small sacrifice for the first kick of a child in your belly... ; )

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You're a guy, aren't you?
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*laugh*

I was thinking the exact same thing.
 

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Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :
 
Uh, I feel a little weird replying (not to mention not backing out at the kindly provided exit) to this thread, but this:

"I must say, before opening the new napkins, my period was a tad unhappy. Cramps and all, don't you know. But now, it's a veritable party going on in my underwear! I am having the happiest period ever!"

completely made it worth it.
 

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Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 

 

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Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
 

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Originally posted by cmc:
Eh - a period's just a reminder that women can host life, right? I'd say it's a small sacrifice for the first kick of a child in your belly... ; )

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So, in my opinion, the best sanitary napkins are the Always Ultra Thin with Wings.

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Tell it, sister, tell it.


Although I am rather disgusted by the "have a happy period" thing. No pad is going to make my period happy.

For that, I need Ultram.

(Got my IUD today. Luckily, cramping has been very mild-- much less than my period! And only the tiniest bit of spotting! Yay! I got a blessing last night, I think it's helping. Now, hopefully the part of the blessing that it would be effective will also work. )
 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 

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Originally posted by rivka:
Eh, their non-applicator ones are still better than everyone else's applicator ones. Except maybe Kotex.

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Originally posted by rivka:
Tampax are the WORST. They stretch, instead of expanding in circumference.

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Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
So, in my opinion, the best sanitary napkins are the Always Ultra Thin with Wings.

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I can't deal with anything but the Ultra Thin. Everything else makes me feel uncomfortable.

cmc is a girl.
 

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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
 
Dunno about "happy," but Teres has certainly had periods that made her feel very, very relieved.
 

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Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
 
Yeah I was thinking of the alternative to having periods which at this stage in my life would mean pregnancy. I would definately use a happy period pad on those occasions. I am reminded of the scene in the movie Where the Heart Is with Natalie Portman where she sceams in joy from the potty because she has started.

I'm an o.b. girl myself and I have noticed the decline the quality of their products over the last few years.
 

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Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :
 
Weird about not so many liking Tampax. I've always used Tampax and never had a problem...maybe I should explore the possibilites? Perhaps I don't know what I'm missing? The Diva cup sounds most interesting to me truth be told.

I do think we ought to write an overtly PMSy note to Always blasting them for the message on the tabs---having 100s of irate/irrational seeming women venting that there's nothing happy about a period ought to teach 'em.
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
Y'know -- reading this thread makes me appreciate my hysterectomy at 30 a whole lot more.

I had forgotten the bafflement, the perplexity, the head-scratching perusing the aisle looking at way too many options, brands, makes . . .

And I still wonder why in heck women (with the collective "we", don't you know) don't get a co-op or some sort of business that WE own, and GET THE PROFIT from, on a product that should be made by and for us!

Hmmmm . . .
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
I haven't menstrated in over a year.
 

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Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
 

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Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
he little paper tab that covers the adhesive on the wings is now printed with a friendly little greeting: "Have a Happy Period." And, for our French-speaking neighbors to the north, "Bonne et heureuse semaine."

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Originally posted by Chris Bridges:
Dunno about "happy," but Teres has certainly had periods that made her feel very, very relieved.

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Originally posted by Shan:


And I still wonder why in heck women (with the collective "we", don't you know) don't get a co-op or some sort of business that WE own, and GET THE PROFIT from, on a product that should be made by and for us!

Hmmmm . . .

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I think there are a few, but not making disposable prouduct. I know there are co-ops for the Keeper.
 

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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
 
Krease, you will learn. You will learn.
 

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Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
Thanks, Jeesh.
 

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Posted by Unicorn (Member # 216) on :
 
I was wondering when they put that message on the liners. I also really like the Always with wings, but haven't used them in nine months . When I finally bought some this month, I too was flabbergasted by their new message, thinking "since when is a period happy?"

This entire thread made me laugh. Especially poor Krease
 

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Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
 
Always Ultra Thin has another vote from this quarter. They're surprisingly comfortable, inasmuch as they can be...
 

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Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
I sort of feel the need to reply to Rabbit...

I apologize that my analogy (at least seemed to) piss you off. My intent was certainly not to cause pain in anyone else - it was simply to speak my own point of view. Quite frankly, I do have a clue. My life has been intimately touched by matters of both fertility and infertility.

Hey - at least periods don't last forever!
 

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Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
 
I can't use ultrathins- to heavy of a flow. However, my sister had the same problem, and getting on birth control helped her, so my mom is letting me look into it, now that I'm 18.
 

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Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
 
Y'all are probably gonna stone me to death for saying this but mine has never been bad at all. I never got any unpleasant symptoms of it. It makes me feel really good, in fact. Whatever hormonal that is going on then usually makes me feel happy (which probably means I felt slightly grumpy before-hand and didn't really notice it.) I don't want, when I get older, for them to stop. I want to keep having them every month, cause that feels normal and right to me. I think they flush bacteria out of the body, and so that's a good thing for me who is prone to infections of all types. If I could have one that lasted 2 years without pain and without getting anemic, I wouldn't mind it. It would make it easier to keep weight off!
 

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Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
 
<<<<<<<<Rabbit>>>>>>>> Don't be sad, dear. All losses will be restored and all lacks made up and then some. We have that promise.
 

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Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
Since I stopped having a heavy period, I can use the Playtex slimfits! They are by far my favorite.

-pH
 

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Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
P.S. Totally random thought and a little bit late... I think it's funny that people thought I was a guy.

Not a P.S. - Has anyone tried the Tampax Pearl? I did when they came out and I fully feel false advertising was used...
 

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Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
 
I can't stand tampax at all, either the cardboard applicators or the pearl. Either they're too long, they slip, or the women who have already posted are right, and they stretch, because they always end up lower than they belong (NOT pleasant) before they've been in long enough to be comfortably removed. I'm a playtex girl. As for pads, I agree that always ultra thin with wings are good, but on my heavier days I prefer the bulkiness of kotex overnight maxis. I find the thickness reassuring, and I love that they use velcro on the wings so I don't have to worry about the wing slipping and sticking to the bottom of the pad before I have it fully in place.
 

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Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
 
I am a period rebel, using recycled diapers when I'm at home. On the road, I use something with wings. But I do wonder (and sometimes get squicked) about what the pads are made of. Supergels? What chemicals are in the paper/plastic so close to my bits? And I also worry about how much waste I am adding to landfills and such. So much angst, just because I drip blood once a month.
 

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Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :
 

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They have changed the packaging ever so slightly. The little paper tab that covers the adhesive on the wings is now printed with a friendly little greeting: "Have a Happy Period." And, for our French-speaking neighbors to the north, "Bonne et heureuse semaine."

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Originally posted by Shan:
Y'know -- reading this thread makes me appreciate my hysterectomy at 30 a whole lot more.

I had forgotten the bafflement, the perplexity, the head-scratching perusing the aisle looking at way too many options, brands, makes . . .

And I still wonder why in heck women (with the collective "we", don't you know) don't get a co-op or some sort of business that WE own, and GET THE PROFIT from, on a product that should be made by and for us!

Hmmmm . . .

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I wash everything in cold water anyway because I do one load of wash every two or three weeks and don't bother sorting.

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<insert envious graemlin>

It never occurred to me that there were any options other than the ones in my local grocery store. I'm intrigued ... I may have to check some of these more obscure options out.
 

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Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
 
This is a TV commercial now. I just heard the words "Have a happy period."
 

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Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
 
Oh my god, Tante...I just had the same experience last month. My supersize package of Always ran out at last, so I picked up a new one. When I opened one up and prepared to apply it to my Superman underpants, I sat staring for many moments at the befuddling "Have A Happy Period!" greeting on the little peely-cover deal.

I was so shocked that I showed the peely-cover to my husband. He couldn't stop laughing.
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
I don't think I have ever, in my entire life, had a happy period.

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Three or four years now and already I'm wishing for menopause. Or a hysterectomy. Cramps and grumpiness and ruined underwear--not worth the knowledge that someday I might decide that I want to go through the horror of pregnancy, then have to push out an eight-to-ten pound body from my womb just so I can have the joys of motherhood.

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Yeah, I'm going through "the change", and it's even worse than my periods were before. I'll be glad when it's over, though, that much I can tell you. But then, I've been looking forward to menopause ever since my period first started.

Happy period? Hah!
 

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Posted by DaisyMae (Member # 9722) on :
 
The best part about this thread (being relatively new to Hatrack) is finding out that some of you are actually women!

I use Tampax because it's the cheapest, but this thread has reminded me that I really prefer O.B.

But that Diva Cup is sounding pretty cool too.
I'll have to check it out.
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
We have two brands of tampons here. OB and, um, the other local brand that isn't as good, absorbent, or comfortable as OB, but is much, much easier to find.

And yeah, I'm a woman. Either that, or a man with some severe medical problems.
 

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Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
 
I'm seriously thinking about getting a Diva cup for my oldest to see how she likes it. It sounds like it would be perfect for my gymnast daughter too (not that she needs it yet, but she presumably will some day) because they cannot wear pads (any underwear that might show under the leotard is prohibited as it is a deduction) and they spend long hours at meets without the ability to get to a bathroom and change. I know several of the older girls on our team have complained about how difficult it is to go to meets while on their periods. This might be a good answer for them all!
 

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Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
Belle, I had that same problem as a volleyball player. I'd be careful, though. I tried tampons, and I got so flustered about them, and they hurt. The diva cup seems like it might hurt too, and maybe be more difficult to put in.

-pH
 

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Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
 
I've never tried the Diva Cup, and I probably won't, now that I work mostly from home and feel comfortable with parading around in a pad. If I leak, WHO CARES? Woohooooooo!!!!!

It sounds kinda intriguing, though. Maybe I should invest in one in case I'm ever at a wedding where I just can't get into the bathroom for a quick change.

Actually, I was having my period once while shooting a wedding on a schooner, sailing around the San Juan Islands. That was a bit nerve-wracking. A Diva Cup would have come in mighty handy then.
 

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Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
 
Now that I am 6 months post cancer surgery, I am very pleased with the outcome. I finished menopause within a week of the surgery. No more hot flashes, irregular bleeding, crampy periods, or anything else unpleasant. Nothing hurts. The parts I have left work fine. I feel better than ever.

I kept a few Always Ultrathin overnites and generic Wal-mart tampons in case someone comes over and needs one. I was always disappointed to find out my hostess had had a hysterectomy thirty years ago and didn't have anything when I needed it.

Of course, the day I first got my period, my mom taught me to make "roll-yer-own" intralabial pads from toilet paper. So it wasn't the end of the world.

But first, she announced to all the neighbor ladies gathered for canning and quilting next door that, "My little girl is a woman!" I tried to get her to come home without having to tell her what for.

Okay, I got that all out of my system...
R
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Dead Horse, it's great to hear from you. It's even better to hear you're doing well - at least, that's what I hope you mean by "pleased with the outcome". I've been thinking of you...
 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
I'm glad all is well with you, D'Horse.

I actually made a sanitary protection discovery yesterday that has solved my overnight messiness problems. Poise Panties, which are meant for incontinent women, but work great for an overnight heavy flow. No more stained underwear, sheets, pajamas for me! Put them on at bedtime, and toss the whole thing in the morning. Brilliant!
 

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Posted by Samarkand (Member # 8379) on :
 
I can't use tampons without a plastic applicator, just too painful to put in. No cardboard or OBs for me! Always Ultrathin with Wings are the best. Use Playtex tampons too. I would like someone to invent a way to cause your uterus to shed the whole lining in a shorter period of time - I would love it if it took a few minutes, but I would totally do whatever I had to do for a few hours too if I knew it would then be completely over.

Definitely went on the Pill at 15 strictly to get my periods down to a week instead of 8 days of heavy flow plus spotting for 4 more days (I'm talking two Super Absorbency Playtex tampons AND a heavy flow pad in eight hours - that's fun at school). Wasn't sexually active till much later, but ahhh . . the Pill is a beautiful, beautiful thing. Now I'm on Seasonale! And it is the BOMB! I LOVE LOVE LOVE going 3 months at a time without a period. So great. I'm also less inclined to call boys four times in one day or weep over Hallmark commercials in those three days a month before my period like I used (I basically act like a sad drunk, it's hilarious for everyone else, and me later.

I highly recommend Seasonale - I hear some people have adverse affects, but it's worked so well for me, and not having periods as often is a real gift. Try it. Four periods a year. FOUR.
 

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Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
 
Meh, four is too many!
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Is that like depo provera? Too many side effects for me.
 

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Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
 
Seasonale? As far as I know, it's just the regular birth control pill packaged a bit differently. I considered using it, but it turns out that buying the regular formulations of the pill and then just throwing out the pack when I get to the placebo pills is cheaper.
 

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Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
Samarkand, I can't use non plastic applicator tampons, either. Except I've been having a lot of trouble finding my Slimfits lately. It's a conspiracy.

My periods have only lasted 3-4 days since I started using the nuvaring. Except this month, which I am going to attribute to stress. I like how our bodies respond to stress by giving us more, ickier, messier stress.

-pH
 

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Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
 

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Originally posted by Gwen:
Cramps and grumpiness and ruined underwear

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Soak your underwear in a bucket with laundry deteregent and cold for about 24 hours (change the water halfway through).

Undies saved!
 

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Posted by scholar (Member # 9232) on :
 
Depending on how your insurance covers it, Seasonale can be dirt cheap. But, before seasonale, I just threw out the sugar pills and still did the period every 3 months. I liked seasonale because it worked really well- though every formulation can affect each woman differently.
 

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Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
Does insurance cover birth control by state? 'cause they don't cover it here.

-pH
 

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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
 
I'd be very nervous on bc where you only had your period once every three months. I mean, there is a chance that it'd fail, and you wouldn't know it until you were three months pregnant.
 

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Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 
I finally decided to take myself off the Depo-Provera. I ended up gaining net 38 pounds (and lost and refound quite a bit in the middle), I had a lot of hair loss, and oh good gravy the acne!!! Since I'm no longer in a relationship and have no time or energy to get into a new one, it doesn't make a lot of sense to keep spending the money every 3 months and fighting the scale. The doctor said it could take as much as a year, but probably around 6 months, before the hormones are fully out of my system and I start to cycle again. That's the one thing I'll miss about being on it, the absense of Aunt Flo.

And we have started preliminary discussions with regard to permanent options... I'm just not quite ready to think seriously about it yet. No way am I going to want another baby, but still, I've got enough on my plate right now.
 

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Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
 
Ahh Goody, I may be doing the same soon... the people at the clinic are very concerned that I've been on Depo for 6 years, I guess there are some studies that point to increased risks of osteoporosis with long-term Depo use.... but I'll be sorry to switch, it's been great for me, I'm really bad at remembering to take pills, and having not had a period in 6 years... man, that'd be tough to give up.

They managed to convince me to consider an IUD, even though my initial reaction was something like "nononononoooooooewewewowowownoooooo".... but as much as I don't like the idea, you only have to think about it once every 5 years, and does stop menstruation completely in 20% of women if you get the kind with hormones, and since the hormones are in much lower doses than in Depo, the side effects (like eating away at your boooones) are way lower risk.

Sigh.
 

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Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
 
*kicks thread*
 

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Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
 


You ok, Lissande?

Zeugma, is the bone-eating thing just Depo, or other contraceptives as well?
 

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Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
Depo, I believe, is known for having some of the nastiest side effects of any form of hormonal birth control, simply because it gives you a very high exposure to hormones.

The patch also exposes you to a high level of hormones.

-pH
 

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Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
 
Just indulging in a little immaturity to celebrate my upcoming six-month anniversary of no periods (next week).

Girls with straight hair want curls, curly haired girls want straight. Widows would rather be divorced and divorcees would rather be widowed (well, some of them). Kids want to grow up and adults want to go back. And, well, you don't appreciate your ability to ovulate until it's gone! Or on vacation, or whatever it is.

The *kick* was basically my way of saying I wish I needed the products discussed in this thread!
 

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Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
 
I hear ya.

Just don't go like me and go from needing none of the products (for only 3 months though - 6 would be tough) and then making up for that absence and then some in 3 weeks.

Yeah, not fun.
 

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Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
 
The bone-eating thing is just Depo, I think, because it uses a different kind of hormone. The more I look into it, the more I think I've had my last shot and will be switching to another option.
 

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Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
 
Yes, moderation is a good thing. I hope yours resolved itself ok. Three weeks! *shudder*
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
I once had a period that lasted for 35 (or 42? I forget) days. Then I got a break - no period! - for three or four days, and it started up again and switched back to my usual (for then) cycle of 10-14 days of period followed by 3-4 days of no period. Rinse and repeat.


Although, I believe that, with no ovulation, it's not a true period but a, um, breakthrough bleeding where the uterine lining sheds the excess buildup. Or something. Like semantics really matter when you're going through a box of tampons and a bag of pads every few days.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I was all prepared to love my IUD. Unfortunately, I'm now having constant dull pain and extreme pain every time we, um, you know.

Which makes it VERY effective birth control. But absolutely no fun at all.
 

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Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
 

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Like semantics really matter when you're going through a box of tampons and a bag of pads every few days.

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I agree, the blood and extra laundry and moaning are the essential part.
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Exactly!

Oh, but don't forget the writhing in pain.
 

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Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
 
When you can move at all.
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
And you haven't passed out yet.
 

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Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
 
*laughs*
 

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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
 
I'm happy to report that my Always products no longer wish me a happy period. They have flower-like things instead.

Meanwhile, I'm seriously considering getting one of these: Blackbeard's Rugged Tampons, the t-shirt.
 

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Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
 
*grins* I love that advert.
 

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Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
 
What's rugged about a tampon with a comfortable plastic applicator that won't keelhaul your nethers?
 

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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
 
No flowers. No wishing of a happy period.

Or, more simply put:

Pirate Tampons!

(How can it not be rugged, when it has a pirate on the label?)
 

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Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
 

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Blackbeard's Rugged Tampons, the t-shirt

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I have NEVER used Playtex tampons since I heard a story from my camp RA EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO. She used one and IT WOULDN'T COME OUT.

Very funny story, very strong impression.
 

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Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
 
*peeks in*
*throws up*
*leaves*
 

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