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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!
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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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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.
quote:(This is the point where the guys who were curious about the thread quickly skedaddle)
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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quote: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."
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. Posts: 2454 | Registered: Jan 2003
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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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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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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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quote: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... ; )
You're a guy, aren't you?
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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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quote: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... ; )
I am infertile yet I've still had my period every month for 30+ years. And it sucks everytime. And quite frankly, I don't think that my monthly cramps and bleeding are worth the sacrifice so that other women can feel the first kick of a child in their bellies.
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Should I feel deprived of happy packaging, since I don't buy pads and tampons any more?
I have smilely faced suns on some of my Lunapads, and poodles on the others. And my diva cup has a pretty flowery baggie that it lives in after I get around to boiling it.
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quote:So, in my opinion, the best sanitary napkins are the Always Ultra Thin with Wings.
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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Dunno about "happy," but Teres has certainly had periods that made her feel very, very relieved.
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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. Posts: 1319 | Registered: Jul 2005
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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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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!
quote: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."
I'm sure that has evoked a chorus of "shut up"s in both languages from cranky users everywhere. (ETA: I see sweetbaboo beat me to that thought! I'm a slow typist.) The French version is a bit less irritating, though.
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I vaguely remember reading something by Erma Bombeck where she talks about drinking. If the kids saw her taking a drink and she couldn't give them a reason, they would be telling people that she was celebrating another "no-baby month." I'll have to see if I can find the book somewhere ...
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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 . . .
I think there are a few, but not making disposable prouduct. I know there are co-ops for the Keeper.
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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 Posts: 90 | Registered: Jul 1999
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Always Ultra Thin has another vote from this quarter. They're surprisingly comfortable, inasmuch as they can be...
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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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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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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! Posts: 6246 | Registered: Aug 2004
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<<<<<<<<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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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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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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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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