would you switch to menstrual cups/reuseable pads?

[Lem]

Also random but the plumbing in the tower I work in sucks. All over the bathrooms they have signs that say not to flush your feminine products down the toilet but at least every few the whole system backs up because there's always some asshole that flushes their tampon.

 

[Iskanderia]

cups look like this:
https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/image ... yvIcMdOrAA
these ones sit low, just above the opening. they form an air tight seal and COLLECT (rather than "plug up" possibly shove fluid back through the cervix, cause TSS etc) the downside is they require crazy origami to use

Instead Softcup looks like this:
https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/image ... r6KL2gTVtQ
this one forms a seal directly around the cervix, with the bag part collecting fluid. it is almost identical to a cervical cap and can be worn during sex. these are disposable (though they now make semi "reuseable" ones that are meant to be used for one entire cycle but no more than that)

another option i didnt list was menstrual sponges (im not kidding)
https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/image ... Io-Ul4PaCw
i didn't list them because they are a stupider version of tampons

I've used Instead softcup on occasion, but i'm not sure why i just don't use them more often. my main hangup is that i would NEVER change them in a public bathroom. although it's not likely i'd ever need to, cups can be worn for 12 hours. i tested it on my heaviest days and after wearing it all day it wasnt even close to being full.

I think the Instead one is what I used. I didn't know you could wear one during sex. That seems...weird. I don't think I would chance it.

Quick bit of trivia but the last that I heard, they had discontinued the sponge because women would forget that they had one in and would end up getting toxic-shock syndrome because they'd have that thing inside them festering.

OMG hurl.

 

[PureElegance]

Quick bit of trivia but the last that I heard, they had discontinued the sponge because women would forget that they had one in and would end up getting toxic-shock syndrome because they'd have that thing inside them festering.

http://www.jadeandpearl.com/catalog/ind ... ucts_id=18
you can get them here XD And on Amazon.

 

[Berserk]

They can be custom trimmed to fit your unique form, so you won't even notice they are there!

Apparently that's the problem

But of course, not even sponges are as absorbent as Cherokee hair.

 

[MissUMana]

But of course, not even sponges are as absorbent as Cherokee hair.

Why not go back to papyrus, which was used to that purpose in Ancient Egypt?