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Im just wondering what you chicka's all use more, pads or tampons. Ben and I were having a chat about pads and tampons, and im just curious to know what is more used, ben seems to think tampons, i think pads..
I myself am a pad girl. But ill use a tampon if swimming or going for a bath, sometimes ill use one for a shower if im really heavy.
I actually haven't used a tampon since DD1 was born.
I don't really know why, just can't bring myself to do it. I think at the start I was scared it would hurt - my 1st AF was 4 months after she was born - but I really don't know.
Tampons all the way here. I hate the feeling of pads even the slim/thin ones make me feel like i am wearing a nappy. I will wear a panty liner though at the end when my flow is minimal. Apart from having my girls and wearing Maternity pads i dont remember the last time i used them for a normal AF.
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Tampon, hardly ever use a pad - only when Im really short on tampons or very heavy.
However, I have been waiting for this pregnacy and after it will start using a mooncup or similar. Im thinking or getting into reusable/cloth pads too.
Aside from the enviroment and costs it surely got to be better for your body. I wish I had known about them years ago. I sometimes wonder if tampons have contributed in anyway to some of my endo etc.
On an enviro aspect re; tampons, DH went to the sewage works when he was at school for a tour, and he said the ponds were just full of tampons. He said it was obvious to him that the shouldnt all be there, yet unfortunatley they are.
I would love to be able to use tampons but don't know how to insert them properly. Mum never allowed me to use tampons as a teenager incase my virginity would be taken (we have to be virgins when we marry - i'm islamic).
I'm thinking of buying tampons for summer, so i'll have to keep on trying until i get it right!
I have always been a tampon user - like Kim wouldn't be caught dead with a pad on before. Now I can't use tampons. I'm sure it will just take a while to get back into the swing of things down there, but after three AF's still no luck. I hate pads
Tampons for sure. I remember when i first used them and thought omg I should have done it earlier. It's like you don't even have AF. Pads feels so uncomfy to me and not as clean for some reason.
Why have ppl had to change to pads after having a baby?? Ahh....I don't think I could cope!
I use tampons during the day and pads at night but after this bub I think I will start using a mooncup or Diva cup. I just hate to think what these are doing to the environment. I also worry about the effect of tampons on the body eg. drying out the vagina, increasing the length & flow of periods and TSS so I don't like using them overnight.
I have always used tampons. Since the first day, of my first AF way back when! lol. I hate the feeling of pads, I am always scared that someone will be able to see them. And sometimes they make that awful sound when you walk! ARGH! Prob just me being paranoid though!
What is a mooncup & divacup? I have never heard of it
SJ - they hurt I think for me it may have to do with the breastfeeding because it makes things 'dry' down there. Someone has recommended to try lube and vaseline on it to help but that just weirds me out a little. Hopefully you'll be lucky and AF won't come back until BFing has predominantly stopped affecting your hormones.
I'm a pads girl, I always had trouble inserting tampons when I was young but I was desperate to wear them cause all my friends were. Since having my two babies tampons can't come big enough for my flow. I did try one last AF however within 1 1/2 hours I had to go to a pad. It seems more natural to allow your AF freedom to flow.
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The tampons that come with an applicator are the easiest to insert if you aren't sure how. I have tried all types of tampons and I have found these the easiest with the less amount of "mess".
Mooncup for me - so I guess that's the tampon option. But only for the first 3 days, for the following 2-4 days I use pantyliners as there's so little blood.
A mooncup is a menstrual cup. It's a plastic... cup, sort of like the top of a goblet with a wide rim and it sits inside your vagina and catches the blood. It's really easy to use, just a little odd to get out at first. The first few times I'd say wear a pad/liner with it because if you're not used to it it may leak, but I've only had that once. It's really easy to use and cheaper than tampons, plus you don't run out. And you can see how much blood you've caught in it because it has markings on! I know, I know, I'm so anal I like to measure EVERYTHING. Also because it's a cup it doesn't dry you out, which is the big problem with tampons, and because you're not dry you don't feel it very much.
Interesting how many use pads! I am def tampons!! Only pads for night and I hate them!! Nothing really changed for me after having kids, got straight back into tampons when AF came back.
addit - rosehip what do you do when you go out? Do you need to wash the mooncup? Sorry, mooncup virgin!!!
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