What do you use??

[dee73]

I'm a pad girl, always have been except if I'm going swimming. Just don't like sticking the tampon in, feels unnatural...

[Salsa]

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.

[Turkish Delight]

I've used pads since i got my first AF.

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!

But a pad user here.

[feeb]

Pads here also. When going swimming or had sports at school I would wear tampons (unless i deliberatly forgot clothes so I didnt need to participate)

I have always found tampons to be a pain maybe i am just lazy!!!!!!!!

[The[cookie]Doctor]

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

[Nai]

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.

[Elyse84]

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

[The[cookie]Doctor]

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.

[PamyK]

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.

Message for Turkish Delight.

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".

[Heaven]

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!