For everyone that says they need a pad too for heavy days.... Do super tampons not work during heavy days?!
My periods are seriously like Niagara falls. On my heaviest days I can go through a SUPER-PLUS tampon in an hour, and I don't always have the time every hour to run off and change it. So sometimes I'll keep an ultra thin pad on as backup. I hate it, but I'd hate to constantly be ruining pants because of it more.
For everyone that says they need a pad too for heavy days.... Do super tampons not work during heavy days?!
My periods are seriously like Niagara falls. On my heaviest days I can go through a SUPER-PLUS tampon in an hour, and I don't always have the time every hour to run off and change it. So sometimes I'll keep an ultra thin pad on as backup. I hate it, but I'd hate to constantly be ruining pants because of it more.
Shit. I will never ever complain about my period. I guess they are lighter than I thought they were after hearing everyone else.
Like sometimes I'll start my period by waking up in the morning, getting out of bed/standing up, and a river of blood pouring out of me. No joke. Murder scene status.
Like sometimes I'll start my period by waking up in the morning, getting out of bed/standing up, and a river of blood pouring out of me. No joke. Murder scene status.
I compare mine frequently to a murder scene. It's bad.
I'd prefer to just use tampons but my uterus sucks and I have to use a super plus tampon AND an overnight pad for the majority of my period every month.
For everyone that says they need a pad too for heavy days.... Do super tampons not work during heavy days?!
There are even super plus plus, the purple Tampax! I have endo, I bled like a wild beast and they worked for me. Sometimes I'd have to change them every 1-2 hours, when off of the pill, but anything is better than diaper crotch.
I had the same bleeding issue before my hyst. Damn it sucks! I'd wear only super plus tampond, plus overnight pads. I still had a few bad incidents where that wasn't enough. Damn endo sucks!!
Post by kradleygirl on Dec 12, 2013 1:58:17 GMT -5
I wear pads exclusively. The only time I'll wear a tampon is if I've booked a massage, or I really want to swim. I just feel weird when I'm wearing a tampon and don't keep them in for long when I do use them.
Post by mrsukyankee on Dec 12, 2013 2:47:54 GMT -5
When my period is super heavy, I wear a light pad along with my tampon in case of not being able to get to the bathroom in time (such as days with back to back counselling appointments). I have to wear a tampon and a heavy pad at night or I'll bleed through. This is only two days out of the period, but it has to be done. When I don't do it, I end up with blood everywhere. Hate it.
Tampons all the way. I like the OB ones without the applicator. They're more comfortable than the applicator ones. I also don't understand what's so hard about inserting a tampon correctly, and I apparently have a weird-shaped vag (according to doctors who have done pap tests and every guy I've ever slept with -- "not bad weird, just different" they say…). I will say that I definitely have to use the right size tampon for my flow that day, so I buy the multi-packs and keep lots of different sizes around.
I hate wearing pads. I hate actually feeling the flow as it exits my body (sorry if that's icky, but it's true) and I hate knowing that it's rubbing up against my skin. Pads feel like diapers, and no pad in the history of the world has ever felt comfortable to me.
Both. Super or super plus tampons plus pads. The best I've found are the always infinity. I'm not going to risk ruining my pants if I can'to get to the bathroom every hour.
Post by Miss Phryne Fisher on Dec 12, 2013 6:54:50 GMT -5
Diva cup. I haven't bought feminine hygiene products in over 6 years. My love isn't out of its cheap price though, it is just such a better way for me. I would always have a tampon dry on one side and that hurt to pull out. Either that or the supers would leak. My periods are very unpredictable.
Post by starburst604 on Dec 12, 2013 7:02:20 GMT -5
I wore a pad for about an hour during my first period, then found my mom's super plus tampons which seemed GIANT, but I shoved that thing in there. My period is light though, I could get away with one regular tampon a day except maybe the first day when it's heavier. Obviously I change them every 4-6 anyway though. Oh except that one time I forgot to take out the last one.... :/
For everyone that says they need a pad too for heavy days.... Do super tampons not work during heavy days?!
My periods are seriously like Niagara falls. On my heaviest days I can go through a SUPER-PLUS tampon in an hour, and I don't always have the time every hour to run off and change it. So sometimes I'll keep an ultra thin pad on as backup. I hate it, but I'd hate to constantly be ruining pants because of it more.
This is me too. The Infinity pads are good though if you have to wear them.
I wore pads in high school and pp. With the mirena, I don't get normal periods, but will sometimes have to wear a pantyliner as it's not enough for a tampon.
For everyone that says they need a pad too for heavy days.... Do super tampons not work during heavy days?!
Back when I was still having periods, a super tampon would last about an hour. Sometimes 10 minutes depending on what I was doing. Once I had to go home from work at 11:00 because I had run through the 8 tampons I had brought for that day by then. If you've never had heavy periods, you just don't know what it's like. Thank God for black pants!
I used to wear tampons, but after tearing horrifically with DS1 I just can't do it anymore. They are just too uncomfortable. I hate the diapery feeling of pads, but that's the only option I have anymore.
I also hate the fact that in order to use the bathroom wearing pads, I must bring my purse with me. A tampon you can just slip in your pocket and no one knows. But I feel like, walking across the office with purse in hand, I might as well have a sign on my back that says "Look out! It's that time!!!"