Comments for Menstrual joys and woes at http://empowerment4women.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://empowerment4women.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:46:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://empowerment4women.com/blog/blog/menstrual_joys_and_woes/#comment-236 I have found using tampons only added to my discomfort during my cycles. Through my research for something new I found winalite it is a sanitary pad free of chemicals and synthetic materials. It also has something called an anion strip embedded in every pad it is antibacterial and helps with moods, cramps, irritability, just to name a few. You can go to freesanitarynapkins.com/ and try for yourself its free you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. - jenna Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:52:26 +0100 http://empowerment4women.com/blog/blog/menstrual_joys_and_woes/#comment-197 I am seconding Kendall's enthusiasm for the DivaCup. Seriously y'all, this thing is AMAZING. I got my period New Year's Eve and was all bummed, and then I remembered I had just purchased a DivaCup from the fancy grocery store. At first I was nervous to try it for the first time on New Year's Eve, "Oh man, this better work because I am going to be out dancing all night and if it starts to leak or whatever I will be thoroughly pissed." OK, you know when you're out on the town, and you're on your period, and you have to navigate a super long line for the nasty bathroom with no toilet paper and try to drunkenly change a tampon? Well NO MORE. I popped the DivaCup in, danced and drank until 5am and didn't give it a second thought. I actually FORGOT I was on my period! No more wearing a tampon with a pad in case the tampon leaks. No more needing heavy tampons, regular tampons, overnight pads, and pantiliners to navigate your cycle. No more needing to remember to stock your bathroom, purse, office, car, and boyfriend's apartment with tampons every month. No more waking up to your period at 2am and realizing you're out of feminine products and having to cram toilet paper in your underwear until you can get to Walgreens. No more trashcans filled with lovely red biowaste-soaked products (yay environment!) NO MORE SCRATCHY CLOTH-LIKE SUBSTANCES ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR VAGINA.... ...and seriously, there's no better argument than that. - S Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:22:37 +0100 http://empowerment4women.com/blog/blog/menstrual_joys_and_woes/#comment-191 As far as I know, nausea is very common during periods. I know at least a couple in my family who have this symptom. There are a few (lucky?) who have periods that come and go like breeze. For me, it has always been full of cramps, and now after having a child, its more - extreme fatigue, back-aches, head-aches and all the previleges(!) of PMS and post-MS!!! It was the same back when I'd time to exercise. Its the hormones, and I hate the pre-, during and post-, but once its over, I am back to my usual great self and try my best not to think about it. And so I do spend as less time as possible for the kind of products I use. - AGR Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:51:37 +0100 http://empowerment4women.com/blog/blog/menstrual_joys_and_woes/#comment-95 Hi Sarah, Here's a link to the article I referenced above about menstruation - it talks much more in detail about alternative menstrual products including sea sponges, cloth pads, diva cups and keepers. There's also the option of buying organic pads and tampons to avoid the mass of chemicals found in commercial products. There are also some links at the bottom of the article to places on the web to buy great alternative menstrual products - my favorite is Lunapads!! Good luck!! Oh - and yesterday, on a whim I grabbed some fabric, sewed up the ends, and filled it with rice and dry lentils and some herbal teabags to make a heatpack - it took me all of 10 minutes to make with stuff I already had on hand and was soooo amazing to my cramping uterus!! http://empowerment4women.com/content/view/1960/50/ - Leisha Sagan Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:50:29 +0100