KitLily wrote:
Thanks y-pod.
Oh what is a menstrual disc? Never heard of that.
I wonder if any woman has easy periods, tbh. Nearly everyone I know has/had awful periods. My friend pointed out that women are actually not meant to have constant periods, we're meant to be constantly pregnant like other mammals, so we shouldn't be on this monthly rollercoaster anyway. And doctors are mystified because they haven't had to deal with women having constant periods for long enough to know what to do with us. Probably only since the 1960s when the Pill arrived.
I think that makes sense to me in some ways.
Menstrual discs are silicone cups that collect the blood inside near the cervix. They're larger and softer than menstrual cups and don't "suck" onto anything. I use the Diva disc because it's locally available in every store. I think they all work the same, though. I learned about them from here:
https://www.periodnirvana.com/I don't know if you used tampons and cups before. If you did and are familiar with your anatomy this should be an easy switch. I had no problem from the first try.
Hopefully you won't need any of these any more. I agree with the constantly pregnant theory.
But then we're probably not meant to live so many years after menopause either. I'd still take periods over raising ten babies.
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