I have recently made a change in my life. It has something to do with “time of the month” that all of us ladies go through, so I hesitated in blogging about it here, but the change I have made has improved my life so much that I decided to let go of any embarassment and blog about it anyway, in hopes that it might help some of you out there.
I will try to spare the more gory details for the sake of our male readers, but if any of you gals need more information, please feel free to email me!
For years and years, all I have ever known to use every month are disposable feminine hygiene products. They were never a great solution for me, with all kinds of messy, frustrating and inconvenient problems. Not to mention, I did feel a little guilty that I was clogging up landfills. And who likes going to the store for more supplies? Even worse – whose husbands or boyfriends appreciate being sent to the store for those supplies?
I really did not know there were other options out there besides what I was using. I had heard at some point about the Instead cup but was never tempted to try it because I was afraid they would be uncomfortable.
Recently, I was alerted about the existence of the Diva cup and cloth pads. The same ladies who alerted me to this handy dandy little thing also alerted me about the potential dangers of using disposable feminine hygiene products, from Toxic Shock Syndrome (which everybody already knows about, right?) to the fact that there are all kinds of chemicals in the products that are potentially carcinogenic. Did you know that there is chlorine in your run-of-the-mill disposable products? They use it to bleach it white.
These same ladies also said that they found their cramps greatly alleviated and their periods shortened by choosing more natural options. It had honestly not crossed my mind before that the products I was using could possibly affect the way my body handled that time of the month. Crazy, huh?
So I decided to try out the Diva cup after months of trying to talk myself out of it. And guess what? It works and it’s amazing! It’s hygienic, easy, comfortable and best of all, reusable. I don’t worry about Toxic Shock Syndrome. I have been using it for a couple of months now and I will never go back to the discomfort and mess of disposable products. Now instead of dreading that time of the month, I just cruise through it and sometimes even forget what I’m going through!
I hope this helps some of you out there who are ready to give up the hassle and cost of disposable feminine hygiene products and try something more healthful and earth friendly instead.
Here are some links for you to check out:
Diva Cup
The Keeper
Mercola on the dangers of disposable feminine hygiene products
Cloth pads info
As I said at the beginning, I did try not to dwell too much on intimate details, so if any of you female readers have more questions, please feel free to email me! The FAQs on the Diva Cup site are very insightful as well.
Last but not least, if you decide to buy a Diva Cup, run, do not walk, to the Better Life site and buy it from them at a steep discount.
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Sarah! You totally rock! Thanks so much for overcoming that nagging embarrassment over feminine things. (Why do we do that more often than men??? They have just as many embarrassing bodily functions as we do!)
I’m certainly intrigued about these products. I didn’t even know there was an alternative to the [landfilling] status-quo. Get this: A few months ago we had a sewer back-up, and I was never so red-faced as when the plumber told us (yes, ALL of us) that the problem was *drum roll* tampons (!) Since I’m the only “girl” in the household, I was the sole culprit. Doh! I swore that would never happen again. Ever. Thanks to you, Sarah, I see viable solutions.
And sending the hubbie off to the store for “products”? Well, that won’t happen again either! I imagine that I can even pack my device in my toiletry bag, and hardly anyone would even know what it is unless I tell them. How cool is that!
I definitely want to check out the Diva Cup. (Was that your choice?) Did you notice that someone wrote a little testimonial poem about the cup? LOL!
Hey Kelly,
I’m sorry I didn’t see your comment before now. It’s weird, sometimes I get email notifications of comments and often I just don’t get them! I’ll have to ask Ryan about that.
Anyway, yes, I went for the Diva cup a few months ago and I can’t imagine life any other way now. Let me know if you try it out and how you like it. You can email me if you’re embarrassed about it. LOL!
Where did you see a testimonial poem about tehe cup? That’s too funny!
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