Comments on: My tampons are going extinct

By: Becca

Becca — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:01:58 +0000

I have no problem touching my body, but I prefer the tampons with plastic applicators because my period in generally very light, so changing tampons is very uncomfortable if the cotton is not covered, since tampons seem to remove all natural moisture along with the flow. Also, I work long hours and need to change tampons in a stall. Just because someone prefers the easy and physically comfortable way, doesn’t mean they are afraid of their own body.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:03:42 +0000

Hear hear! I was equally upset when I found ob was off the shelf. I found some lingering in a Walgreens, but I may just have to try the online thing if I don’t find them again.

By: Pretty Price Check (02.11.11) | Beauty Schooled

Pretty Price Check (02.11.11) | Beauty Schooled — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:08:27 +0000

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By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:53:17 +0000

@Heather
Thanks for letting me know

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:52:54 +0000

@Louise
tampons freaked me out, too, around your age

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:12:34 +0000

I started out using Kotex, because it was what my mom handed me, and then consequently had a terrible experience with a cardboard applicator when desperate and in a foreign country- I’m totally okay with my exploding plastic tips. I now use the DivaCup (which you’ve gotten tons of rec’s for now- once I started grad school and got even more absent minded, it was pretty necessary, since I started to worry that I was forgetting to take one out- mine are really light, so I wouldn’t always wear them. And as someone who’s never touched an o.b. and has large boobs, I don’t feel excluded by your blog Wanted to let you know.

By: Louise, aged 15

Louise, aged 15 — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:58:41 +0000

I know I’m very weird but tampons freak me out!

By: Deanna

Deanna — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:00:52 +0000

The diva cup has changed my life! I used to use ob tampons, too, but came across an ad for the diva cup in a magazine. LOVE it! Takes a couple of days to “practice” putting it in correctly but after that it’s a breeze. You don’t feel it, you can leave it in all day and no worrying about being out somewhere and not having a tampon.
AND, I love that I don’t have to have any back-up panty-lines like I used to with tampons in case of that dreaded “overflow”. Wish I’d had this 20 years ago!! Just think of all the hygiene products I’ve contributed to the landfill…but no more!

By: Laurel

Laurel — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:09:54 +0000

@Amy and any others with heavy periods, DivaCup would be excellent for you! It holds one fluid ounce. I have a moderate/light flow, and even on my heaviest days it’s only about half full after 12 hours. It is also way less irritating than changing a tampon frequently, because the DivaCup is silicone, so it never dries you out.

By: Nadja

Nadja — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:27:02 +0000

I had an outright panic attack when that shortage hit me! I have now bought a couple boxes to horde in the event that something ever happens to my precious tampons again…