Lemmings without bidet: how do you deal with your period?
Do you regularly take half showers between tampons or you're fine with just drying for the most intense days?
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Do you regularly take half showers between tampons or you're fine with just drying for the most intense days?
Well, firstly, you don't need a lot of time between tampons, technically -- so long as the absorption size isn't too crazy and you're changing them frequently enough. Secondly, fuck tampons, get a menstrual cup. For the uninitiated, it's a silicone doohickey essentially shaped like a bell that fits around the cervix. Learning curve? Yes. Squick factor? Probably. tons of sizes. Safer than tampons (see Toxic Shock Syndrome).
Pays for itself in a few months if you have heavy flow.
Bidet would be a little less necessary but still, if heated, v nice.
If I've had a rough second day I'll half-shower rinse, sure, but the merula xl is just about big enough to handle it otherwise.
I switch between those and Period Panties. Sometimes anything internal makes cramps worse, and honestly, I really dread rummaging around in there to drag it out while covering my hand in blood. It's just not practical to empty/rinse at work and I do 16 hour shifts, so it's not possible to just pop it in for the work day either. I use the cup when I'm not at work and it's past the crampy days. Sometimes tampons + period panties are the only solution for me.
I tried the cup. I have several sizes. They just got stuck in there and never popped open and almost ended up going to the ER to have it removed.
My condolences.
My super jenny isn't firm at all and I don't have trouble maneuvering it but the merula xl is very firm and that fucker hurts if it pops too soon ☠️