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First period - recommend a towel?

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  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    Jaiden wrote: »
    Thx a lot for those links, i'm definately gonna get them and then have "the talk" :o
    And cheers to foreversomeday for the mooncup link :)

    Should have added as this is a moneysaving site, you can borrow them for free from the library.
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • ShockingPink
    ShockingPink Posts: 1,228 Forumite
    Poppy9 wrote: »
    Should have added as this is a moneysaving site, you can borrow them for free from the library.

    What, Mooncups? :eek: :rotfl:
    C'est le ton qui fait la chanson
  • Greenqueen_2
    Greenqueen_2 Posts: 407 Forumite
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    An idea for anyone interested--a glasses case makes a perfect sized holder for lady items.
  • squashy
    squashy Posts: 951 Forumite
    I use a mooncup- mine goes in the dishwasher to kill any bugs at the end of my cycle, after I have washed it through.
  • foreversomeday
    foreversomeday Posts: 1,011 Forumite
    ShockingPink wrote: »
    What, Mooncups? :eek: :rotfl:

    :rotfl: I think she meant the books!! Don't think I'd fancy a second hand mooncup either!
    I don't believe and I never did that two wrongs make a right
  • poorandindenial
    poorandindenial Posts: 4,097 Forumite
    I tried Mooncup and had an utterly traumatic experience. Admittedly it was largely my own fault as I though 'I will trim the stalk before I try it' BAD, BAD, BAD move. I was scrabbling around 'up there' for ages and had flashes of 'Oh sh*t, A&E and my OHs dad works at that hospital' going round my head. Managed to retrieve it but as I have quite long nails it wasn't ideal (use your own imagination)

    I will be sticking to my towels and tampons I think - am still traumatised from the experience

    To people thinking of trying mooncup - the moral is - cut your nails and not the stalk when you first try it.
    £34,547 (Dec 07); Current debt: £zilch (Debt free December 2010)
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  • Glad
    Glad Posts: 19,005 Senior Ambassador
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    my DD (16) started age 12, I'd given her some ST to carry with her (can't remember which but slim type)
    she had one period and wanted to try tampons, all her pals use them and she had no problems.
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  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    ShockingPink wrote: »
    What, Mooncups? :eek: :rotfl:
    yes under non fiction:rotfl:

    squashy wrote:
    I use a mooncup- mine goes in the dishwasher to kill any bugs at the end of my cycle, after I have washed it through.
    that is just gross:eek:
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • foreversomeday
    foreversomeday Posts: 1,011 Forumite
    Poppy9 wrote: »
    that is just gross:eek:

    I don't know - some of the other things that go in our dishwasher make me gag more than the thought of that!
    I don't believe and I never did that two wrongs make a right
  • merlinormartin
    merlinormartin Posts: 1,578 Forumite
    I suggest Always Silk :D ...... The Always website has a nice "find the perfect pad quiz" lol
    http://www.always-info.co.uk/find_your_pad.html#

    Good Luck!
    "Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone, and do not be troubled about the future, for it has yet to come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering"
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