Sanitary towels for teens

puddy

janninew wrote: »

Maybe I just have a sensitive nose, but blood smells quite strongly to me and makes me feel sick! I'm just not good with blood full stop!

me too, i find it quite obvious

puddy

muckybutt wrote: »

Its a different subject I must admit, however can I just point out to you ladies....please please dont put wipes or towels down the toilets.

Hopefully you dont but there are some ladies that make my life a mysery by doing exactly that.

They cause 100's of pounds worth of damage to the sanitary system by either blocking up the sewer or blocking up waste macerators, the latter cost's sometimes £1000's of pounds to repair and or replace.

I am a maintenance engineer and it's me that gets the call to unblock or shift ( for want of a better phrase ) your !!!! ! the number of towels / wipes and tampons I pull out is sometimes beyond a joke. Sewer systems are just not designed to take these products away, thats why sanitary bins are provided in many places, please bear a thought for others when you use these products and dispose of them in the proper bins, if there is no bin then wrap it / them up and take to a bin elsewhere.

Thank you.

yes, i plead guilty to this. is it really so bad, whats the difference between that and a big turd?

candygirl

I started my periods at 14, and bled like a stuck pig for years till I went on the pill at 16.I wore towels as could never get tampons up till after I had DD, and then still struggled:eek::eek::eek:
You lot that started at 9 were soo young:eek::eek:

pigpen

puddy wrote: »

yes, i plead guilty to this. is it really so bad, whats the difference between that and a big turd?

I found kitchen towels blocked mine more than anything.. only used in emergency when we ran out of loo roll.

Id rather shift a million STs/tampons/mushes of bog paper than ONE stinking honking vulgar turd... I hate having to break their backs to get them round the U lol... and THEY are usually man products!!!!

thegirlintheattic

Must depend on a person's sense of smell. I was always hyper aware of a coppery smell when I used pads which I hated. Main reason I stopped using them though was everytime I stood up I got a sudden 'rush' of blood which felt very strange.

Have you tried non-applicator tampons? I've found them much better to place than the applicator types.

candygirl

pigpen wrote: »

I found kitchen towels blocked mine more than anything.. only used in emergency when we ran out of loo roll.

Id rather shift a million STs/tampons/mushes of bog paper than ONE stinking honking vulgar turd... I hate having to break their backs to get them round the U lol... and THEY are usually man products!!!!

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:TMI hun:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Torry_Quine

candygirl wrote: »

I started my periods at 14, and bled like a stuck pig for years till I went on the pill at 16.I wore towels as could never get tampons up till after I had DD, and then still struggled:eek::eek::eek:
You lot that started at 9 were soo young:eek::eek:

I was 11 and used pads for many years, it never occurred to me otherwise. Now alternate between towels and tampons and sometimes need both.

Blue_Elephant wrote: »

I can smell blood even from a cut finger though, it's smells.. iron-y if that makes sense, isn't that normal then? Funnier still, I'm a first-aider... teehee!

There's a diference between smelling blood open to the air though.

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

Must depend on a person's sense of smell. I was always hyper aware of a coppery smell when I used pads which I hated. Main reason I stopped using them though was everytime I stood up I got a sudden 'rush' of blood which felt very strange.

Have you tried non-applicator tampons? I've found them much better to place than the applicator types.

I'm now concerned that some women are able to 'smell' me! :eek:

I hate non-applicator tampons, find applicator ones much better.

*max*

Well, hats off to you Muckybutt, seriously! I couldn't do what you do. _pale_

delain

pigpen wrote: »

I found kitchen towels blocked mine more than anything.. only used in emergency when we ran out of loo roll.

Id rather shift a million STs/tampons/mushes of bog paper than ONE stinking honking vulgar turd... I hate having to break their backs to get them round the U lol... and THEY are usually man products!!!!

I'd be dragging the man in question back by his ears to do the job himself :eek::eek:

Fortunately (in some ways) I live in a modern ish house and the plumbing can cope with man packages

pigpen

candygirl wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:TMI hun:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

There is no such thing as TMI in my house.. nothing is sacred!