Sanitary towels for teens

patchwork_cat

SingleSue wrote: »

I was heavy right from the get go too (started at 11) and my mum was another who didn't like tampons and discouraged their use...also using the virginity excuse.

When I started, mum didn't have any stocks in for me to use as she thought I would be like her and not start until I was 15, so she had to call a neighbour who came down with this huge towel, a belt and a pair of very large granny knickers.....so embarrassing.

After that first period, I bought my own towels as mum didn't have a clue and tried buying the full size towels for me when they had these new style stick on ones (Vespre or something) and within a few months I bought my first pack of tampons as we were going on holiday and I hated the thought of not being able to go swimming...mum was very very annoyed with me until a friend of the family explained they were ok for people of my age to use.

Due to the heavyness of the periods on the first day, I always had to change very very regularly and have a towel as a back up...by the time of my hysterectomy, I had to use tampons and towels together at the same time, the towel or the tampon on their own was never enough, even when changed every 30 minutes (I could flood through even the most absorbant towel in 20 minutes, I even at points had to double towel with a tampon!).

Thankfully though, I had a hysterectomy done 10 years ago (at age 31), so haven't had to worry since then and as I have 3 boys, I won't have the stress of dealing with daughters having them either!

Just read your sig and I assume that you know that Ehler's Danlos can be the cause of heavy periods, I believe. Aware that all done and dusted for you, lucky thing!, but thought if you weren't aware you might be interested to know.

Becles

I've tried all sorts of tampons but I just don't get on with them. They don't go in right and they feel really uncomfortable and I feel like I should be walking bandy legged

I've worn Always pads under running tights and they are so thin, they can't be seen. I know as I've done various bending in front of the mirror just to check as I'm paranoid Have also worn them in knickers under bikini bottoms too and they didn't show.

claire16c

Even though you cant see pads, which I do agree you can't (apart from maybe the night time ones but then whos looking anyway? )you can still feel them, AND your period, so I used to hate the fact that if you were standing up or sitting down for lengths of time and them moved to do the opposite you could just feel it, just gross to me! Also you couldn't go swimming or anything, would totally ruin a beach holiday if you got your period then! Thats actually why I started using tampons in the first place because I was not about to miss out on a snorkelling trip

VfM4meplse

It's true what they say about Tampax you know! I have just run 7 miles and swum 40 lengths. Now where are my rollerskates?

pigpen

I have never been able too use tampax they get really long and thin.. all other brands get wider as they absorb moisture tampax just turn into string!

Gotta love a mooncup! lol

delain

Can you just imagine the average 13 year old's reaction to a mooncup :rotfl:

Great idea though I agree. Never been quite brave enough

VfM4meplse

delain wrote: »

Can you just imagine the average 13 year old's reaction to a mooncup :rotfl:

Great idea though I agree. Never been quite brave enough

I think the older you are, the more amenable you become to the idea of using a mooncup. I would invest in one, but I have enough Tampax to last me until the menopause...

delain

Becles wrote: »

I've tried all sorts of tampons but I just don't get on with them. They don't go in right and they feel really uncomfortable and I feel like I should be walking bandy legged

I've worn Always pads under running tights and they are so thin, they can't be seen. I know as I've done various bending in front of the mirror just to check as I'm paranoid Have also worn them in knickers under bikini bottoms too and they didn't show.

Getting a mental image now :rotfl::rotfl:

You must be quite bendy lol I'm hypermobile in a lot of my joints so bendy, but so un-coordinated I'd end up on my bum probably with a black eye if I tried to bend over and look at my own bum, mirror or not :o

That doesn't even cover the fact that if OH caught me doing that he'd be telling people at barbeques for at least 20 years

pigpen

delain wrote: »

Can you just imagine the average 13 year old's reaction to a mooncup :rotfl:

Great idea though I agree. Never been quite brave enough

My friend ave her daughter a mooncup when she was about 12 or 13 and she was horrified.. she wanted to go swimming with her friends.. I think in the end she got some organic cotton tampons.. but it amuses me still.

OH was horrified when he realised I do actually wash my mooncups in the dishwasher with the rest of the pots and pans! And I have one in the cutlery drawer lol..

VfM4meplse

pigpen wrote: »

My friend ave her daughter a mooncup when she was about 12 or 13 and she was horrified.. she wanted to go swimming with her friends.. I think in the end she got some organic cotton tampons.. but it amuses me still.

OH was horrified when he realised I do actually wash my mooncups in the dishwasher with the rest of the pots and pans! And I have one in the cutlery drawer lol..

Why???! :eek: