Feminine Hygiene Moneysaving Alternatives

Gingham_Ribbon

Spendless wrote:

GR-Do the pads go back to their original colour-if you catch my drift.

Mine have. But I clean them sooner rather than later and use 'Ace' occasionally.

Emmy

Well I just told my daughter that I had ordered her some washable pads, thinking that she would be horrified (in the mood to wind her up) and she said....just so long as they are pink!!!!!!! that backfired!!! what was that website then??

Gingham_Ribbon

Peeweez. Just scroll through for different patterns. There's a cute pale blue one near the bottom but I like the paisley ones.

You have to click 'choose' at the top and click on menstrual pads.

Emmy

Thanks Gingham.... I am ordering 6 it says I should alter the amount...how do I do that??

Gingham_Ribbon

Emmy wrote:

Thanks Gingham.... I am ordering 6 it says I should alter the amount...how do I do that??

Ah, I forgot about that. I'm not very computer literate and couldn't work it out. I emailed her and she got back to me very promptly with instructions.

Sorry that's not very helpful.

Emmy

I just paid the £21 and asked her to send me a cheque or whatever when sending out the pads .....well I purchased a mooncup for me and pads for my daughter !!!! what a bluddy expensive night LOL

aeuerby

I've been using the mooncup for quite a while now and love it. I find it no messier than tampons which couldn't cope with my heavier flow over night but the mooncup generally copes very well. I had a few leaks in the beginning but for the last couple of times it's been leak free :j

SamanthaC wrote:

For a one off payment of £17.99 you instantly have 10 years worth of sanitary protection. (This is about 6 months worth of tampons.) So not only are you saving money but you are saving the environment. It is also much healthier for your body because you are not exposed to the bleach in conventional products and they do not dry you out exposing you to thrush.

Their web site is www.mooncup.co.uk

Does this seem like an advert from an employee of mooncup to anyone else? I'm thinking new user with just the one post no other contributions tho the thread... :undecided

holstar

Marigold123 wrote:

I will definitely need to shorten the stem of my mooncup.

...but I may need to have it a little higher as after children I have found I'm very sensitive to things like tampon strings, etc.

you may want to cut bits off it slowly, rather than all in one go, particularly if you have it a bit higher up...better cutting off little bits at a time rather than cutting it all off and then getting it stuck :eek:

I started off only cutting half the stem off (after trying it with all the stem on still), but every period since I have ended up cutting a little more off as I get more confident with getting it out.

Rebob

Have used the peeweez pads now for months. I only use disposables at night when I need packing up and more length.

They are softer and more reliable than standard pads as they stay on your pants not stuck on your bum!

Macnab

Janey Lee Grace (steve wrights radio 2 prog) has also mentioned mooncup and also magnetic solutions for feminine pains problems etc, she's got a web page with a forum, plus book https://www.imperfectlynaturalwoman.co.uk have only just found the site but looks worth a visit.......