Schools providing Sanitary protection

annandale

And that is why if people do donate to foodbanks please give in sanitary products and stuff like toothpaste. Shampoo.

My fuel. Council tax as I pay the water charge as we do in Scotland. Bus fares and internet as I have to have it to jobsearch, takes up more than a third of the universal credit I get. That’s before other bills. Before I eat.

I also don’t automatically qualify for warm home discount and I didn’t get the cold weather payment last year on two occasions as I’m not in a vulnerable group.

And those of us up here will often pay higher fuel bills as it’s colder

My issue is lack of money. I know how to budget.

Spendless

peachyprice wrote: »

I can relate to this. My mother was far from useless in most others areas and we were far from poor, but she just didn't 'think' to make sure sanpro was always available. She had a hysterectomy at 32, before my periods started so sanpro wasn't on her radar, for some reason she just didn't seem to notice my cycle. Like you I was embarrassed to ask and also i'll admit to being less than organised and would often forget I was due so often had to improvise.

My experience was the same and though my mother hadn't had a hysterectomy was still having periods, she used tampons, something I wasn't confident about using until I was 16, 3 years after my periods started. Once on discovering I'd used my pocket money to buy sanitary towels she told me that I wasn't expected to but still there was no monthly supply for me.

My own daughter 'hollers' more if she needs some as her supply has run out, but I did establish a drawer for her when she started hers, containing pads, dark knickers, 'nappy' sacks and a supply of chocolate sometimes finds it's way in. I'm organised more for her due to my own experiences.

mirko

I imagine if men had periods sanitary products would be available for free in every school and workplace as standard.

"Poverty" aside it just seems like a no-brainer to have them available in schools, especially if they're only 23p as the original poster claims.

KxMx

Annandale, I used the word "some" not "all"...

Of course I realise for some it is not always a budgeting issue but a lack of money.

But some is not all so that still leaves people who maybe need guidance and help in that area.

ViolaLass

Both_Feet_on_Terra_Firma wrote: »

I did not call anyone a useless parent but unfortunately there are parents who care about other things more than their children Fact

I didn't say there weren't. I asked what the relative proportions are and I pointed out that punishing the child doesn't help the situation.

Care to comment on either of those points? Or would you rather just sit and judge?

kingfisherblue

I wish that I was able to manage with a 23p pack of sanitary towels! I need a few packs of the night time pads fior the 7-10 days that I'm on, and always have. Doctors have checked for problems over the years, but I just have a naturally heavy flow. I eagerly await the point at which I no longer have periods. After all, my youngest child is now 18, I'm almost 50, and have no desire for any more children.

Tabbytabitha

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

While that's definitely preferable to your situation, that friend might have wished she could have the conversation though. Seems a shame to me to not talk about something that mother and daughter will have in common, to have a moan and talk about ways to best cope with the various downsides.

That's probably true these days but less so for earlier generations.

Tabbytabitha

kingfisherblue wrote: »

I wish that I was able to manage with a 23p pack of sanitary towels! I need a few packs of the night time pads fior the 7-10 days that I'm on, and always have. Doctors have checked for problems over the years, but I just have a naturally heavy flow. I eagerly await the point at which I no longer have periods. After all, my youngest child is now 18, I'm almost 50, and have no desire for any more children.

Before my hysterectomy I was the same. I was on the pill anyway throughout my twenties and early thirties so I solved the problem by just taking it all the time without the monthly break. Couldn't you do that?

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Tabbytabitha wrote: »

Before my hysterectomy I was the same. I was on the pill anyway throughout my twenties and early thirties so I solved the problem by just taking it all the time without the monthly break. Couldn't you do that?

Depends - doctors can be very twitchy about people over 30 being on the pill, especially if they're overweight or have other risk factors; normally the progesterone only pill is all that they'll prescribe and, in my case, all that did was make me bleed every single day of the month (as the injection and Mirena coil does for some). And not all Gynaes, never mind GPs, like women taking the pill back to back like that because of some concern about it potentially masking serious issues or increasing the risk of pill related problems, as it means they're taking considerably more hormones than normal.

Fortunately (in this case, not in any other sense), I've been infertile since I was 30, so after trying a couple of different brands with the same result, I just stopped taking anything and got on with it. As my periods are only heavy for a couple of days, usually, with just a very heavy/longer one every three months or so, I can manage with a cup - which wouldn't have been suitable for bleeding lightly every day. But it doesn't work like that for everybody.


These days, when I'm curled up in bed on a bad one, I end up muttering darkly about how pointless it is to continue having the blasted things and roll on the menopause.

KxMx

As I posted The Pill didn't do much for me, though I did take 2 packs together to reduce the number of periods. GP & Nurse knew this.

Due to my weight 5 years ago I was changed to the PoP and have never looked back. What passes as a period now is light bleeding for a couple days 3-4 times a year. In fact i tend to find cramping the worse part!

It really is a case of finding what suits the individual's circumstances, because what hasn't worked for the poster above has been so brilliant for me.