Women's hygiene issues

I have used it for at least 10 years and could not live without it!! The best thing ever, at events I don't need to use the stinky port-o-lets, when swimming no leaks, I can go a whole day without having to mess with it....I don't worry about it being in too long like with tampons, so much cleaner because I don't have to worry  in public restrooms...

Hi Ladies, well I no longer have to worry about "pads and tampons" but I have one monostat and I need to get some more, just in case. There is nothing worse than a huge yeast infection.

I wish I had known about the cup because the last 6 years were the worst for large amount of flow. Let's face it a cup would be much cleaner and easier to deal with than paper items that you have to store and then dispose of. As we keep putting in preps storage is getting short.

I just hope the men will read this because they have wives, pre-teen and teen girls to worry about.

Thank you fab4 for the post it is a good prep subject.

Thanks for the great info...I just wish I had heard of it sooner. I have about 12-15 months worth of tampons! Oh well, I ordered one today anyway.

I'll keep them for now, just in case my sister-in-law ends up here when TSHTF. Or they may make a good barter item. There is a NP org here called Woman's Community that I volunteer for and donate to regularly, and you're right, they would be welcomed there.

Wise? Thanks Flumom!

I got the luck of the genes! My mom did not have a bad time of it and neither did I. However, let me warn you, I and some of the women I work with had the same experience here goes...

You wake up in the middle of the night paranoid... about what you do not know. You feel like you are going nuts and panic feeling. I use to go out side and that did not even help. I thought I was going nuts until I told a few women at work and they had the same experience. It is almost a feeling of claustraphobia only worse.   That lasted one year maybe 3-5 times a month.

If that happens go to your Dr. and ask for something to help. Mine gave me Alprazolam .25 mg and I only took 1/2 of that little pill. It calmed me down and I could go to sleep within 20 minutes.

I also woke up with the sweats and got hot flashed sometimes during the day but never so bad that I took anything. I would go to your local vitamin store, Vitamin Cottage in Colorado is where I go. Ask them for help with the hot flashes it will be better than hormones... unless you are really bad.

It is not as bad as some women say, most of the ladies I work with have gone through it in the past 3 years.   Some are just starting to go through it and we all start laughing when one of us begins removing clothes yelling its is so HOT in here! The young teachers have their rooms so hot us old gals about die!

It is not as bad as the men say it is!! LOL

Oh don't worry you will make it ok. Not all women get this nutsy thing. Some just get hot flashes.

Menopause is like pregnancy, women love to tell you how bad labor was or how horrible the C-Section was but it is never as bad as they scare you into thinking it is.

Relax, I wanted you to know of my experience because Knowledge is Power.

My husband and son never knew there was anything was wrong I just kept my mouth shut. When I got hot flashes I just took a damp wash cloth and used it to cool down and that was mostly at night and they never woke up.
In the winter I just walked out in the back yard and cooled off.

Here is the good news you may not have any of these problems you might just sail right through.

Hope this helps.

Wife uses diva cup and loves it.

Okay, so I ordered the Diva cup and just tried it for the first time. Ladies, try it! Men out there prepping for wives, buy one for your wife/daughters etc. I don't know why anyone would ever use tampons again, just for the convenience factor alone. Regarding bird flu, it sure beats stocking up on all of the hygiene products that will eventually run out anyway!

Saw info on Diva Cup here several months ago in an old thread and bought one for prep then decided to try it out.  I use it when flow is heaviest and have found it doesn't  leak.   Comfortable.  I highly recommend it.