Females of RYL because I love you and care about you very much...
 

Before I launch into my little rant, I can see no reason why a post like this would not be allowed. I have checked the rules and it doesn't seem to break any. I haven't labeled this *Adult* as any female can benefit from reading this and I don't believe this is an adult topic.

I've recently become more and more shocked that women do not understand the health implications of using disposable menstrual products or that they have not even considered the environmental implications. Obviously everyone should be free to make their own choice based on what works best for them but many women just aren't aware of the options they actually have.

Why tampons can be harmful to you and the environment:
http://www.thebody.com/content/art497.html
http://www.moteldarlene.com/tampons.htm

Information about reusable menstrual products:
http://www.gladrags.com/menstrual_musings.php
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/alt...menstrual.html
http://knol.google.com/k/diana/alter...o3cxyah6bh0/2#

Here is a full list of cups available and their websites:
The Keeper: made of natural rubber and from U.S.
http://www.keeper.com/aboutkeeper.html
The Moon Cup: made of silicone and from U.S.(same company as Keeper).
http://www.keeper.com/aboutmooncup.html
The Diva Cup: made of silicone and from Canada
http://www.divacup.com/
The Moon Cup UK: made of silicone and from U.K.
http://www.mooncup.co.uk/index.html
The Lunette: made of silicone and from Finland
http://www.lunette.fi/english_index.html
The Lady Cup and Pink Cup: made of silicone and from the Czech Republic known for being smaller and softer than many. They also have a clear pink one.
http://www.ladycup.eu/
The Mia Cup: made of silicone and from South Africa appears to be a solid pink color
http://www.miacup.co.za/

Cloth pads:
http://www.pinkrobin.co.uk/shop/bene...FWIB4wodajRjAg
http://www.lunapads.com/
http://www.comfyclothpads.com/
http://www.moontimes.co.uk/

If this interests you then that's great! If you're happy how you are then please, continue and enjoy your day!
Any questions please feel free to ask.

Blah. Tampons D:

Menstrual cups kinda weird me out a bit though for some reason o.o;;

Thats vile.
Its not the kind of thing you want to re-use.
And i dont really give a flying ***** about the environment.

:)

That's you prerogative but I think the use of the word vile was unnecessary and somewhat hurtful

Washable pads? I draw the line at that. Mooncups and the like are great if you can use them, but some can't (flow might be too heavy) and some simply don't want to, especially if needing to wash it in a public place.

Its hurtful that i think reusing that stuff is vile?
Wow.
Grow some balls, you posted a thread that was bound to have at least SOME people with the same opinion as mine. Yet you expected everyone to be nice about it?
Dreaming.

The Ladycup company make great cups for women with a heavier flow that fold up really small yet still hold a LOT of blood. In all honesty, the average amount of blood lost by women is about 3/4 cups full of a Mooncup so even with a heavier flow a standard sized cup is feasible. I'm not saying it's ideal for everyone but there are ways around it. And if people don't want to then that's fine, I'm just putting the information out there. :thumbup:

It seemed to suggest that anyone who made these choices for their body was vile. I don't really think that throwing tens of thousands of pieces of bloody rayon into a landfill is very nice but I'd never tell someone it was vile. Hey, maybe I'm just too polite?

Ew, reusable?

Yeah, I heard a story about how someone got a mooncup stuck up them. I do agree with Bee, and find the whole idea vile, so vile I didn't read all the links you were spurting out at us.

Just because they're good for the environment, doesn't mean they're good for me.

Yep.
Contrary to popular belief, tampons and pads are actually far from sterile.
The only way to actually ensure that something is sterile is to sterilize it yourself so in many ways reusing despite sounding odd is much cleaner.

But i didnt say the people were vile, if you go back and read it it clearly said "that's vile" not "theyre vile" or "if you use that you are vile."
You put all of your other rubbish into the landfil (bar any recycling you may do) so why is it any different to putting these in the rubbish with that?

WHAT.

Oh hell that's it, I'ma stick with pads

That's really, really disgusting. Really.
Why would you want to reuse something like that?
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I'm a tampons girl, but I swear it was someone on here. One minute, let me try and find the thread.

It isn't.
But I do try to minimize the amount of rubbish I throw away.
I recycle everything possible and all biodegradable waste is composted.

WTF reusable pads? ewwwwwww

Once and only once for me.

Hahaha, aren't moon cups funny little buggers?

I believe it was Jodie (Kelpie), compare one isolated incident (obviously there will have been more) to a probably far higher number of women that get tampons stuck or develop TSS it probably doesn't make a very convincing argument.

DO NOT WANT