Cups Rule!

My first encounter was with pads...the sort that attached to an elasticated belt!!!
My Mother didn't think much of these "new fangled" stick on ones and said they weren't safe enough. I was only just 11 so I just did as I was told and used the belt. I put up with it for a few months and then rebelled and bought the stick on type.
They were horribly bulky and horrid though.
I switched to a tampon the following year but never got on with the applicator ones and preferred the simpler liletts ones.
I stuck with those untill after my two lads were born (age 16 & 17 now!) but tampons never felt quite right after that due to a slight prolapse of the womb - so I went back to towels.
Luckily I found them a lot better than they used to be, and nowadays better still :)

I had always had erratic periods, no regular pattern to them at all but finally about 4 years ago they settled down into a vague pattern. I then discovered this site to help me keep track of dates, (there was no point while they were erratic!) and through this site I discovered the menstrual cup.

Wow!! Why did nobody tell me about them before! They are wonderful! I have saved lots of money and they are comfier than tampons and just as discrete. I am very heavy for 1st couple of days and it has never not coped. It took me a couple of months to be confident about insertion, but now no problems. I wish I had found them years ago and I am now telling all my friends about them.

If you haven't taken the plunge and tried yet, do so! :)