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A guest post by Jenn Leggett So with fall comes back to school. And something lots of young woman will be learning to deal with are periods, and not the punctuation type. I mean that monthly friend that all women get once a month. I remember back to being in middle and high school and wishing that it was a good enough excuse for a sick week. My whole period was a nightmare for me as a young woman. I never knew exactly when it was coming so when it got close I was constantly … [Read more...]
A guest post by Kerry Sauriol I was “lucky” and was a bit of a late bloomer when it came to getting my period. My mother sagely exclaimed that ‘I was a woman now,’ and handed me this atrocious book about how our bodies worked. My mom used pads, and therefore so did I. I honestly don’t recall discussing alternative or periods with anyone at that time, especially any peers. Those were sparse at that time as we had just emigrated from the UK. Funnily, I don’t even … [Read more...]
A guest post by Ann Davis I never thought my crunchy mama journey would lead me here, but now that I have arrived I will never go back. I am a complete newbie when it comes to reusable feminine products, more specifically the reusable cup. The thought of reusable feminine products never ever crossed my mind until I started my journey with cloth diapers for my little one. Cloth pads and cups were lingering around the “For Mom: Menstrual Care” section of websites that I would shop … [Read more...]
A guest post by Kendra Purcell My beautiful daughter was born January 2011. Before she was born, I decided to use cloth diapers. I researched disposable diapers, what was in them, their cost over two years, their long life in landfills, etc. I was more comfortable using cloth diapers and especially cloth diapers of natural fiber. The cloth diapering community is very active online and it's through a cloth diaper twitter party I was introduced to You ARE Loved last summer. I agree with You … [Read more...]
A guest post by Jenn Shaffer I had my first menstrual cycle a month after I turned 12. It was summer, and I had been already wearing a bra for a few years, and had also done plenty of reading on what to expect during puberty, so I immediately realized I was having my first period. My mother, on the other hand, wasn't so sure. She went so far as to ask me if I had "wiped properly" (seriously, Mom?!), before giving me some Always pads and heading off to call my stepfather and grandparents to … [Read more...]
A guest post by Christine: a full-time working, cloth diapering, baby-wearing, co-sleeping mother of one. She writes regularly on her own blog: Thoughts of Fluff. It's THAT time... Your "period", your "time of the month", "Aunt Flo", "crimson wave", "cycle", "girly time"…whatever you call it, I dreaded it. I started my cycle when I was 14 years old. My mother was a pad user, so, naturally, that's what I started with, too. I hated them. They were crinkly and made me feel like I was … [Read more...]
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