No More Tampons or TSS Worries

Ashley

A guest post by Ashley MacInnis January 2012 was a pivotal month for me. At 24 years old, I was bidding farewell to an almost five-year-long relationship, which had stemmed to a five-month-old marriage. A single mum who had lost herself in her relationship and motherhood duties, I felt like a ghost of myself. Devastated at the loss of my relationship, I decided I needed to make some changes for me and improve some of the other relationships in my lives – namely, my relationship with … [Read more...]

Going from Gross to Green

Ann

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...]

Camping with a Cup

Camping

A guest post by Tara Bruley, founder of Be Prepared Period Expecting to start my period the day we were scheduled to leave for our camping trip I was “prepared” and decided to bring my DivaCup with me. I’ve never enjoyed the inconvenience my period has caused during a camping trip, the extra concern of being somewhere I could change my tampon or the early morning wake up calls from aunt flo. There’s nothing like waking up with that startling feeling of needing to rush to the … [Read more...]

Do You Know What You ARE Wearing?

Amanda Perkins

A guest post by Amanda Perkins When I was reading the Republic newspaper online last week, I came across the article about Lisa Elifritz suing a tampon company to try and get them to label their product with what is REALLY in there. Come on, we should all what to know what is in the little cotton with a string that we are putting in our bodies! We all have a right to know, don’t we? Sadly while I never had the pleasure of getting to know Amy, I am no stranger to losing a loved one.  Amy … [Read more...]

Leaving My All Tampon All The Time World

Lina

A guest post by Lina Martin Ever since my very first period, I've been an all tampon all the time kind of girl.  Growing up sharing a bathroom with my mom and my sister, very few of the mysteries of life remained mysterious, so I was very familiar with menstruation and all varieties of feminine hygiene products out there by the time I started my own menstrual cycles. The disposable ones that is. I tried a disposable pad for approximately 10 minutes after I began that first period and … [Read more...]

Going Green = More Comfy & Less Expensive

Jenn Shaffer

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...]