Do you regularly take half showers between tampons or you’re fine with just drying for the most intense days?

  • @[email protected]
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    1011 months ago

    Well, firstly, you don’t need a lot of time between tampons, technically – so long as the absorption size isn’t too crazy and you’re changing them frequently enough. Secondly, fuck tampons, get a menstrual cup. For the uninitiated, it’s a silicone doohickey essentially shaped like a bell that fits around the cervix. Learning curve? Yes. Squick factor? Probably. tons of sizes. Safer than tampons (see Toxic Shock Syndrome).

    Pays for itself in a few months if you have heavy flow.

    Bidet would be a little less necessary but still, if heated, v nice.

    If I’ve had a rough second day I’ll half-shower rinse, sure, but the merula xl is just about big enough to handle it otherwise.

    • Ataraxia
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      211 months ago

      I tried the cup. I have several sizes. They just got stuck in there and never popped open and almost ended up going to the ER to have it removed.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 months ago

        My condolences.

        My super jenny isn’t firm at all and I don’t have trouble maneuvering it but the merula xl is very firm and that fucker hurts if it pops too soon ☠️