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megd06
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My vag hates me.
megd06
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I accidently grabbed tampons with the cardboard applicator. Fail. I remember getting upset at H soon after we were married b/c he kept buying those for me--he didn't understand why someone wouldn't want to repeatedly stick cardboard up their vagina. I think I might have to go buy a replacement box before my period is over...I still have 3-4 days left!
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Re: My vag hates me.
Trying to get sperminated since February 2010
Mar-May 2011: 3 Cycles IUI + Clomid = BFN Jan 2012: Injectables + TI = ??
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this--I bet you could donate them! I hate wasting things too. I have some in our guesst bathroom under the sink...in case a female guest needs one
hehe!
EWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! I think I just vomited a little in my mouth.
My H's aunt told me last year that her son (who has Asperger's) dug through her trash can and made a "castle" out of the applicators...she found out when he took it around their neighborhood to show the neighbors. I about died laughing...her son will die when he gets older and hears that story!
Actually it's really bad for sewer systems to flush tampons. That's why you see signs in commercial bathrooms that say "Please do not flush feminine products."
Trying to get sperminated since February 2010
Mar-May 2011: 3 Cycles IUI + Clomid = BFN Jan 2012: Injectables + TI = ??
My Cooking (and More) Blog
yeah the tampax ones aren't quite as bad as store brands. I have to use the super or ultra super the first few days, so I'm sure that's one reason they bother me so much. I only use lites the last day of my flow--those don't bother me at all.
I thought that sign was for the idiots who try to flush pads and plastic applicators... lol. The cardboard ones I use seem to unravel into paper once they sit for a minute or two.
Anybody ever used Playtex Beyond? They're flushable cardboard applicators, but they are smooth. Plus, I always hated the way Tampax tampons unfold ::shudder::
The Playtex Beyond are for some reason impossible to find, and I was about to buy ridiculous amounts on the internet, when I decided to switch to a menstrual cup. Which I highly recommend.
I always used cardboard for their flushability (yeah I'm going with that lol), but when we moved to Jersey we have a septic tank and I can't flush them anymore so plastic it is. I now change the garbage everyday during AF lol
Agreed. But if you are putting them in the trash, they should be wrapped up really well, because it's GROSS if they aren't and why do you want to tell everyone you have your period???
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This post cracked me up. From the title to the body. Thanks. I needed a good laugh ;-)
I honestly don't know why they still even MAKE tampons with cardboard applicators.
bfp 1 - m/c 1.31.11 @ 10 weeks
bfp 2 - baby born via c-section on 5.4.12 @ 37 weeks
bfp 3 - blighted ovum/d&c on 4.13.13 @ 8 weeks
bfp 4 - 3rd IUI, very late BFN with super low P, c/p
bfp 5 - natural bfp while on lupron, baby born via RCS on 4.27.15 @ 39 weeks
bfp 6 - surprise! baby born via RCS on 11.13.16 @ 38 weeks
This, I started using menstrual cups over 10 years ago, and I would never go back, so much more comfortable, and I would recommend over tampons any day.
Diagnosed with Anti little c antibodies. DS1 7.11.11 - Anaemia and Jaundice. 10 days in the NICU, 1 exchange transfusion and 4 blood transfusions. DS2 29.8.13 - Anaemia 7 days in the NICU and 1 exchange transfusion. Both are now happy and healthy.I feel really stupid... what on earth is a menstrual cup? (I know I can't be the only one who has no clue what that is!)
No, I do not use applicatirs either, you are not alone :-)
I use OB's only, because all other tampons just frak me out. They are so badly made that they kind of fall apart inside you and I am afraid that one day I would pull it out and only get the string. OB's seem to be so much better put together and I have no problem inserting them with my finger.
Go to www.divacup.com
They have an FAQ that is very helpfull
Diagnosed with Anti little c antibodies. DS1 7.11.11 - Anaemia and Jaundice. 10 days in the NICU, 1 exchange transfusion and 4 blood transfusions. DS2 29.8.13 - Anaemia 7 days in the NICU and 1 exchange transfusion. Both are now happy and healthy.I use this: https://www.mooncup.com/
I had no idea what they were until a few friends of mine who use them recommended them. At first, I accidentally got the Instead cups and *hated* them. Not for me. But the Keeper cup is comfortable, doesn't leak, and is not as messy as you might think.
bfp 1 - m/c 1.31.11 @ 10 weeks
bfp 2 - baby born via c-section on 5.4.12 @ 37 weeks
bfp 3 - blighted ovum/d&c on 4.13.13 @ 8 weeks
bfp 4 - 3rd IUI, very late BFN with super low P, c/p
bfp 5 - natural bfp while on lupron, baby born via RCS on 4.27.15 @ 39 weeks
bfp 6 - surprise! baby born via RCS on 11.13.16 @ 38 weeks
Thanks for asking, I have no idea either!
Official Due Date 5/29/15 & HB 143 on 10/13; 11/25 Harmony Results perfect & it's a Girl!
Off BCP 5/2009
TTC since July 2010
DH's SA = Normal!
Hysteroscopy 2/2011
50mg Clomid / Progesterone 77.5 April 2011 = BFN
25mg Clomid / Progesterone 53 May 2011= BFN
25mg Clomid / Progesterone 44.3 June 2011= BFN
5mg Femara / Progesterone 15.7 July 2011= BFN
5mg Femara / Progesterone 14 August 2011= BFN
5mg Femara + Crinone / Progesterone 32 September 2011=BFN
5mg Femara + Crinone / Progesterone 14.9 October 2011=BFN
First RE Appointment 11/2011
Hysteroscopy 11/2011 & on Med break
12/2011 Diagnosed with PCOS (Insulin Resistant)
12/2011 Adding 1000 MG Metformin per day
12/14/11 BFP
Beta #1 664 Beta #2 3330 Beta #3 6160 Beta #4 19546
Official Due Date 8/18/12 & HB 147 on 1/3; HB 171on 1/19
Pre-term labor @ 29W bed-rest till Emergency C-Section
IT'S A GIRL
AMEN! i love being able to flush em!
YEAH! thats disgusting!! flush that ish! if your going to use plastic, wrap that ish in toilet paper or something! ugh! cant believe she just left them out for everyone to see!
All of you should just mail me all of your unwanted cardboard applicator tampons. I like them
For some reason the plastic applicators tear me up. The little spikes at the top of them....Eeek. No thank you.
I use the Diva cup, which comes in 2 sizes, and I am not sure how they wouldn't fit, but I lknow the instead are not the same, I have never used them, but I have heard that they are not that great. It has been a long time since I started using the cup, but if I remember right, it took a couple months to get used to putting them in right, but they are so much more convenient, that I used liners for those months, and now, I don't need anything else.
Diagnosed with Anti little c antibodies. DS1 7.11.11 - Anaemia and Jaundice. 10 days in the NICU, 1 exchange transfusion and 4 blood transfusions. DS2 29.8.13 - Anaemia 7 days in the NICU and 1 exchange transfusion. Both are now happy and healthy.OMFG you crack me up!
i was thinking that too!!
I do this too. They claim they're "flushable" but they can cause you big-time plumbing issues if they lodge in a pipe. I've known a couple people this has happened too. I just wrap 'em up and pitch 'em (I put the applicator back in the paper).
I just want you girls to know that I dreamt about non-applicator tampons and mooncups last night.
I think I am going to try a mooncup. Three month guarantee, how can you go wrong?
This! My cardboard ones, which were accidentally bought ~10 years ago, reside under the guest bathroom sink as well
Even miracles take a little time - Cinderella