CPT What do you use for aunt flo?

painttheair14 · June 2014

The recent diaper discussion reminded me of this. Even though we are all at different timing when it comes to starting AF again, what do/did you use?

painttheair14 · June 2014

Since trying it, I have become a huge advocate of the cup!

All of my fears of mess and comfort were completely squashed! I used to be a skeptic but now I'm a believer.

painttheair14 · June 2014

Lol @arya808 I will tell you anyways!

The cup is exactly what it sounds like. A few times a day, dump, rinse, repeat. Mama cloth is a cloth pad that you wash like cloth diapers.

I thought they were gross at first too. After I tried the cup though it was totally fine! The cloth pads grossed me out longer but now that we CD I can see how it would work.

bensmommy518 · June 2014

I use the cup with a pad underneath. I started using the cup just before I got pregnant and love it but it does sometime leak for me (I am probably just not using it right)

PreDempsey · June 2014

Pre-pregnancy I used just tampons and hope to get back to using just that again but these last two periods have required a tampon and a pad fail-safe. Ugh.

pinkyxboo · June 2014

PaintTheAir said:

The cup is exactly what it sounds like. A few times a day, dump, rinse, repeat. Mama cloth is a cloth pad that you wash like cloth diapers

Oh god.. i just cant. I'm not good with blood to begin with.

last14real · June 2014

Love the Kotex U line of tampons they work great. On the 1-2 heavy days I have I use the super plus tampon with a panty liner and I'm good to go.

cnctf · June 2014

Pre-pregnancy, I bled like Niagara falls (no joke) so I had to use a tampon and a pad!! One night I woke up to pee and then blood just gushed out..all over the freaking carpet. So at 2am I was scrubbing my damn carpet. No bueno.

km_md · June 2014

I do a combination of pads and tampons usually.

peanutmuse · June 2014

I have zero interest in the cup. Tampons have worked fine for me for 20+ years. I have zero desire to switch.

CopperT0p · June 2014

bensmommy518 said:

I use the cup with a pad underneath. I started using the cup just before I got pregnant and love it but it does sometime leak for me (I am probably just not using it right)

Post baby you might need the next size up cup? Most women do.

CopperT0p · June 2014

Diva Cup. I've used one for over 10 years and couldn't imagine going back to tampons. My flow is so dang heavy that I would spend a fortune in tampons and pads and still have leaks, but I never had a leak with the cup.

Roses87 · June 2014

I use tampons, pads and panti liners. I have pretty light periods. Have yet to have one pp.

painttheair14 · June 2014

They have a pre baby and post baby size for the cup. Those are the only two I've seen at least.

I used pads before switching to the cup 5 years ago. It was bad enough going back for pp bleeding! I feel much cleaner with it.

Also there are a few articles about people having shorter, less crampy periods with the cup/cloth!

Eta: spelling