Lovelyish

The idea of reusing something with blood on it… is just repulsive to me. I’d rather stick to the disposables >.< 

Lol.

this is one of the most nauseating things i’ve ever hear/read about!

I’m gonna stick with disposables, but I think I’m going to switch to the non-applicator ones to sut down on waste.

wow.

what the fuck?

I guess I would try something, maybe the sea sponge. But I suck at knitting. And I think I’d have issues with the cup.

my mom told me back in VN in her day….they used a towel to catch all the blood…like a maxi pad…and she would have to wash it and reuse it herself.
And…dont forget about babies and cloth diapers.

We are so lucky.
But no, I wont reuse or knit a tampon. Im very grateful for Tampax DISPOSABLE tampons. Im sorry mother earth. =/

I’m sure that in the beginning days of menstrua lproducts they were reusable. Now adays it just seems absolutely disgusting to do. I would never reuse anything like that.

Than again, people still use cloth for their baby diapers. I guess if you’re that into being green, I cannot judge.

Aghhh, disposable pads are working just fine for me. I’m not planning to stick anything up there anytime soon, especially not hand-knitted tampons.

i’m all about saving the environment, but tampons and pads need to remain disposable.

You know… I’m all up for saving the environment (I got over 680 hours of community service cleaning up beaches and planting trees!) but I think I’ll stick with disposable.

Um.

Diva Cup for me!

I use that menstrual cup thing. It works out great!

i lol’d like crazy when i read the title. x]

it hasn’t convinced me to use reusable tampons though.

@soniiuh@xanga - i agree. all of this is just… not worth my time.

Handmade pads can be pretty. But tampons? REALLY? Nooooo thanks. 

@oOBuBBLes711Oo@xanga - Lol yeh, my mom and my aunts told me that same thing, too! >.< 

When I first started my period my mom had some reusable pads that she tried to get me to use, but I was a kid and they had told us about the disposable pads in school and everything, so I didn’t use the reusable ones.  I don’t like blood, so disposable ones are gross enough, I don’t think I can handle having to wash the reusable ones o_O.

I actually think I would try the sea sponge tampon, but the idea knitted tampons, uck no, that would be too much work to clean and constantly look gross and stained. It’s hard to use re-usable products with schooling, nobody wants to see you wash out your intimate bloody products while trying to fix their hair in the mirror next to you =/ 

Those are cute… XD
They look like they’d actually work, but I still can’t trust them to be sanitary…

Tampons for me.

ew. disposable for me.

The tampons are kinda cute, but I doubt I’d use them. I currently use a Diva Cup and am getting a second cup (mostly for kicks because they’re cute and have more options, but I just call it a backup), a MeLuna. I also have cloth pads if I decide I need backup, although I usually don’t.

I dunno, when I was a baby, my parents cloth diapered me and I plan to do the same for my children. Chancing touching blood is way better than poop. I’ve gotten over the whole idea of “eww gross” because the result more than makes up for the “strange” idea.

@stardust_xxx@xanga - The cup can actually just be dumped in the toilet, wiped with toilet paper (or a moist paper towel if you grab some on your way into the stall), re-inserted, and you can clean it more thoroughly when you get home. When it comes to cloth pads, just designate a pouch in your backpack or whatever for them when they’re changed with a little bag inside to keep anything from getting on your backpack and wash them when you get home.

@onliadreamer@xanga - lol, it’s not like you’d have to handwash the blood off. I think it’s easier than it leads on – toss it in a bucket of cold water and let it soak, then stick a bunch in a laundry bag and send it through the wash. It’s pretty minimal interaction.

i’m definately sticking to the disposable stuff..
i seriously don’t like the idea of having a cup up my uterus for days, and then having to wash it out

you’ve got to be kidding me.
this is just…no….just no.

menstrual cup for me .

gag! i’ll stick to the disposable types.

Interesting options, but I’ll stick with disposable.

…ew

Are you serious? Tampons are uncomfortable as it is without THIS

how would you insert it?  like disposable tampons you have the applicator or whatever its called..but these dont..

Thanks, but I’ll pass.  At most, I’ll consider the diva cup –for some reason, reusing something non-absorbent seems less yucky than reusing something absorbent. 

i dont need something to be pretty when i am going to get blood and whatever the hell else on it

That’s not really worth my time…and I don’t know how to knit.

I reallly want a menstrual cup though.  I’m saving up for one.

uhh i’m just not ready for this kind of transition…

sticking to the disposable ones thank you very much. Actually, maybe later on in life I’ll try out the cup…

I’m trying the Diva Cup once I break the *ahem*.

….seriously?

I love my Diva Cup but I’d use reusable pads….I have my son in cloth diapers and they are wonderful! A lot of brands of cloth diapers make “mama cloth” as it is nicknamed.

I don’t get why people are so grossed out? We wear underwear multiple times!! During “that time of the month” there is the occasional leak yet we just wash out the stain, wash the underwear and dry it and wear it again…what’s the difference?

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW. >.<

The first time I saw something like that

(http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=18462.0)I was 13 and I thought it was incredibly disgusting. But the older I get….the more sense I think it makes.Who knows!I don’t know how easy it would be to “utilize” a crochet tampon…

no thank you! cant even fathom such a thing

Uh, so.. if you’re in a public place, & you need to switch your reusable tampon/pad.. Where do you put the used one?

No thanks.

… Wouldn’t that like, itch? … hah.

i’m gonna stick with disposables. i don’t like the idea of re using something that gets blood on it, even if i do wash it. I wouldn’t want to wash it. i do like the idea of choosing your own colours though. it could make your period very fun

wouldn’t they be itchy?
and they look like they’d be painful to get in.

Ewwww!!!!! That’s so gross!!!!

This grossed me out…. that can’t be very comfortable or hygenic haha… yuck.

wtf. “please hold while I go boil my tampon..”

YOU KNOW WHAT?
I’m just going to stick with conventional pads.
No tampons, Diva cups, reusable pads …

if you’re not stuck using extremely public bathrooms 85% of the time like me, it would work…plus i’d need to be able to knit LOL

D:

…no…just…no.

lol these are a bit weird to me… >.<

It’s true. The disposable pads/tampons are really wasteful. But it’s so hard to change when it comes to a touchy subject like this.

pads.  once use ones.  i’ll recycle, reuse and reduce waste…but not my pads.
lol, it just creeps me out a little

I’ll just wait for menopause…

I’d rather the Diva Cup than knitting my own tampon…

Sorry, but the last thing I want to do in a public restroom is wash out my tampon in the sink.  Thanks but no thanks.

Feminine products are expensive and wasteful, but all of the alternatives seem so disgusting! Sorry Nature, but you’re the reason I get my period in the first place so I guess we’re even!

why would u wanna make ur own tampon @@ weird

wow kniting u own tampons doesn’t sound healthy…for ur vagina lol. Its ok just by the kind u can throw away. I think the diva cup sounds better cause at least its plastic, and plastic is more safe.

Icky..

Some thangs are just meant to be used and thrown away.

WTF!! IS THAT EVEN SANITARY? 

i would use this! i care about the earth.

that’s disgusting…. boilign tea towels to kill germs still leaves some sort of gross residue.. and would you re-use a bandaid?!

um.. fuck yes im sticking to DISPOSABLE tampons. lol

i’m all for helping the enviroment, but…..no.
i would try the sea sponge, MAYBE, but nothing else of these.

@fashoxfashojane@xanga - i doubt it is!

if i used these, i’d never think of sweaters in the same way ever again xD

Fuck! That’s just weird.

yeah..I just cant think about handwashing used tampons….what if you have to change one when youre not at home? keep the used one in a ziplock bag?

at the most it would be the diva cup.

@retardtm@xanga - … Umm… the cup sits in your vagina, and it stays there for less than 12 hours. If you’ve gotten anything but a baby somewhere in your uterus, AND it’s been there for more than 12 hours, I’d be seriously concerned you’re doing something very, very wrong. 

Uh, I don’t even know what to say about that. Hmm…no thanks. Disposable is the only way for me to go.

@pinkdagger@xanga - Ok, that made me LOL

Won’t the blood seep through? i imagine that someone would have to keep making tampons. It looks like that would come apart in the dryer.

I use a menstrual cup.  I’m allergic to pads (not to mention they’re very uncomfortable anyhow) and tampons are nearly always painful for me to remove.  The cup, although it took me a bit to get the hang of it, is now much easier and more comfortable for me than tampons ever were.  plus there’s no danger of toxic shock so you can leave it in up to 12 hours.
I use cloth pads also, just pantiliner size ones as backup.

I’m not sure I could do reusable knitted tampons, though… it seems different to me than the cup because the cup isn’t absorbent, it’s silicone, so it seems… cleaner…  it just seems like they’d be really gross and a pain to wash.

out of all the options I would most likely chose the diva cup or the sea sponge…those crocheted things look big and itchy ):

well i think its gross

hm.
ya know what?
i’m going to stick with buying the disposable ones.
reusing tampons is about the vilest thing i’ve heard of late.

The sponge thing is actually kind of interesting. Think about it-sometimes the sponges we use to clean other things get kind of gross but they always come clean.

i might just make my own for the hell of it. ha

What will they think of next?

I would rather use the Diva Cup.

What…no…

ew. wtf. that cant be safe to be putting inside your vagina.

I think I’ll keep my pads disposable, thank you very much. 

It’s gross but it’s GREEN!!!

wtf? eewwww that’s nasty nasty nasty 

@pinkdagger@xanga - Your comment was a breath of fresh air. XD Some people can just be so close-minded.

i’d try the reusable pads.
because i wear pads when i sleep ,
and that’d save a lot of pads.

i’m  not sure of the tampons though , they seem pretty fragile – like how would you get it in ?
wouldn’t it have to be kind of stiff?
oh , and a lot thinnerrr.

the pads look cute though

I don’t really like yarn up my v-hole. It’s kind of itchy and I’m pretty sensitive down there. 

I use a menstrual cup.

LOL WTF?

THAT IS GROSS..AND WOULDN’T THERE BE HAIR AND STUFF STUCK IN YOUR VADGE?
EWWWW

@houndst00th@xanga - Definitely! In part I feel bad for the people who have no idea how awesome this kind of stuff is – they’re missing out on saving buttloads of money, helping the environment (whether they want to or not), and the sheer comfort of having mess-less, unnoticeable periods and a comfort with their own body because no, our own organic matter isn’t foreign, it shouldn’t be feared, and the fact that we’re even capable of producing what we do for the reasons we do is pretty miraculous!

The problem is misunderstanding and lack of education – someone here said they didn’t want to stick a cup up their uterus for days only to have to wash it later. I was like “uhh… pardon?” lol. If they showed this kind of stuff in schools, people would be a lot less apprehensive of even hearing the idea. Seeing the discussions on reusable menstrual products is like telling a bunch of 3 year olds someone farted. “Ewwy!”

what if your like out and the product it suposed to be eco-friendly re-usable so do you just fold it back up and put it in your purse? yeah…no

Omg, we can knit our own?

I think I’ll actually dare to try this. Haha.

omg… the tampon is disgusting +o(
i only known that japanese would reuse their ‘pads’ ..@@

Disposables please… Sorry, but I just can’t do reusable. And NO amount of convincing will get me to ever try knitting tampons or pads.

@pinkdagger@xanga - oh crap. thats what i mean eek, sorry about that.
but i heard that the cup stays there for more than that? i might have heard wrong, but i definately heard the word ‘hours’

I love to knit and crochet…but this is not something I would ever try…haha.

Disposable. I don’t wanna risk my vagina/ reproductive system getting any kind of infection

why would you want to waste your time knitting something colorful, with a design, that no one will ever – or should ever – see? not a great idea at all.

Wait, are the knit ones reuseable? Ewww!?

Personally, I use the OB tampons, which don’t have a cardboard applicator, so there’s my contribution, or should I say anti-contribution [to landfills]. =]

I missed the Diva Cup discussion, but I’m excited it happened!  So cool to see other users on here.  I’m sad to see so many people freaking out about reusable menstrual products, though.  It’s fine if you don’t want to use them.  But to act like a 9 year old and scream EWWWW?  C’mon.  It’s just your body.  It’s just a vagina.  It’s just blood.  It’s really not a big deal- it’s not as bad as poop, and if it gets on your hands, it’s called soap.  Use it.  Calm down and open your mind a little, even if you don’t want to try it yourself.

I love my Diva Cup!  I only have to check it every 6-9 hours, usually, and it cuts down on waste so much.  You can’t really feel it once it’s inside, like a tampon.  I use cloth pads for back-up.  I used them exclusively for a few cycles, before I got the cup, but I had to change pads so much that I’d need to buy several more or do the laundry every other day, and I was living alone in a dorm and didn’t need to do much laundry!  I love that my period has a low impact on the earth.  Occasionally for convenience during travel or camping, I’ll use regular tampons or pads, but that’s pretty rare.  Public restrooms present a challenge, but I carry around baggies and just get sneaky about washing out my cup, and if I have to, I wait to wash and re-insert it until a more convenient time, relying on pads or maybe a regular tampon in the meantime.  Over time, reusables are also cheaper than using disposable stuff.  I’ve bought tampons once in nearly two years!  Anyone who’s curious, I recommend you give it a try.

I got interested after reading about organic tampons and pads, and then it took off from there.  On a whim, my friend bought us Instead cups one time, and those were interesting.  I liked that they made very little mess and could be left in for a long time.  I didn’t like that they weren’t supposed to be reused.  I went online and found out a lot of people do reuse them after cleaning them, and I did that a few times, but they deteriorated quickly.  Plus, Insteads are worn much higher in the vagina, which is a bit less comfortable to insert and remove than Diva Cups and tampons.  So I gave them a mixed rating and did more research.

Amusingly, my mom thinks the Diva Cup is weird, but she didn’t like tampons much either.  However, she said if she hadn’t gone through menopause already, she’d like trying the cloth pads.  I think they’re more comfy than those plastic-y things.  And the cute designs on my pads make me feel a little better when I’m cramping on the first day.  I bought mine at http://www.VagPads.com.

Knitting my own tampons is a cute idea that I haven’t heard… I probably won’t do it, as I’m happy with what I have, but it’s something to keep in mind.  I am curious how one keeps them sanitary, though.  A Diva Cup is silicone and easy to clean.  Pads are worn outside your body.  Sponges are easy to clean.  But a yarn tampon?  I don’t know!  I need to learn more.

PS- To anyone who says it’s dirty- how do you know that store-bought tampons are clean?  I’ve read some articles that say otherwise… but it’s up to you to research.  I wash my cup with hot water and gentle anti-bacterial soap between every use, and often soak it in alcohol.  That’s pretty clean!  And reusable pads are just as clean as the panties or clothes you wear next to your vagina every day.

Absolutely Repulsive! Who would want to touch it to wash the blood out, I know I wouldn’t!
I’m all for being green but this is not the place to do it in my opinion.

@Cho_0705@xanga - Hahaha at your last sentence…

And I couldn’t agree more!

Nothing like making a woman feel awkward about her femininity.

o.o

um… no.
But the fact that someone out there has gone this far intrigues me. I wonder, has someone made patterned tampons before (like diapers). Imagine, Hello Kitty tampons… or Batman… lol

R u saying that now we have to be all crafty for our period? Wow.

I use a lunette menstrual cup, and i like it much more than pads or tampons. Head over to the livejournal community if you want more info. I think it would be fun to knit a tampon just because it’s funky, but I would never actually use it. I do use cloth liners, but only for regular discharge. I like the cup because silicone is easily washed. I feel like cloth that sits full of blood is a gross concept, and not exactly something I want to take the time to wash at college…

Go cups!
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Menstrual-Cup

How funny that in two generations women have become so absolutely disgusted with their own blood, that they could write these comments. I guess Tampax did a great way of brainwashing western women into believing their own bodies are disgusting and need to be thrown away as quickly and efficiently as possible. Think of it this way: reusing a cloth pad or tampon allows you to soak the blood out and put it directly into the ground, where it’s immediately gone from everyone’s lives and by the way is extremely nutritious to the Earth… whereas creating hundreds of thousands of plastics filled with our menstrual blood every year creates huge landfills FULL of that blood, and “disposed of” in a way that allows it to never fully break down… Just because it’s not in your backyard doesn’t mean that the powerless people in third world countries where we dump our “disposables” aren’t bothered by it.

I’m upset by the number of women who express disgust at the idea of reusable menstrual products. Are they “grossed out” by menstruation in general? I sure hope not, because it’s a wonderful, natural, healthy phenomenon. I use cloth pads. You can buy Glad Rags or other brands, but I have made many myself. They are really absorbent and work much better for heavy flow days than disposable pads or tampons. They are also comfortable to wear. To clean them, I soak them in cold, soapy water and then wash in the laundry. They come out completely clean. About the tampons, I think they’d work fine, but be sure to use only organic, unbleached, non-dyed cotton. Otherwise you’re exposing your body to some really nasty, carcinogenic chemicals. It’s also much healthier to choose organic, unbleached disposable tampons for the same reason.

The majority of the women in the world can not afford to throw away their menstrual supplies. SO they wash and reuse them. I think we are just spoiled. I use reusable pads for myself and cloth diapers for two kids, and reusable washable baby wipes,/toilet paper. And reusable washable paper towels. This is not a disposable planet so we all really need to check our disposable ways. I know but it’s biodegradable you say, but nothing degrades in a land fill, sorry, no air no light no water means a lot of bloody pads and poopy diapers just sitting their slowly rotting and harboring disease.  Consider that the next time you get grossed out by your own menstrual blood. Imagine millions of them rotting. It all of a sudden seems cleaner to wash them to me.

I would go the re usable for many reasons. One they offer an ethical solution for a woman’s needs, two why should a woman’s needs contribute to the wealth of majoy corporations who don’t always care about what happens to us if they source, cheaper, inferior materials to make their products. Not only will they rape the earth and deprive others of a chance of a sustainable livelihood, but in the long run, it can impact on our health. Not all corporations are guilty of this, but there are many that are. That alone is enough for me. Why should the ones that do not care benefit from me and my needs? I am not something they can manipulate to line their pockets, after all menstruation is a natural faciliator of life.

2. They are more convenient when travelling.

3. They are cheaper in the long run and fun to wear. I like them hanging on the washing line for prying eyes. The more the pry, the more my bloodstained items can freak them out.

These comments make me really sad. If you have done any research… on anything tampon related… ahhh
What is wrong with being natural?
It’s just blood
some people..
“ew”?
really? this is not middle school!
There are ways of effectively sanitizing reusable tampons
and they don’t stain if you clean them right.