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[suu.livejournal.com]

has only one used a sponge?
i was rereading cunt the other day
and i remembered that a sponge was intriguing and i might use it.
if its not to hard.
or the keeper thing that opacous was speaking of.
pads, even 100% natural coton ones are getting to much for me.
expensive.
and seems i buy a bag every month.
trying to economize

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[cassiopia.livejournal.com]

Have you thought about investing in some reusable pads?
Gladrags.com
or
pandoraspads.com

are good places to start. Or to a web search for cloth menstrual pads. I love mine! They are very comfortable.

Sponges

[iceblink.livejournal.com]

Two things about sponges:

1) They contain nonoxynol-9, some women (like me) are very sensitive to the spermicide and tend to get bladder infections easier (like me)

2) Two, make sure you have someone who is willing to help you get it out if it gets stuck in there. I had that happen to me. Luckily, my partner isn't squeamish about such things.

wait ... which sponges?

[moonrose.livejournal.com]

I thought she meant sea sponge tampons ... Oh geez :) I never tried the birth control sponges...

Re: wait ... which sponges?

[iceblink.livejournal.com]

Sorry - misunderstood...OOPS!

[moonrose.livejournal.com]

"Cunt" is where I heard about sponges from, too, and I have been using them these last two months (back on now). I like them a lot. A *whole* lot. After the first copule of times, you get really used to them. I just soaked mine in peroxide then water to clean them this month, and haven't had a problem yet.

Where

[ex-terimom417.livejournal.com]

Where do you find these sponges? How long do they last and how expensive (begins 20 questions) how are they when you have a heavy flow? I'm tired to death of getting diaper rash at my age.. ugh!

I'm up for 20 questions! ;)

[moonrose.livejournal.com]

Got mine at a health-food store, reusable till they stop being spongy - on my second month now, you just have to clean them well and I gave mine a peroxide bath a few days ago... I forget how much they were, but not much more than a bag of pads, and seemed a lot cheaper than the cotton pads I was using (the washable ones).

when my flow is heavy, I rinse it more often, in cold water, then put it back in. I rinse mine in public bathrooms all the time ... you can be pretty surruptitious if you want to, and if anyone asked, I'd just tell them exactly what I was doing and that would prolly shut them up.

I like mine ... no pad-bunching, no itchy cotton or pseudo-cotton, just a nice little sea sponge ... I think if you do a search on the web for Sea Pearls you should find them.

I really like them ... they don't dry me out, they don't bother me, I can still go pantiless if I need/want to... and they aren't that much trouble to get in/out as long as you aren't dry when you try to put it in.

I really like mine... I really do :) I hear the Keeper lasts even longer though. I might try one of those at some point....

[eebomb.livejournal.com]

I've been using diaper inserts for over 10 years (the same package of 4 that I bought for several dollars all those years ago). They vary in sizes but there are some that are perfect pad replacement size.

[rockstarbob.livejournal.com]

i'd really recommend trying out the keeper (http://www.thekeeperstore.com)

unlike sponges/tampons, the keeper doesn't disrupt the natural (moist) environment of the vagina. and it's lower maintenance (and less likely to cause leaks/diaper rash) than reusable pads, even.

i'd also recommend that you give INSTEAD (http://www.ultrafem.com/) softcups a try before you go for the keeper. i *love* INSTEADs; i just wish they weren't so wasteful!