Thank you for coming late..

[ironbutterfly08.livejournal.com]

I will have my period on my prom. I'm not so much worried about leaks and whatnot, but how will I change a pad and a tampon when I'm in a small stall with a frilly, poofy ballroom dress? Have any of you had to do it? I just don't know how I will manage to hold up 352464 inches of fabric with one hand while changing a pad or tampon with the other....

Any suggestions?

Comments

[bikinikiller.livejournal.com]

will your flow be heavy that night, do you think?

my suggestion is to get an "instead" cup, because those can be used for up to 12 hours. if your flow is especially heavy, wear a pad too, so if the cup leaks you'll have a backup. then you won't have to change anything.

[babybloodheart.livejournal.com]

You could always try a menstrual cup, unless you have objection to them of course.

[whormonalisa.livejournal.com]

Haha, I am going to be in the same boat come my prom. Lucky us!

Usually when I am in a position involving nice clothes and tiny handbags, I layer. I wear a panty liner with an overnight pad on top of it and then take another pantyliner and wrap it horizontally around the pad in the area that's hardest hit and then maybe use a tampon in addition if I'm in a really heavy stage. That way, if the tampon starts leaking the top liner will catch it. Once the tampon has had it, I just remove it and perhaps the top liner too and let the pad go to work. Since you (and I) will be in prom dresses, the handicapped stall would be a good idea but hopefully after removing the tampon you won't have to make any more trips.

It's not very conventional but it gets the job done. Maybe someone else has a better idea.

[ironbutterfly08.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the idea. :)
Do you think though, that the pad will be visible under the dress? Mine isn't especially tight or ultra fluffy.

[whormonalisa.livejournal.com]

I really don't know. I should probably consider that myself.

[cheekymama.livejournal.com]

No it wont show.

[kwokj.livejournal.com]

:) necessity is the mother of invention.

[ellafont.livejournal.com]

I had a friend go into the stall with me and hold up my dress. It wasn't too bad, and I timed it so that I only needed to change my tampon once during the evening, though I wore a pad as backup just in case.

[ironbutterfly08.livejournal.com]

And you couldn't see your pad through your dress?

[ellafont.livejournal.com]

Nope. Well, at least my friends assured me that you couldn't. My dress was pretty poofy, so I wasn't really worried at all.

[viva-la-blondee.livejournal.com]

Ok this might be a weird idea, but maybe have one of your friends come in the stall and hold up your dress while you change it. Tell her to close her eyes or something if your shy, lol.

[greenduckaz.livejournal.com]

OK get whatever you want to use ready so you can just stick whatever where it needs to go. Then while you are on the toliet, hunch over and hike up your skirt part and keep it up with your elbows. That way you are close enough to the region in question so you can do your job and get back to dancin'!
:)

[star-drifter.livejournal.com]

I agree with the friends' comments, just have a really good friend come in with you and have her hold it and look away. :)