Alternative Menstrual Products

[h0rsegurrrl.livejournal.com]

Hello, I'm new.  I looked in the memories but I didn't find the answers to my question so here you go:

Does anyone have any experience with these reusable baby-sock tampons?  I found the link in the memories of vaginapagina, but I wasn't sure if anyone had tried it:

http://www.borntolove.com/frugal-column1.html

Also, I just found out about these Beppy Action tampons - they're like sea sponge tampons, only synthetic, and they're single-use.  You can use them during intercourse (I'm weaning myself off of Insteads because I'm getting an IUD soon).  They're a similar concept to those Gynotex tampons, but those aren't available in the US.  Has anyone seen these in the US, or know of a company that ships them to the US?:

http://www.nicesextoys.co.uk/modules/shop/view.asp?Prodcode=ASW03

Thanks in advance.

(Cross-posted a bit to vaginapagina)

Comments

[c3n0byte.livejournal.com]

Have you thought of a menstrual cup (http://www.thekeeper.com/)? I have an IUD, and I've been using a menstrual cup for two years. I wouldn't go back either to tampons (resuable, natural, or otherwise) or pads (ditto) for all the tea in china.

[h0rsegurrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I should have put that in the post, but I don't really want to use a cup because I'm paranoid of getting the IUD strings caught in it. I know you just have to be really careful, but I want my strings kind of long so I can feel them no matter where I am in my cycle, and if I were to pull out the IUD I'd kick myself because it's costing me an asston of money and I've worn out my HBC options so I really want the IUD thing to work out for me, and I don't want to do anything to compromise that. I might try a cup in a few years after my body gets really settled with the IUD.

[c3n0byte.livejournal.com]

I started using a menstrual cup right after I had my IUD put in, and there has never been a problem. The cup sits much, much lower in your vagina...nowhere near your cervix, and there isn't enough suction to "suck out the IUD". The Diva Cup (http://www.divacup.com/) is made of silicon and is much more flexible, and causes much less suction than the cups made of gum rubber (The Keeper). I think you'd be fine using a cup with your IUD. Like I said, I use both (and I can feel the IUD's strings, too), and have never had a problem. The cup never touches the strings; it sits far down where your muscles hold it in place.

[saerlaith.livejournal.com]

This is just a personal opinion.. but I can't understand why anyone would wear a tampon during sex. It's not like menstrual blood is penis-acid (though quite a few guys act like it is). Seems like a waste of natural lubricant to me...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_last_serenade_/]

i don't mind the sight of it (which is what turns some guys off i guess), my issue is that it makes me itch terribly if it gets on my vulva/legs, which isn't so conducive to enjoying sex, hehe. my current boyfriend doesn't mind the sight/feel of it either, but i've been with quite a few who do. i think it's an evolutionary impulse about blood/fertility/etc.

[h0rsegurrrl.livejournal.com]

A lot of people are squeamish about blood. A lot. I don't mind period sex, but when my boyfriend gets blood from his bellybutton to his knees and everywhere in between I can understand why it'd be awkward and kind of gross for him. I don't want to turn him off since we go to school 10 hours away from each other and we don't get to have sex very often, I'd like to make it as comfortable as possible for him when we do get to do it.