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[mary-contrary.livejournal.com]

Gah. The heaviest day of my period. I hate how the cramping of my uterus affects my bowels and makes me have to poo all the damn time. And that's something no one talks about, either - I thought I was a freak of nature for the longest time.

Off to take some Imodium and put my feet up and generally whine.

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[mary-contrary.livejournal.com]

!@##@@!!! Fuck tampons.

At least on my heavy days, anyway. Regular absorbency is fine and dandy...anything bigger is ^%^%& annoying. Especially when it's a plastic applicator and one of the little pointy flaps of applicator plastic that curls over the top of the tampon sticks up and scratches inside you...bloody hell....literally.

My girly bits hurt now. :(

I don't know why I'm messing with what works. I don't mind pads at all other than the icky clean-up time spent on the toilet, and I'm only getting mixed results from tampons - half the time they're fine, half the time the string chafes and rubs and they generally hurt like hell. Yet I keep trying them anyway.

Commentary of late...

[scarlett75.livejournal.com]

I read, with interest the posts of the last few days. And, since I was one who responded to the conversation on Fertility Awareness and NFP, I thought I should be the one to say this....
I have never, nor will I post anything that is a personal attack on anyone's post!! I don't operate like that. I've gotten bundles of hate mail since posting about the "cons"/concerns I had about Natural Family Planning... and for that reason, I am considering not posting in here anymore. If you could have gone back and read my post with a rational head, you would realize that I posted only facts which I would have gladly posted documentation for. Furthermore, I never discounted NFP as a tool for people. I simply questioned the way in which NFP was presented. In my opinion, NFP is a wonderful way for responsible, self-knowledgeable, monogamous, and careful people to control their fertility. However, like any form of birth control, there are cons. I didn't feel like the posted message conveyed this, and so ...I responded with my opinon. Since I posted, I discussed the post and my response with the original poster and we have come to a consensus... as far as I was concerned, that was the end of it. As I said though, since then...I've received a lot of grief for that one post. Which, I refuse to apologize for (that comment is specifically to the person who said I needed to "apologize or find another group to listen to me"- you know who you are!). This forum is supposed to be about women coming together to exchange feelings, thoughts, and information in an informative, sympathetic, and cohesive forum... I agree, this is not the place for "attacks". But at the same time, those who post messages have to be ready for disagreement. And, quite honestly, I didn't see any of those posts as attacks. If, in fact, that's how they were taken by the original poster than I will once again extend my apologies TO HER!!

Wishing you all the best of times in the hut.... Chris

I think it is absolutely apalling...

[rupie-zum.livejournal.com]

... that members of this community felt the need to attack another member to the point where she deleted her post.

So much for being a place to express yourself.

Advice

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

I've heard some people talk about natural sea sponges used like tampons, and I've been to the Sea Pearls site. It looks like something I'd really be interested in trying, but I've also seen some people say it makes them sore to remove/insert them.

Can other people who've tried the sea sponges give me some insight? Is this soreness a common thing with many women? Have people had good experiences, or have some had really bad experiences?

Since I'm in the Hut now, I figured I'd order one and try it for next month. I've never been able to use tampons, but I'd like to give the sponge a try.

Thanks!

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[mary-contrary.livejournal.com]

I posted this in my journal, but I'll post it here, too, since it's relevant:

Um...help?

I just woke up from a nap and went to the bathroom, and as I was cleaning off my period-having self, I heard something go *plop* in the toilet. When I stood up, there was a blood-covered blob of something about the size of 2 quarters floating in the water...I suppose it could have been old toilet paper or something, but I would have felt a wad that big so I don't think so. So I think I passed a clump of some kind of tissue. And that was a pretty damn big clump. So. I'm freaked out. Help?