stupid stupid period... >:(

[dumbybean.livejournal.com]

Ok, My periods always tend to be pretty heavy, and Ive always used pads up until a few months ago, but I would still make messes. :-/ It seems like lately, even after I started using tampons, If the first night after my period starts I fall asleep with a super tampon in and wearing an overnight pad, Ill wake up and STILL have leaked and made a mess :(. When I stand up I always get a gushing feeling, and when I was just in the bathroom I wanted to check and see how my pad was doing, and all of a sudden I totally Dripped all over my pants, and it seemed like a lot too :-/. Im on my 3rd pair of pants for the day and its so aggravating. I actually bought the keeper, and Ive tried using it a few times but I cant get it in. Im leaving for basic training for the military in january and I really dont want to have to deal with it then. My cramps wernt particularly bad this time which makes me glad, but the first day, w/in an hour or two of when the bleeding starts, I get the worst pain and have to spend a couple hours in bed (and even once i can get up and do stuff, Im still pretty miserable for the rest of the day). I dont regularily track my period, but when I do its really abnormal. Sometimes I get them 2-3 weeks apart, sometimes im lucky and get 4. I also always get fresh/bright red blood and a few times a period ill get big blood clots that come out (ohhhh, i hate the feeling of when those come out grrrrrr), and so Im wondering what would be the best solution to help make it a bit easier?

tampons vs. the keeper

[choo-choo-bear.livejournal.com]

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/tamponsabs.html

Regardless of what the U.S. FDA claims, I know for a FACT that I use a
menstrual product that does NOT come equipped with health warnings (unlike tampons), and that's all that matters to me. Oh, and of course,
the Keeper is environmentally friendly too!

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[voidofher.livejournal.com]

ugh.
i was supposed to start my period today.
i usually get really sore boobs about a week before it starts, thats the only way i know its coming.. but they arent sore, which kinda confuses me. i hope it comes this week.
i have a 4 day school trip from tomorrow but im not going.. one of the reasons is because im supposed to start my period and it will be hard because there'll be times when we wont be near a bathroom for like 9 hours, and i cant put in a new tampon in the middle of nowhere without a bathroom.
i'm also really emotional, every little thing makes me want to cry or i just start yelling at people... this is bad.
being a girl sucks.