Once a month mess

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Hey there ladies. I have a problem. I love my period for the most part...the cramps and the blood aren't really a problem for me...I actually kind of like it as it feels to me like a cleansing process. And my new divacup is fantastic. :D

My problem is for a week every month (during my period), I am a weepy, emotional mess. The slightest thing at work will set me off crying (or tearing up really, not sobbing) and then I CANNOT get it under control. I usually end up having to take 10-20 minutes to sit in the bathroom and just let the tears roll down and that doesn't even always help. Its getting really frustrating and detrimental to my career. I work with all guys and I feel like I'm perpetrating some lame stereotype of the over-emotional female, but I REALLY have trouble controlling my emotions once one (usually small) thing goes wrong. I'm usually not even really sad or upset about anything, just overwhelmed.

I am currently on Ortho-tri-cyclen lo, I work out regularly, take a multivitamin and meditate. I don't drink soda or have alot of caffiene in my diet and I try to drink alot of water. This may have been going on for years but I've just noticed recently because of the uptight corportate and mostly male environment I've worked in for the last 6 months. It wasn't really a problem when I was in college. And it's certainly not a problem at any other time during the month...I'm usually a tough cookie. :D

Any advice? Should I ask my gyno about changing BC? Will that even help? Does anyone else have this problem?

Can't Get Tampon Plungers to Work On Lighter Flow Days

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Hi everyone...

I have a problem. Anytime I've ever used tampons, they work just fine until around the third day. By then, I don't have a totally heavy flow, but I don't want to use a pad. I have low-flow absorbency tampons, and even the slim ones...

I can get the tampons IN just fine, but the plungers on the applicators WILL NOT WORK. I move my body in various positions, do this, do that - nothing works. I can't get the tampon to come out.

I know that if you can't get the applicator itself in, you can use KY to put it in, but I don't know if that'd help my situation? It's REALLY annoying, especially since I hate pads, but I always have to use them after the first three days or so. It's just, GAH! I push and push, and the tampon doesn't come out! It's frustrating.

Cups?

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This is great and why I like my roomie...
Told her about the fact that I should be getting my DivaCup in the mail here soon, and that I hope that her boyfriend is not the one that is here when it arrives because he wouldn't know what to do with it. It most likely will say feminine hygene cup, or something to that level, but what if it just says cup?
Her responce of what he would say is:
"Hmm what kind of cup is this for? It must be for shots..."
And I could definately see him putting it on the kitchen counter and taking a shot of whiskey with my cup.
Ah there is something wonderful about that, and so I was thinking. These things get washed, and so wouldn't that be a great gag to give them to your female friends but have them be the shot glasses in a bridal shower, or some other wierd women's party thing. I don't think that it would be great for a menarche, because of the fact that is for young girls that should not be doing shots, but hey! Why not...
Just make sure all the alcohal is washed out before you put it in, because a drunk pussy walks funny.