Monthly Archives: April 2013

7 Ways Lindsey’s Menstrual Cup Changed Her Life

I came across a blog on So Easy Being Green that I simply cannot resist sharing.

Perhaps it’s the colors. Or, maybe it’s the beautiful pictures. Or…it could be that the topic is reusable menstrual cups.

It could be that it’s all that and more – the “more” being Lindsey and her delightful way with words.

Lindsey describes herself as a “green Mommy blogger” whose first and foremost roles are “Mommy” and “Wife.”

7 Ways My Menstrual Cup Changed My Life describes Lindsey’s experience with a Lunette cup – (size 2 according to the pictures) and her thoughts concerning it.

“It has literally changed my life and I finally found freedom from my period.” — Lindsey

If you’ve never given reusable menstrual cups much thought, do the period wise thing – be open to change.

Currently, three companies of reusable menstrual cups have received US FDA approval: Lunette, Moon Cup/Keeper Cup, and DivaCup.  Instead SoftCup has also received FDA approval for both the disposable and the reusable cups.

Your Cervix Can Tell Your Cycle Day Count

From the age of 21, for the next 32 years I relied more on what my cervix told me about my cycle than what my calendar did.

Did you know that your cervix is an accurate means of knowing when to expect ovulation and when to expect menstruation?  And, that you can accurately judge your start time to within an hour of beginning just by learning the signs your body is giving you?

Beautiful Cervix provides pictures of an entire cycle, showing the changes the cervix goes through and provides comments.

If you are not aware of the changes your cervix goes through each day of your cycle, or wish to know when to expect your fertile days and your period’s please take a few minutes and visit the site, look at the pictures, read the information provided.

This is period wise information that you should not be without!

 

 

Kindness Trumps April Fool’s Day

There’s nothing funny about telling a girl “your period has started…it’s all over the back of your skirt! You’d better go the restroom…use your notebook to cover your rear as you go!”

A teen with irregular and heavy periods, I often experienced huge, embarrassing leaks.  And, for some reason a few of my friends thought it would be funny to play an April Fool’s Day joke on me.

I failed to see the humor in it.  There’s nothing funny about thinking you’ve leaked.  And, there’s NOTHING funny about being told you’ve experienced a HUGE leak that’s visible and needs immediate attention when you’ve not.

As we teach our girls how to deal with menstruation and to honor menstruation in others, let’s be vigilant in teaching them to be supportive, considerate and compassionate in their dealings with other girls.