I've just shoved a jam sponge up my lady parts.

[OvO]

What the hell are you meant to use when tampons and mooncups are out but you have HEAVY periods and pads are so so not enough?

I bought those sea sponge menstrual sponges from the jam sponge website and am at last giving them a try.

Has anyone else tried them? Or have any suggestions of something else that's good for Periods From Hell?

Jam sponge... as in... a cake??

I thought you were going to say an actual cake, would have been an interesting thread sorry no help OP but I’m looking for alternatives to scratchy pads!

I did explain what it is in my op, Moo!

No cakes were harmed in the making of this post.

I was so hoping you were a cake based sexual fetishist type troll. The trolls round here are so po-faced these days. I was dreaming of pirate sex and utensils for a brief, beautiful moment.

No idea about hellish periods I'm afraid.

There is another thread where a poster is offering to crochet tampons?

I knew what you meant, although the thought of someone legs akimbo stuffing a taste the difference Victoria sponge up there is amazing!

Anyhoo- I’d love to know how you get on, I love my trusty mooncup but still have to double up with a washable pad overnight on the worst couple of days. Are the sponges supposed to be more absorbent?

Digressing a lot I saw a news report about a woman who had gone to hospital with a turtle up her vagina last week......

This is the funniest thread title ever!

Not helpful, but I tried natural sponges and found they leaked badly, & I don't have particularly heavy periods (and can use a mooncup with no problems). But I was hoping to use as a tampon replacement, rather than as a backup to pads, so maybe more useful for that?

I'd prefer a lemon drizzle

Ah you see that's where you went wrong, OvO. Should have been a Fondant Fancy.

I'm sorry to disappoint you, Showy! Wouldn't been an excellent troll thread though, such a missed opportunity.

Downton, I'll let you know how absorbant they are in oooh about an hour? I have a towel down on my sofa just in case!

Crochet tampons are certainly a new one on me, Crow. With hypo allergenic wool I assume.

Can't wait for someone to see your internet history, April!

I don't think Mr Kipling would approve, Biwi!

Aw, I only clicked for the deletion message.

You crack on, my dear, with your shoving.

What about pads plus Thinx knickers?

I was going to suggest a langue de chat, but that would be taking the biscuit (and shoving it where the sun doesn't shine)...

Oh no, Sadik, I was hoping they were the next best thing since sliced bread?

(No I haven't shoved some Warburtons up there either 😂)

Thinx look very expensive!
But will read reviews to see if they're worth the ££

But if you really require cake based sanpro, I'd propose a madeleine.

I've thought those soft dense baby sponges would be good for this. No idea if it's safe but they hold a lot of liquid.

You can get Thinkx-alike on Amazon cheaper, but I'd read the reviews first because they're not all as good.

Ah, but he does make exceedingly good cakes @OvO

I thought it was the wee troll from yesterday back with a new name!

You've put me off Swiss roll for life through.

Fingers crossed it'll work better for you than it did for me!

I could do with a cake now.