To not want to buy sanpro by mail order in discreet packaging because I might forget to buy it from the supermarket?

[MissieEverdeen]

I know some people have commented on this in the MN survey thread, and it's mostly because the survey wound us up.

So I wanted to throw it open for more opinions.

Auntie Daisy delivers tampons and sanitary towels discreetly through your letterbox every month, so you never get caught out by your period again. Profits from Auntie Daisy are donated to Camfed, an amazing charity that helps girls in Africa secure a better education.

Camfed sounds like a wonderful charity, but I don't wish to spend nearly £4 to get 20 tampons or 12-16 sanitary towels in discreet packaging through the post each month, as if it's something I need to be embarrassed about or because I might be too daft/disorganised to remember to buy Tampax from the supermarket.

I am however interested in supporting Camfed directly - it's just that this idea of mail ordering sanpro feels ridiculous to me, as if it's something to be ashamed of.

AIBU?

I agree with you.

You can donate directly here:

camfed.org/donate/

YANBU.

Bu that's not the only funding for CamFed - an organisation I hadn't heard of before, but which appears to be doing really important work.

Ridiculous. I can understand if you needed some form of special san pro which was only available by mail order (can't think what that might be but possibly allergy issues) there would be no need for the package to say anything other than the sender's name in the same way as say "Amazon" but beyond that there's no need to be "discreet" about it.

You are all BU for using them term sanpro.

You may not want to but there are some women who do feel self conscious about it, there is no reason why they should feel self conscious but if they do then this alleviates their discomfort and raises money for charity it seems like a win win to me.

And if more people see this and think it's a good idea to them RestingActress then that's great.

But I just don't think many women will think it's a great idea, for many reasons. So it seems ill-thought out to me.

I thought exactly the same OP. Seems a shame that a charity that on the face of it seems to be doing some good work would be all coy and cringey about women having periods.

Can I be the first to say "moon cup"

yeah, go on then

Sanpro bingo

Is there another term for "moon cup" I'm past the age of caring but "moon cup" is so hippy/dippy twee.

Menstrual cup?

mooncup is the brand name though, and market leader I think. Bit like saying tampax instead of tampon.

I dont care who sees me buying sanpro. I dont know anyone who would be embarrassed by buying it.

I'm not arsed about who sees me buy it.. The husbands not arsed if he buys it. But if I ever called it sanpro I would want somebody to beat me about the head with a bat

I never heard it called that apart from here....its a ragey word.

I never call it sanpro except on here.

A moon cup might have been useful for me, not necessarily on a permanent basis, but to determine how much blood I was losing, but the name was so "knit your own organic lentils" it put me off looking into it.

I put off using a mooncup for years as I thought it was a bit too hippy and odd. Stupid me. Saved me a fortune in sanpro and much more effective and clean.

And I think auntie daisy would be better named auntie flo. Just saying...

The charity is fantastic.
The over priced site not so. Ok there are females out there that for whatever reason are embarrassed about a natural bodily function, and wish to buy products discreetly but there are already a number of ways to do this. This site plays on the insecurities of females and of over charges them all in the name of charity. The charity aspect is to then guilt trip you into buying from them. They say all profits are donated. But fail to say how much in monetary terms that is.

Buy elsewhere and donate the extra £2 a pack direct to the charity. They gain a lot more this way.

Completely agree Bloodyteenagers (LOL at your name!)

I will be looking into donating to Camfed though, however I do wonder what's made them think this is a good idea to be associated with.

There are loads of reasons why I don't think id need them to my door one of which is due because I'm so unpredictable both in heaviness and length and then in pattern so I could never say when exactly I would need them or how much product I would need.

Now saying that I don't really see a problem with having them delivered in say the way I quite like the occasional magazine being delivered, then I need to keep track of one less thing.

Also I really like the idea that I am helping a charity by buying a product that I'd be spending money on anyway so less fuss of looking to donate separately.

I don't see why everyone hates the idea so much.

I do HATE the company name

I also of course think that if the idea is to hide a woman's natural bodily functions from the rest of the world is stupid though

I agree ScrambledEgg.

I think the name of the venture itself could have alluded to how they want to support girls and young women in developing countries to overcome the issue of menstruation affecting their education.

Instead it's just twee.