Tampax pearl

[BasinHaircut]

I usually just use the compact ones but bought a box of pearl.

The applicators are weird and they seem to expand too much sideways and are uncomfortable to pull out.

Have I got a dodgy box?

[Sparklingbrook]

There's always one Its.

[Panzee]

Cerazette, no periods. :o

[Queenbean]

Hootsmon totally agre, I only hse

[Queenbean]

Whoops! Only use lillets for sideways explanation. What's the point of expanding out lengthways?!

[lemonade30]

I'm five foot nine hoots.

I need a long expansion. I've given birth by c section though so.... widthways not so much.

ach there's a plug for every hole. God bless the tampax corporation

[GinAndSonic]

I dont like applicator tampons at all. I like tampons that expand widthways rather than longways, i used tampax in my youth and they seemed to expand lengthway, and i hated it. I use non applicator ones, usually own brand ones when i use tampons, but i prefer pads these days.

[ProcrastinatorGeneral]

I use the normal pearl or the newer compak pearl when I need tampons, though I use washable pads too. Tesco delivery driver was once treated to my vehement muttering a about smelly fannies when they subbed the scented ones once. I have no shame :o

I've never been able to use the cardboard ones or the applicatorless ones either. All goes wrong and leaks all over the show. I do recycle just about anything the council will take though, so I try my best.

[thatsshallot]

I've prolapsed since DCs and pearl and lillets are only ones I can use so I do love them but do feel v guilty about non degradable plastic (which obv don't flush). Not so pleased with scented ones I bought by accident

[mileend2bermondsey]

I've hated applicator tampons ever since I discovered non applicator ones and have never looked back. So much easier to use, take up less storage space and less waste. Go non-applicator ladies!

[RealHuman]

I don't know about anyone else but I want them to suck moisture out of my vagina. That's kind of the point.

[BasinHaircut]

panzee I'm on cerazette!

Didn't get periods before DS, now I get short but heavy ones that make me feel crap. I am so bloated I haven't pooed in 2 days! Sorry TMI but these pearl things have annoyed me!

[joia]

They're the only brand I will use now.

[OOAOML]

Cerazette gave me lots of bleeding in the first few months but now hardly anything.

[Panzee]

Basin that's rubbish. :(

[eggyface]

mooncup mooncup mooncup mooncup!!
Mooncup!!!!!
:-P

[paulapompom]

I'm a bit scared of trying a mooncup - is that ridiculous? Tis isn't it? I had big twins natural birth, but little bit of plastic? Oohh!

[Sparklingbrook]

Not at all paula. They aren't for everyone, and I wouldn't even consider it no matter how many times they get mentioned on here.

[paulapompom]

Thanks sparkling x

[magimedi]

[FortyCoats]

I hate them! There're too fidgety with the slender, sticklike applicator BUT I didn't know they expanded widthways so I might give them another go. Think I have some sort of prolapse, bladder maybe, and the cardboard applicator ones are not staying put anymore!

Do some people flush the cardboard? I didn't think you could.

pollypocket I thought I was the only juvenile here but I did lol when I first read it, thinking the op was questioning the accommodating ability of her fanjo!

[MoJangled]

Mooncup

(Bought one 6 months ago and wish I'd discovered it 20 years ago)

But re tampons, have never got on with Tampax at all; they leak, slide out, feel uncomfortable and never once have I found myself roller-blading behind 2 Dalmatians in white jeans while using them. Bloody plastic crappery just adds insult to ineffectiveness. Sainsbury's applicator tampons all the way for me

(until advent of Mooncup joy oh joy)

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

I don't know about anyone else but I want them to suck moisture out of my vagina. That's kind of the point

Too be more specific, as they are a non-absorbant cup they catch stuff flowing (also useful for heavy discharge - much nicer than panty liners) but don't absorb your vaginal secretions.

[FortyCoats]

I really want to give mooncups a go but I'm worried about nighttime and if I'm using a public bathroom. I'm not sure I'm graceful enough to delicately remove a cup of blood from my vagina whilst trying to hover over a public loo and keep the ends of my trousers of the wet pisscovered floor. I don't want to leave the stall like a murder scene!

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Depends how heavy your flow is. Many people can get away with emptying before they leave in the am and after they return in eve.

At night either do a middle of the night empty if begins to leak or back up with a night time towel (reusable of course ;) )

[Brummiegirl15]

I love Pearl!!!

But admit the applicator can be a bit pinchy at times