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[wickedcherub]

So I'm not pregnant. I was sad about it yesterday but today I'm just appalled at the fact that I am a grown woman who is incapable of not getting menstrual blood all over the bedsheets.

It's worse now that I'm married and share a bed with Adam and sometimes Liam.

Though I guess Liam wets the bed sometimes so we're even.

Seriously, is there some sort of Womanly Lesson my mother forgot to teach me? Not even maternity pads can save me on the first day. :(

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[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't plan on being not-on-the-pill for very long, it's just because I'm trying to conceive. When I'm on the pill my period is lighter :)

I might look into the cup though. Does it not leak at all?

[chicago-ruth.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of info over at menstrual_cups, which is how I did most of my research before I invested. But basically: it takes a little while to get used to it, but once you've found the right cup + have figured out how to insert it, I find there is a lot less leakage than on tampons or or pads. There's definitely a learning curve, but the cup has made my periods so much simpler. If my period is heavy and I'm worried, I use a pantyliner as a "just in case," but often I don't actually need it.

I also find it helpful because that means that I'm almost never caught without something in case of sudden period -- I just always carry the cup in my purse, and I can't "run out" in the middle of a period.

Anyway, I know it's not perfect for everybody, but I find all the positives to completely outweigh the few drawbacks.