Instead of going through all that trouble, she started using a menstrual cup.
And tampons have really been pissing me off lately.
I have an extremely light period, sotampons always, always, always dry me out.
Photo by Valerie Fischel; Graphic by Jocelyn Runice
And then somehow I still end up leaking.
(Do your damn job, tampon!)
Plus, I’d rather notspend money on tamponsevery single month if I dont have to.
Photo by Valerie Fischel
No, thank you.
And I wasn’t kidding when I said I love the sustainability angle.
Every time I finish off a box of tampons I feel incredibly guilty.
What pretty boxes.
Menstrual cups are so eco-friendly.
This epiphany pushed me over the edge.
I finally ordered myself a menstrual cup.
Audrey Bruno
Heres how I went from being curious to a complete convert.
Before I started using the cup, I talked to my friend Anne, a recent menstrual cup newbie.
Many menstrual cup users speak of this ‘learning curve, and for good reason.
Clean as a whistle!
The insertion process is a tad tricky.
Sounds uncomfortable, right?
I took a look around the web for some more info.
I know, I am such a lady.
Several weeks ahead of my period I started checking out different menstrual cup brands.
They sell cups in two sizes: model 1 and model 2.
I decided to get some more opinions from my colleagues.
One actually has a menstrual cup of her own and offered to measure it for me.
Much to my dismay, my period started at work.
So I made my way to the big stall in the bathroom, equipped with model 1.
Surprisingly, it happened right away.
I’d successfully inserted the damn thing in a matter of minutes.
I returned to my desk triumphantly and continued to work.
That night I ran to the bathroom right when I got home like a kid on Christmas morning.
“You kind of have to bear down like you’re giving birth,” Anne had told me.
But it wasn’t.
I’d had it in for about 8 hours and the amount of blood in it was shockingly low.
Clean as a whistle!
It was like a dam, and I was damn impressed.
To really test it out, I committed the cardinal sin of wearing white pants on your period.
Somehow I think myjeanswere whiter at the end of the day then they were at the beginning.
Usually, I spend a few days waddling around like a penguin after my period.
The cup caused zero dryness.
My vagina felt exactly the same as it had felt before I started my period.
I was filled with moist glee.
I feel like I’ve been unchained from the nightmare of wearing andbuying tampons.
The cups also last for a few years and only cost about $40.
Im beyond thrilled to never buy them again.
