Day 4 Well, last night, I woke up with the feeling that I needed to empty the cup, so I got out of bed, went to the bathroom, and it was about half full, but I had leaked 1 drop onto my overnight pad. I managed to empty the cup, rinse and reinsert without even …
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Menstrual Cup Journal: Day 3
Day 3 WOW! I needed to change my cloth pad in the middle of the night and didn’t. Now THIS is a heavy flow. This is only my second flow post partum (due to amennohorea caused by breastfeeding) so maybe that is why this is quite a bit funky. At any rate, I had total …
Menstrual Cup Journal: Day 2
Day 2 I woke up in the morning fully expecting leaks. I’m still not sure that I know when this thing is in right or open properly. Surprise surprise…no leaks! (No leaks so far!) Cup was filled about half way. It is SO interesting to see my menstrual blood collected like this. I …
Menstrual Cup Journal
Image by MeLuna MeLuna recently gifted Wise Woman Fertility with quite a sampling of their menstrual cups to try! As you may remember from my previous post about menstrual cups, they are typically made from silicone or latex but Meluna makes theirs out of medical grade plastic. From what I can see from …
Mikvah
It is impossible for a religiously observant Jewish woman, like myself, to speak about menstruation without discussing mikvah. Some Jewish women do not utilize this amazing, holy and ancient opportunity. Some don’t even realize that the opportunity exists. And, of course, some who are reading this are not even Jewish. As always, all are welcome here. …
Perimenopause
Throughout the ages, a woman’s life has traditionally been divided into three parts; Maiden, Mother and Crone. In our Menstruation Series, we have devoted much time on the transition from the Maiden (traditionally a pre-menstruating woman) to the Mother (only a woman who is part of the menstrual cycle can become pregnant, and therefore be …
Menstruation Part IV: Cloth Pads
Cloth Pad photos courtesy of Glad Rags As I mentioned, my first fore into the alternative menstrual product world was with cloth pads, a.k.a. “rags,” “Moon Rags,” “Mama Cloth,” “lochia landing strips” (for the post-partum among us) and so on and so forth. Basically, they are all the same thing, menstrual “napkins” made from …
Menstruation Part III: The Alternatives
After my initial surgery for Endometriosis and upon refusing my doctor’s prescribed treatment of “Lupron Therapy,” I realized that proceeding within the Western Medical Model came with great risks. I needed another way to fight this disease. It was at this point in my research that I stumbled upon some information about monthly menstrual products. …
Menstruation Part II: What Do We Do With All That Blood?
We just can’t run off to the red tent and bleed into the ground, neglecting our children, husbands/partners, jobs and other duties, can we? We need something to collect that menstrual flow! Well, if you’re like me, you were taught that the thoroughly “modern woman” will use disposable pads or tampons. With disposable pads, you …
Menstruation for Dummies
Okay, so maybe we’re not dummies. After all, how many of us remember what we learned in 6th grade health class. Sure, they separated the boys from the girls (was that really such a great idea?) but there was still all that giggling. And the embarrassment! And that sweating, droning health teacher who acted as though …