Eugh. Time of the month today! As it goes, not too bad just usual feeling snappy and a hurty tummy but otherwise not too bad. Anyway, I’m sure nobody’s really interested in the gory details of my reproductive cycle but I do think its really important to get to know your monthly fluctuations, to notice if anything is different, or wrong and what may have affected this. I’m particularly spotty this month which is not appreciated! (I hope you are listening hormones!) But what’s this got to do with the environment? I hear you cry. Well, like one of an increasing group of women I’ve switched from using disposable sanitary products to a reusable menstrual cup (a Mooncup in fact). It’s blooming brilliant. I don’t think I could ever go back. I feel so much cleaner and can wear whatever underwear I want (strangely enough I never got on with tampons, not too keen on shoving a bit of cotton wool up my you know what). Anyway, I thoroughly recommend one. Saves you a whole heap of money – depending on what brands of sanitary products you normally buy, a Mooncup generally pays for itself in about a year (they are recommended to last about 10 years). Oh, and the people on the website are really nice and helpful and will answer whatever question you have no matter how odd it seems.
And obviously the environmental aspect is cool, no more throwing away, or (heaven forbid) flushing away nasty bits of material full of bleaches and all sorts. And I see nowadays they do fragranced tampons as well! The mind boggles. (Actually, nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to human ‘hygiene’ the other day I saw an advert for a toilet roll fragrancer to make your loo roll smell pretty!)
Apologies for the wiffling nature of this post, I’m not on top form (hormones, eh) but its probably nothing that chocolate can’t fix. But my main point is get a Mooncup! They’re brilliant, save the environment, save you heaps of money and that. Probably one of the best inventions ever, especially as I would never be able to deal with rewashable towels. (Actually I have heard of a few people who swear by them but it seems pretty labour intensive to me).
Go the Mooncup website, or feel free to ask me any questions about it as I’ve been using one for a while now so feel fairly knowledgable on the subject!
