Do you regularly take half showers between tampons or you’re fine with just drying for the most intense days?

  • Devi
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    2511 months ago

    I’m wondering if there’s a medical condition here. What is happening to need showers between tampons?

  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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    2211 months ago

    Sorry for not providing a helpful answer, but TIL a bidet can be used for this 😳 sounds like a very useful lifehack too

    • @ShroOmeric
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      11 months ago

      Lifehack? What did you think it was meant for?!?

      Edit: since there are smart people in the comments, it is for washing that part - what do you wash it from makes no difference. The poor mind of some people… 🤷‍♂️

  • @BzzBiotch
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    1911 months ago

    Ol trusty rag on a stick never let me down

  • @vivavideri
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    1611 months ago

    Well, firstly, you don’t need a lot of time between tampons, technically – so long as the absorption size isn’t too crazy and you’re changing them frequently enough. Secondly, fuck tampons, get a menstrual cup. For the uninitiated, it’s a silicone doohickey essentially shaped like a bell that fits around the cervix. Learning curve? Yes. Squick factor? Probably. tons of sizes. Safer than tampons (see Toxic Shock Syndrome).

    Pays for itself in a few months if you have heavy flow.

    Bidet would be a little less necessary but still, if heated, v nice.

    If I’ve had a rough second day I’ll half-shower rinse, sure, but the merula xl is just about big enough to handle it otherwise.

    • @I_Fart_Glitter
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      611 months ago

      I switch between those and Period Panties. Sometimes anything internal makes cramps worse, and honestly, I really dread rummaging around in there to drag it out while covering my hand in blood. It’s just not practical to empty/rinse at work and I do 16 hour shifts, so it’s not possible to just pop it in for the work day either. I use the cup when I’m not at work and it’s past the crampy days. Sometimes tampons + period panties are the only solution for me.

    • Ataraxia
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      211 months ago

      I tried the cup. I have several sizes. They just got stuck in there and never popped open and almost ended up going to the ER to have it removed.

      • @vivavideri
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        111 months ago

        My condolences.

        My super jenny isn’t firm at all and I don’t have trouble maneuvering it but the merula xl is very firm and that fucker hurts if it pops too soon ☠️

  • @marshadow
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    1111 months ago

    DIY wet wipes (reaching over to the sink and dampening some tp while at home, or dampening a paper towel before entering the toilet stall in public)

  • @[email protected]
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    1111 months ago

    Tangential: If the toilet paper shortage during the pan wasn’t enough to wake Americans up to the need for bidets, nothing will. We’re savages over here.

    • @Aleric
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      611 months ago

      I still can’t imagine how people live without a bidet. They’re just walking around with poopy asses all the time.

        • @Aleric
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          111 months ago

          There’s always residue. You’re just diluting it by wiping repeatedly. Before I was a bidet convert, I was a very thorough wiper. Now that I’ve experienced both, I know there’s never enough dry wiping.

    • Ataraxia
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      -311 months ago

      Italian here. We always had a bidet and used it as a second toilet as kids. Never used it. As an adult I soak in the tub

    • @surewhynotlem
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      2411 months ago

      Don’t flush those! Even if they say flushable , they’re lying.

      You probably already know that, but just in case some people don’t.

      • @tourist
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        1211 months ago

        But do flush your spent AA batteries

        • unalivejoy
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          211 months ago

          Just my AA chips when my drinking buddies come by for a surprise visit.

  • @TheDoctorDonna
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    811 months ago

    I don’t have to worry about it now, but when I had my period (and I strictly used pads) I would use a peri-bottle full of warm water. My period having teen uses refresher wipes.

  • @Mostly_Gristle
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    811 months ago

    Portable bidets are a thing. Basically a squeeze bottle with a special nozzle to direct the stream. Periods aren’t something I have to deal with, so I really don’t know what kind of cleanup is required, but it seems like it would be better than nothing.

  • @RebekahWSD
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    511 months ago

    I get a shot in my butt every three months so I don’t get my hell periods.

    Before that, showers were hell because I had such heavy flows. Everything was just hell.

  • @[email protected]
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    311 months ago

    Just have a penis! Duh!

    But really, I live in savage no-bidet land, but thankfully I have a handheld shower head that I can just use sitting on the corner of the tub. When I didn’t have a tub, I just squatted, but it’s not nearly as easy

  • @[email protected]
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    311 months ago

    Okay, I’m a bit concerned at this whole thing.

    When I’m on then I shower once a day. I use femfresh to wash and then towel dry.

    Why would I need anything else in between? Most disposable products need changing every 4hrs but that doesn’t mean throughly cleaning between uses. Reusables vary but again nothing needs deep cleaning under than 12hrs.

    I feel like I’m misunderstanding the question?

  • 𝐘Ⓞz҉
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    111 months ago

    I installed it last month. I want to help mother nature so reducing paper waste and also its much cleaner than wiping