Comments on: Reusable Menstrual Cups vs Tampons http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green Wed, 08 May 2013 13:26:47 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green/comment-page-1#comment-34395 Mrs Money Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:23:30 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green#comment-34395 Pippa- That's a great point! I didn't mention them at all. I really don't have experience with them, but they sound amazing! Thanks so much for all the great information! Pippa- That’s a great point! I didn’t mention them at all. I really don’t have experience with them, but they sound amazing! Thanks so much for all the great information!

]]> By: Pippa http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green/comment-page-1#comment-34362 Pippa Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:05:46 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green#comment-34362 I notice you didn't mention Sea Pearls here! Honestly, I can't even imagine using a Diva cup or something similar because I am, ahem, very small and I find even the "slender" or "junior" tampons to be downright painful. But I prefer not to use pads because, well, blood and hair and everything becomes a big mess. But I /love/ my Sea Pearls. They're reusable tampons made from sea sponges. The way they are harvested actually cause the sponges to reproduce so it's a renewable source, they're biodegradable once they've gotten to where you can't use them anymore, and even I (with all of my sensitivity) don't feel them *at all* when they're in place. They need to be pulled out and rinsed a few times a day, with about the same frequency as you'd change a tampon, so that can be a problem with public restrooms, but if I'm going out and worried about that, I'll keep an extra in my purse in a waterproof container, already dampened, and just change it in the stall and rinse out the other one when I get home. And honestly, even on my heaviest days, they last longer than tampons ever did for me - you just need to pull them out and rinse them because blood is a great growth medium and you don't want things to colonize (I tend to get lazy towards the end of my cycle and leave one in for 12 hours or so - and then I get a yeast infection). You disinfect them with vinegar or tea tree oil or peroxide, no big deal, and let them air-dry when you aren't using them. Because they are not bleached or chemically treated in any way /and/ they don't overdry the way that tampons do (need to be dampened to be inserted), there is essentially no risk of TSS also. They are wonderful and definitely my alternative menstrual product of choice. I notice you didn’t mention Sea Pearls here! Honestly, I can’t even imagine using a Diva cup or something similar because I am, ahem, very small and I find even the “slender” or “junior” tampons to be downright painful. But I prefer not to use pads because, well, blood and hair and everything becomes a big mess. But I /love/ my Sea Pearls. They’re reusable tampons made from sea sponges. The way they are harvested actually cause the sponges to reproduce so it’s a renewable source, they’re biodegradable once they’ve gotten to where you can’t use them anymore, and even I (with all of my sensitivity) don’t feel them *at all* when they’re in place. They need to be pulled out and rinsed a few times a day, with about the same frequency as you’d change a tampon, so that can be a problem with public restrooms, but if I’m going out and worried about that, I’ll keep an extra in my purse in a waterproof container, already dampened, and just change it in the stall and rinse out the other one when I get home. And honestly, even on my heaviest days, they last longer than tampons ever did for me – you just need to pull them out and rinse them because blood is a great growth medium and you don’t want things to colonize (I tend to get lazy towards the end of my cycle and leave one in for 12 hours or so – and then I get a yeast infection). You disinfect them with vinegar or tea tree oil or peroxide, no big deal, and let them air-dry when you aren’t using them. Because they are not bleached or chemically treated in any way /and/ they don’t overdry the way that tampons do (need to be dampened to be inserted), there is essentially no risk of TSS also. They are wonderful and definitely my alternative menstrual product of choice.

]]> By: My Review of the Keeper Menstrual Cup | Save Green and Live Green! http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green/comment-page-1#comment-11153 My Review of the Keeper Menstrual Cup | Save Green and Live Green! Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:43:35 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green#comment-11153 [...] April, I wrote a post about alternative menstrual products and mentioned The Keeper menstrual cup.  From that post, the director of marketing left a [...] [...] April, I wrote a post about alternative menstrual products and mentioned The Keeper menstrual cup.  From that post, the director of marketing left a [...]

]]> By: How Far Would you go to Have a Baby? | Save Green and Live Green! http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green/comment-page-1#comment-9193 How Far Would you go to Have a Baby? | Save Green and Live Green! Thu, 14 May 2009 21:41:15 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green#comment-9193 [...] think this may be TMI (too much information), but I think I’ve already gone there many times. We’re having a hard time getting pregnant. And we don’t know how far we want to go to [...] [...] think this may be TMI (too much information), but I think I’ve already gone there many times. We’re having a hard time getting pregnant. And we don’t know how far we want to go to [...]

]]> By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green/comment-page-1#comment-8475 Mrs Money Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:20:53 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green#comment-8475 kerry- the Diva cup is what I have too. I am happy that there are others out there that share the same passion I do! Julia- Thanks so much for stopping by and for the lovely comment! I'm off to check the pictures now. kerry- the Diva cup is what I have too. I am happy that there are others out there that share the same passion I do!

Julia- Thanks so much for stopping by and for the lovely comment! I’m off to check the pictures now.

]]> By: Julia Schopick http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green/comment-page-1#comment-8430 Julia Schopick Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:54:34 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green#comment-8430 Thanks so much for writing about alternative menstrual products – especially ones that are reusable, and therefore, gentler on the environment. It’s really great to see that so women are beginning to be bothered by the waste that is caused by disposable menstrual products, and are therefore turning to reusables. I hope that you and your site visitors will want to see a concrete rendering of exactly HOW HARMFUL disposable menstrual products are to the environment. Just check out Keeper.com’s Comparison Photo Page. On the left side of the website, you will see a button with the words, "New: Photos!" in red. Clicking on this button will lead you to the Comparison Photo Page, which shows -- in pictures -- exactly HOW MUCH WASTE the average woman who uses tampons creates in one month, one year, ten years and 40 years. (And by the way, the average woman menstruates for forty years!) I think you will agree with me that these photos are worth at least A THOUSAND WORDS, because, frankly, I don’t think that women who use disposable menstrual products -- which is, unfortunately, MOST women -- actually like to think about the lifetime accumulation of waste they are foisting on our environment. This visual provides actual proof of the huge amount of environmental waste we women create, in this small area of our lives alone. And you’ll just love the photo on this Comparison Photo Page of the DUMP TRUCK, which is FILLED with 260 POUNDS of tampons and packaging. Believe it or not, the average woman actually uses (and tosses into the environment) that many pounds of tampons in her menstruating lifetime – and if she uses disposable menstrual pads, there will be even more waste! Thanks! Julia Schopick Director of Marketing The Keeper, Inc. Keeper.com Thanks so much for writing about alternative menstrual products – especially ones that are reusable, and therefore, gentler on the environment. It’s really great to see that so women are beginning to be bothered by the waste that is caused by disposable menstrual products, and are therefore turning to reusables.

I hope that you and your site visitors will want to see a concrete rendering of exactly HOW HARMFUL disposable menstrual products are to the environment. Just check out Keeper.com’s Comparison Photo Page. On the left side of the website, you will see a button with the words, “New: Photos!” in red. Clicking on this button will lead you to the Comparison Photo Page, which shows — in pictures — exactly HOW MUCH WASTE the average woman who uses tampons creates in one month, one year, ten years and 40 years. (And by the way, the average woman menstruates for forty years!)

I think you will agree with me that these photos are worth at least A THOUSAND WORDS, because, frankly, I don’t think that women who use disposable menstrual products — which is, unfortunately, MOST women — actually like to think about the lifetime accumulation of waste they are foisting on our environment.

This visual provides actual proof of the huge amount of environmental waste we women create, in this small area of our lives alone.

And you’ll just love the photo on this Comparison Photo Page of the DUMP TRUCK, which is FILLED with 260 POUNDS of tampons and packaging. Believe it or not, the average woman actually uses (and tosses into the environment) that many pounds of tampons in her menstruating lifetime – and if she uses disposable menstrual pads, there will be even more waste!

Thanks!
Julia Schopick
Director of Marketing
The Keeper, Inc.
Keeper.com

]]> By: kerry http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green/comment-page-1#comment-8324 kerry Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:39:00 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green#comment-8324 oh, i use the diva cup and i LOVE it!!! yes, it totally saves me money- plus i get to skip those store trips. :) diva has a great website that i was obsessed with when i was researching; tons of info. no more bleach and chemicals inside my body, no more adding to the landfills... it's perfect! whatever reusable product you try, applaud yourself for making an impact on both your life and the planet! oh, i use the diva cup and i LOVE it!!! yes, it totally saves me money- plus i get to skip those store trips. :) diva has a great website that i was obsessed with when i was researching; tons of info. no more bleach and chemicals inside my body, no more adding to the landfills… it’s perfect! whatever reusable product you try, applaud yourself for making an impact on both your life and the planet!

]]> By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green/comment-page-1#comment-7964 Mrs Money Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:54:05 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green#comment-7964 Chelle- I am glad I could share that with you! Hopefully you'll give one a try. K-money- I've actually tried both, so if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them! Phoebe- I've had a Diva cup for a few years and enjoyed that. There is a learning curve, but once you get past it, it's great! Chelle- I am glad I could share that with you! Hopefully you’ll give one a try.

K-money- I’ve actually tried both, so if you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer them!

Phoebe- I’ve had a Diva cup for a few years and enjoyed that. There is a learning curve, but once you get past it, it’s great!

]]> By: Phoebe http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green/comment-page-1#comment-7882 Phoebe Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:10:48 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green#comment-7882 I started using one (the Moon Cup, the silocone version of the Keeper) about 8 months ago, and I love, love, love it. It pays for itself in a few months; you don't even notice it's there, and since it contains rather than absorbs, it doesn't dry you out. There's a bit of a learning curve, (figuring out your own cycle and how often you need to empty it, getting it adjusted right) but it's pretty short. I started using one (the Moon Cup, the silocone version of the Keeper) about 8 months ago, and I love, love, love it. It pays for itself in a few months; you don’t even notice it’s there, and since it contains rather than absorbs, it doesn’t dry you out. There’s a bit of a learning curve, (figuring out your own cycle and how often you need to empty it, getting it adjusted right) but it’s pretty short.

]]> By: K-money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green/comment-page-1#comment-7826 K-money Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:56:31 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/alternative-menstrual-products-frugal-and-green#comment-7826 I think these sound interesting and I have been considering them for a while, but I want to hear from someone who has actually used a menstrual cup. I think these sound interesting and I have been considering them for a while, but I want to hear from someone who has actually used a menstrual cup.

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