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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why people prefer cups and discus over tampons? I'm old-school, in menopause now, and I understand the environmental aspect of not using pads. But what is wrong with tampons?

you can wear a cup for 12 hours and never need to change it. You can pee with it in (whereas with tampons the string gets wet). It's reusable. I also liked that I couldn't feel the cup at all, whereas a tampon sometimes was uncomfortable.

Tampons have gotten pretty expensive too and they don't want you to flush them (I think they're gross in a trash can).

OP here. All of this though I did find the cup uncomfortable, whereas the disc is not.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why people prefer cups and discus over tampons? I'm old-school, in menopause now, and I understand the environmental aspect of not using pads. But what is wrong with tampons?

you can wear a cup for 12 hours and never need to change it. You can pee with it in (whereas with tampons the string gets wet). It's reusable. I also liked that I couldn't feel the cup at all, whereas a tampon sometimes was uncomfortable.

Tampons have gotten pretty expensive too and they don't want you to flush them (I think they're gross in a trash can).

Can someone explain to me why people prefer cups and discus over tampons? I'm old-school, in menopause now, and I understand the environmental aspect of not using pads. But what is wrong with tampons?

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Anonymous wrote:IF it autodumps when you sit on the toilet what keeps it from autodumping when you're sitting anywhere else?? scary

It's not about sitting down. It's about how your pelvic floor muscles contract when you urinate or have s bowel movement. Of course there is a risk that hcannhsooen by accident. You need to try it out at home for a couple cycles first.

I would definitely worry about this as someone who sometimes leaks since having kids. Especially during exercise. Like what if it released during a yoga or barre class? Ugh, no.

Sticking with tampons. They aren't great, but it's a known quantity that I've figured out how to live with fairly happily.

That is my exact worry!!

OP here. I definitely hear you and not trying to convince anyone to switch from tampons. But just to clarify, it is the action of contracting my pelvic floor muscles to urinate that causes the autodump to occur, and only when the disc is pretty full. It would not autodump because of urinary leakage. It can autodump accidentally if it is not inserted properly or doesn't fit your body properly. It's hard to know if it is inserted improperly or doesn't fit properly until you try it for at least a full cycle, and then of course you can't return it. It's a learning process and may not be worth it if you are happy with what you are already doing.

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Anonymous wrote:IF it autodumps when you sit on the toilet what keeps it from autodumping when you're sitting anywhere else?? scary

It's not about sitting down. It's about how your pelvic floor muscles contract when you urinate or have s bowel movement. Of course there is a risk that hcannhsooen by accident. You need to try it out at home for a couple cycles first.

I would definitely worry about this as someone who sometimes leaks since having kids. Especially during exercise. Like what if it released during a yoga or barre class? Ugh, no.

Sticking with tampons. They aren't great, but it's a known quantity that I've figured out how to live with fairly happily.

That is my exact worry!!

I wanted to like them but they don't fit my nearly as well as my cup. I also have to laugh when people use vegans as a negative term lol. I don't disagree there are some crazy ones out there, but seriously OP was clearly just happy the discs are working well for her and wanted to share it with the world! There's not nearly enough info out there for women relating to our bodies!

I'm 42 and was shocked to find I was in perimenopause. I had no clue it started that early. I also didn't know about the random periods post menopause!

Anonymous wrote:Oh God. Here come the vegans of menstruation.

Lol OP. here, I swear I am not crunchy nor do I use a disc for the environmental benefits. If anything it's my squeamishness about period blood and specifically the smell of it that drives my hatred of tampons.