For OB fans, does Cora make an okay substitute? I am so sad the obs are difficult to find now. I am skeptical of the Amazon ones...

Love my cup, emptying it and replacing takes a little bit of practice but once you’re used to it, it’s life changing. I’m someone who has to empty every 4 hours or so, but still way better than tampons.

Anonymous wrote:The reason for the tampon shortage is actually because Kimberly Clarke Corp decided to discontinue their Security Line tampons citing a "business decision." Hundreds of thousands if not millions of women experiencing dysmenorrhea relief on the security tampon for their heavy flows (including me) now the news media citing this thread is in a flurry about the story and hasnt done their due diligence to hold KCC accountable. We started a group to advocate for its return to market. If youd like to join heres the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/clicktamponssuck/ Sometimes there are people with surplus stock who sell security tampons. Good Luck!

I will never recover from Kotex discontinuing the security tampons. Only tampons that ever worked for me and I didn’t have to worry about leaks or changing constantly. I’m a teacher and it’s really hard to get to the bathroom every single hour to change one of this terrible little click tampons every 60-90 minutes the first day or two of a cycle.

Tampon shortage getting even more media attention. Now the late night shows are talking about it (Trevor Noah).

Honestly, I've adopted some pretty poor hygiene habits as a result of the shortage. I keep the same tampon in all day to reduce the number I use per cycle.

I'm down to my last box of o.b.

As a person with an IUD* and minor prolapse, cups are not an option.

I guess I need to start buying underwear that can accommodate old-fashioned maxi pads.

*Several PPs mentioned hoping an IUD would help things. For me, Mirena doubled the length of my period but halved the flow rate. So instead of having five days of bleeding with 2-3 heavy days, I have 10 days of moderate-light bleeding.

Anonymous wrote:The reason for the tampon shortage is actually because Kimberly Clarke Corp decided to discontinue their Security Line tampons citing a "business decision." Hundreds of thousands if not millions of women experiencing dysmenorrhea relief on the security tampon for their heavy flows (including me) now the news media citing this thread is in a flurry about the story and hasnt done their due diligence to hold KCC accountable. We started a group to advocate for its return to market. If youd like to join heres the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/clicktamponssuck/ Sometimes there are people with surplus stock who sell security tampons. Good Luck!

Ebay has kotex security tampons.