Comments on: Bleeding Money http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/2009/06/01/bleeding-money/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:17:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: theunmarrieddaughter http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/2009/06/01/bleeding-money/#comment-102 theunmarrieddaughter Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:29:07 +0000 http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/?p=512#comment-102 Well, call me crunchy granola Earth mamma, but here's my take on the icky girl stuff: Women bleed, get over it. For what it's worth, I discuss all sorts of menustration issues in mixed gender company, I refuse to be shamed about my body After all, I have been around men who have talked openly about their penile/sex issues with no shame, why should it I have shame about something my body does? Okay, off my radfem soapbox, I do rent it out you know! cloth pads, oh my gosh, they are awesome. I hate how expensive they are, and I am of the variety of buy enough cloth pads to get me through the week of bleed, and then wash them all at once. Also, I soak my cloth pads in a covered glass bowl, and then use the water as fertilizer. It is one of the best fertilizers I have ever used. Change the water in the bowl through out your bleed time though. It can get a little rancid. I never like Menstrual cups, they never fit right, (yes, I did do everything correctly even had a gyney nurse practitioner help me) and were uncomfortable. Oh, and best source for reusable pads? Ebay. Well, call me crunchy granola Earth mamma, but here’s my take on the icky girl stuff:

Women bleed, get over it.

For what it’s worth, I discuss all sorts of menustration issues in mixed gender company, I refuse to be shamed about my body After all, I have been around men who have talked openly about their penile/sex issues with no shame, why should it I have shame about something my body does?

Okay, off my radfem soapbox, I do rent it out you know!

cloth pads, oh my gosh, they are awesome. I hate how expensive they are, and I am of the variety of buy enough cloth pads to get me through the week of bleed, and then wash them all at once.

Also, I soak my cloth pads in a covered glass bowl, and then use the water as fertilizer. It is one of the best fertilizers I have ever used. Change the water in the bowl through out your bleed time though. It can get a little rancid.

I never like Menstrual cups, they never fit right, (yes, I did do everything correctly even had a gyney nurse practitioner help me) and were uncomfortable.

Oh, and best source for reusable pads? Ebay.

]]> By: Karen http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/2009/06/01/bleeding-money/#comment-96 Karen Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:08:53 +0000 http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/?p=512#comment-96 Bravo, Carolyn, for shedding some light on a subject that is usually classed as "icky girl stuff" that can't be talked about. If we can discuss disposable diaper alternatives, why not alternatives to disposable feminine products? I started using a cup about a year and a half ago, and I wish I'd known about it sooner. I wasted 20 years of money and landfill space and this is a product I would use if there were no issues at all with disposable products. I enjoy the blog on a regular basis anyway, but thanks for a voice on a different topic. Guest blogging welcome from this reader. Karen Bravo, Carolyn, for shedding some light on a subject that is usually classed as “icky girl stuff” that can’t be talked about. If we can discuss disposable diaper alternatives, why not alternatives to disposable feminine products? I started using a cup about a year and a half ago, and I wish I’d known about it sooner. I wasted 20 years of money and landfill space and this is a product I would use if there were no issues at all with disposable products.

I enjoy the blog on a regular basis anyway, but thanks for a voice on a different topic. Guest blogging welcome from this reader.

Karen

]]> By: Aunt Toby http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/2009/06/01/bleeding-money/#comment-95 Aunt Toby Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:28:32 +0000 http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/?p=512#comment-95 Carolyn -- YAY!!! My first guest blogger!! a) could not have done the blog without you and b) thanks for the guest blog. Different topic but definitely in line with KCE's philosophy of 'do it yourself' and 'don't waste money!' Looking forward to more 'economical' adventures from the UK-branch of KCE! Carolyn — YAY!!! My first guest blogger!!
a) could not have done the blog without you and
b) thanks for the guest blog. Different topic but definitely in line with KCE’s philosophy of ‘do it yourself’ and ‘don’t waste money!’
Looking forward to more ‘economical’ adventures from the UK-branch of KCE!

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