Last week we gave away 5 Lunette Cups with our friends at You ARE Loved.org. In conjunction with the giveaway we asked women, “What is your #1 reason for wanting to try Lunette?” These are a few of their answers:
1. “I have already tried the Lunette, and it is amazing!! I would LOVE the opportunity to win one to give to my best friend for Mother’s Day!”
2. “I want to use Lunette because I want to use a reusable menstrual cup instead of pads and tampons.”
3. “I want to explore ALL my options now that I am having green periods”
4. “I want to try Lunette because I am interested in seeing if it’s a better fit for me (in terms of leaks) than the Diva Cup I’ve been using since the fall of 2010. Plus, they’re available in pretty colors!”
5. “I’ve heard great things about the lunette and I’d love to give it a try because I hate disposable products” READ MORE… »
For those of you who saw our post a couple weeks ago, you knew about our plans to participate in Girlfest, an event held October 2oth to celebrate all the cool things about being a girl, organized by Girl Scouts of Western Washington. Participating in this event last year, we somewhat knew what to expect, so this year you might say we were more prepared.
Last year we were incredibly busy, barely having a chance to take a breath. We literally had a line of girls at our booth the whole day. This overwhelmingly great response spoke volumes about the work we are doing. Having so many girls, parents and leaders flock to our “period booth” confirms the need for more information on periods & puberty.
So how did we prepare ourselves for another fantastic event (besides bringing a tank of oxygen)?
- Well, we started by bringing more samples and materials – last year we ran out about an hour before it was all over (unbelievable knowing how many we brought!)
- We planned a fun, new, interactive game to play at our booth to keeps things fresh.
- We brought an extra staff member, Mikayla (the inspiration behind Be Prepared Period). She was fantastic at directing all the gaming fun while also making girls feel more comfortable – coming to someone a little closer to their age.
Camping with a menstrual cup, scary or sensible?
Expecting to start my period the day we were scheduled to leave for our camping trip I was “prepared” and decided to bring my DivaCup with me. I’ve never enjoyed the inconvenience my period has caused during a camping trip, the extra concern of being somewhere I could change my tampon or the early morning wake up calls from aunt flo. There’s nothing like waking up with that startling feeling of needing to rush to the bathroom, to be challenged with crawling out of the sleeping bag, bundling up in warm clothes, climbing out of the tent, to only have to walk who knows how far to the nearest bathroom in fear of a LEAK!
READ MORE… »by Suzan Hutchinson
Understanding your menstrual cycle – sounds clinical, doesn’t it? Like something we would study in high school health class or in a college level women’s studies course.
To be honest with you, I wish that during my growing up years someone had given me the opportunity to learn the information that will be shared during the PeriodTalk Tweetchat on November 9, 2012 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET. This type of information is empowering and can be life changing!
I know it was for me when I first discovered it. It has revolutionized my view of my own menstrual cycle and enabled me to appreciate my period.
Appreciate my period? YES! A woman’s period is so much more than 3 to 7 days of bleeding just as the menstrual cycle is so much more than the “period” period.
Your period marks the beginning of a new cycle – a beginning. Beginnings are filled with possibilities and opportunities. READ MORE… »
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