I was 14 when Mother Nature decided to grace me with her presence. I remember being scared because I had no idea at first why I was bleeding, but then, it clicked in. My\u00a0period had come, I was officially a woman…I guess.\u00a0 For the next 12 years, I would waste my money on pads and tampons, of all different sizes and brands, and still deal with leakage and the toss out of my favourite underwear. I grew increasingly frustrated\u00a0every 3 weeks when I got my monthly visitor. Until I discovered the Diva Cup. This is why I have never looked back.<\/p>\n
If you do the math, roughly, I was spending over $100 bucks a year on pads and tampons that weren’t doing their job. Not to add in the added cost of new underwear I would always have to buy. The Diva Cup is 40 dollars and is good for more than a few hours. You are in the clear for up to 12 hours, and you can reuse it. Over and over.\u00a0 Most women use their Diva Cup for 5 years before getting a new one. That extra money I was spending on tampons could go towards other things that actually served their purposes.<\/p>\n
Yes, I am a tree hugger and I\u00a0adore the fact that companies are coming up with more eco-friendly ways to deal with our womanhood.\u00a0 I cringe thinking about how bad those plastic applicators tampons come in are negatively impacting the earth. But, during this time, I knew no other option. Until the Diva Cup, which is rubber, made without the bleaches, deodorizers\u00a0or absorbency gels that most tampons contain, and they are reusable and create less waste.<\/p>\n
One of the biggest reasons, besides the discomfort,\u00a0 why I stayed away from tampons, was because I was terrified of the health risks. Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) was something I was so worried about, I couldn’t have a good night sleep with a tampon in, and pads never lasted the whole night, so what was a girl to do? With a Diva Cup, you are good for 12 hours,\u00a0 that is plenty of time to have a good night sleep without worrying about TSS.<\/p>\n
There are three different kinds of Diva Cups, model 0,1 and 2. Model 0 is for girls who have just gotten their periods for the first time and are 18 and younger. Model 2 is for women under 30 who have never given birth vaginally or by cesarean section and model 3 is for women age 30 and over and\/or who have had children vaginally or by cesarean section. By having these 3 different types of models, the Diva Cup is equipped to deal with specific body types and that ensures it really does its job.<\/p>\n
With a Diva Cup, I can wear those white pants and not stress about bleeding through like I have done so many times with tampons. I can run, walk, jump, whatever activities I want with no worry that any minute I will be exposed. Swimming on my period was always a no for me, but I have comfortably been able to swim to my heart’s content with the Diva Cup and can also wear any type of bathing suit I want. I can sit on the bus, in class or at work and get up without having a panic attack that my seat is red. Ahhh, the freedom.<\/p>\n
I was 14 when Mother Nature decided to grace me with her presence. I remember being scared because I had no idea at first why I was bleeding, but then, it clicked in. My\u00a0period had come, I was officially a woman…I guess.\u00a0 For the next 12 years, I would waste my money on pads and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25053,"featured_media":117962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true},"categories":[9802],"tags":[10969,10970,10971,10972],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-117961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-cup","tag-diva","tag-period","tag-tampons"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n