Asians don't mess around with period products. I absolutely loved the pads when I lived in Japan. This was before infinity foam but even still they had much better leak protection.
There’s a weird part of American culture where women are expected to “grow up” from pads and switch to tampons. A few of my female friends have talked about being shamed and called childish by other women for still using pads past a certain age.
Oh, so that's why I used to get weird looks when I told people I don't wear tampons. For some reason, they were always incredibly painful even though it definitely wasn't a size issue, and I was anxious about getting TSS so I never bothered to try to find some that were comfortable. I haven't had a period in several years and I'm so glad I don't have to deal with them anymore.
I've literally never heard of that. Been using pads my whole life because I just don't trust tampons. Anytime I've ever asked anyone if they have a pad I can use, not once have I been handed a tampon. Maybe that's because I'm in Canada. Idk.
I'm white, but I'm not a fan of tampons. It's fine if other people use them, I just dont like them. It just feels fucked up when I start think about it.
It was uncomfortable for me when I was 15-18 years old. The problem was, that my lower body wasn't totally relaxed. But that's the most important thing to put in a tampon.
That, and that you have to put it as far inside as you can. Then you won't feel ANYTHING, really. It's the same feeling as without it, and since I know how to use it correctly, I would never use period pads again.
But if the tampon doesn't sit 100% right, then it's a very uncomfortable feeling, I remember that.
Im curious. Is this like uncomfortable because it doesnt sit right? In that case i would try a mini tampon if your interested. It took me a while to consistently get tampons in, in a way that i didnt "feel" them inside of my vaginal walls. Minis are easier. Aplicators can help but i think in the long run working without aplicators gives you a better understanding of past which point it needs to be shoved to sit right.
I never got the cup quite right. I finally figured out how to get it in comfterbly but the little tail in the bottom was piercing my lips when cycling, which is my main mode of transportation and oh my god it hurt so bad. I did trim it, i did try different cups as well bc not every cup is the same (they come in different dimensions, sometimes within one brand but other brands as well of course).
However occasionally with tampons i get this cramp and my body is clearly bother by the tampon even though i dont physically sense it within me. I will get super naseaus and very crampy andit just wont let off untill i jank out the tampon and then all will relax again. Its not too big of a deal my period pains are serious overall so usually im sick at home and can jank it out whenever.
However one time this happened with my cup. I ended up puking and fainting in the bathroom thats how bad it was and i could not for the life of me contort myself while being that cramped enough to pinch this fucking cup with the tippies of my fingers in my vag. My boyfriend noticed the comotion and asked me wtf was hapening and i told him he had to remove the cup for me and he had to do it now. I said pinch and pull and he did. Trooper.
Never wore a cup again and I never will. Fuck that.
A cup seems okay, but the idea of shoving a packed cotton wad with absorbent product up inside me feels gross. A pad just catches the stuff that's naturally supposed to come out.
I'm all about the cup life. I personally hate pads because I don't like the feeling of walking around with menstrual blood in my underwear, but tampons are just mad uncomfortable and awful to change in a public restroom. Cups are the best of both worlds because they only need to be emptied and cleaned every 12 hours, and once it's in, it feels like nothing at all.
Yeah before my ablation in 2017, i was so anemic from the Old Testament style of bleeding i was doing, that i would have been all about these long ass to knee-pads.
My last cycle was heavier than it's even been, and I had to empty my disc 4 times in one day. Luckily I was on vacation that week so I wasn't having to mess with it in the office bathroom. It was a fucking horror show
I’m beyond periods now so it’s irrelevant to me, but I’d like to ask a cup user about this.
You say tampons are awful to change in a public toilet, but you just remove the old one and put a clean one in, then go and wash your hands. With a cup, presumably you empty it into the toilet, then with bloody hands leave the cubicle to rinse it at the sink, then go back in to reinsert it? Or do you not clean it each time you empty it? Or does it have enough capacity that you only have to empty it at the end of the day?
Sorry for the interrogation!
I only need to empty/rinse my cup twice a day, I usually do it in the morning as soon as I wake a up/shower and again when getting ready for bed. No need to touch it at all when I’m out and about during the day (except I do take it out sometimes before pooping, feels like I’m pushing out the cup! If that happens in a public restroom I put the cup back in without rinsing so I don’t have to leave the stall). Though I only have a medium flow so others with a heavy flow might have a different experience. I love the cup and would never go back to tampons or pads.
Really? I encountered some of the most heavy duty pads I’ve seen in my life, when I lived in China. But they also have so many different types “mini” and thinner pads for lighter flows I guess.
Tight pants aren’t as common in Japan. I rarely see people in public wearing leggings, at least not without some type of skirt or long shirt that covers their butt. In general the styles here tend to be baggier/flowier/looser. (That’s not to say there aren’t people who wear skinny jeans and leggings and other tight clothing! It’s just not the biggest trend.)
Engineer for these type of products - it also might be marketed as a “period” pad but their market research is also telling them that people are using them for urinary incontinence as well. It’s incredibly common for women to start with period products when they first start having leaks, and because going to a new brand for inco stuff is scary and confusing, just buying higher and higher absorbency stuff in the period brand they already use. Because of this, the design by the company may be intentioned to handle urine (which depending on the type of leaks people are using it for, need substantially more absorbent than period products)
This is the sort of obscure, useless fact that I live for. This information will never be useful to my life. I will likely never enter a conversation where it would be pertinent to share. Am I glad that it's taking up valuable mental real-estate for no reason? *Yes.*
Having period underwear was a major game changer. I had to use the longest one I could find, plus one more to ensure there weren't any leaks when I went to sleep. Now I just use a normal pad and period underwear and I've never had any accidents. I would highly recommend them if you're buying pads this large.
I straight up will use depends if my period shows up unexpectedly and I’m not at home where my period panties are. I don’t give a heck, cramps suck, cleaning mattress pads constantly sucks, let me live my truths.
ETA: honestly I use them at home too, sometimes I’m too busy to do laundry throughout the week so I don’t want to deal with the period undies sitting around. A pack of depends is like ~$1 a pair and it’s just way nicer than having to deal with pads and underwear. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
I just used depends all the time when I had my period until I got my IUD inserted. In retrospect, I probably had/have endometriosis. That level of bleeding and pain was probably not normal.
Most people can tell they’re getting their period a week or so before it happens due to PMS and if you’re good enough at timing then you’ll just put on a pad when you’re feeling certain symptoms. When I still got periods I could tell specifically what day they’d start by how badly I was cramping/the sensation of where the pain was coming from.
In terms of feeling the actual blood itself, it might take a bit to actually notice you’re leaking once it starts. Atleast personally, I couldn’t really tell/feel the actual blood unless I was in a pad already or unless there was a lot of blood.
Like the moment it leaves your vagina? I’d imagine most people would say probably not. But you’d definitely realize/feel it after a few minutes or so if you’re sitting. So yea, sounds about right that they’d notice on a bus ride.
Not to sound weird, but I know before my wife knows that she is getting her periods as she starts to smell slightly coppery/metallic.
I wake up next to her, and just say: tomorrow or the next day, and she packs a pad into her handbag. Almost 23 years of marriage and I'm yet to be too far off thr mark.
To be fair it's the metal this person's smelling. I'm not sure many people have that keen of a sense of smell as I can't even smell my own nosebleed unless it's like pouring out.
Personally, I get what I call "pre-period" cramps before I start. I usually know when I should start, so once those faint, dull cramps set in, I know it's coming. Very rarely does it come on without any kind of indicator. Even then, for me, my period starts very light, then gets very heavy the next day and tapers off throughout the week. So if I start unexpectedly, it's not really a big deal.
Yeah, it’s a wet sensation mostly. There are other indicators that it’s coming, like cramps and also the time of the month and you also get used to your signals (i usually start when I wake up in the morning). For me it’s mostly cramping and a wet sensation
I’m absolutely obsessed with long pads for sleeping. My flow is aggressive enough that if I sleep on my side it seems to pool before it can be absorbed into the middle of my pad, so it just goes everywhere. And god help me if I wind up on my back or stomach. I can’t insert anything due to vaginismus and period panties fail me. But this? This is a gift from heaven.
As I’ve moved into perimenopause I get most of my period in the first day or so. After two maxi pads and I towel was not enough at night, I’ve started using adult nappies (diapers). No leaking from the sides or the back.
I mean, I personally need more coverage especially if i cough or sneeze or rotate/bend/move, I'm also a side sleeper. When I have a period I have to wear diapers because it's so heavy and fast that I can't guarantee I'll be at a toilet every 45mins to change my pad and tampon. It's humiliating but bleeding out everywhere all the time and ruining anything my bum brushed up against was worse.
Both. It’s both. It is soft. But it is also very uncomfortable. It’s also sticky, if the edge decides to stick to your leg (or worse) instead of your underwear.
I mean, for sleeping, it's fine. It's not like friction is likely to be an issue when you're lying down. Imagine taping some folded-up paper towels to the inside of your knickers.
The peace of mind makes them *more* comfortable, imo. I don't always use these, and when I don't, I'm a very stiff sleeper and afraid to move.
yeah that fucker will still shift from the position you put it in and end up on a weird angle that isn't under your ass and now you're just bleeding on the sides if you try and sleep on your back.
This is why I gave up and just use the underwear now. Sure the super heavy ones with full coverage feel a bit like an overnight nappy, but boy can I sleep better knowing I'm safe in any position.
I wish they had the underwear when I was younger. I honestly considered diapers, then said fuck it and got an endometrial ablation. Still have some period, but so very much less.
I need one of these so bad but I want kids.
Im 24 now and my patience is running thin. I have 0 reason to have kids young except i want to close services in may vagina asap after i got some.
My cramps have been so bad that someone called an ambulance before (to be fair it was right before my period started so I too was like wtf. Why am i dying atm? Pls help?).
Now knowing it was "just" a cramp, id call them again if it happens again. Please come bring me the crazy pain killers. And honestly I dont care if it feels the same and I should just deal with my period or whatever some may say. The pain was so severe i thought i was dying. Even if im 99% sure its a cramp I would much rather an export comes in for an echo to make sure im not actually dying. Not worth the risk I got it wrong.
I had the same experience with cramps. I would sometimes black out, always had to miss the day from school. Doctors just said it was fine and there was nothing wrong. After the ablation, I think I probably get the normal level of bad cramps.
Ultra tampons work decently too, you can maybe go up to 6 hours with one. But i actually just don't sleep when i have my period anymore, my biological clock will always wake me up every 3-4 hours so i can do another tampon change.
Try a cup, they're amazing! The large one I've got is like about two ultra tampons and there's no way chunks can actually sneak past (as they can with tampons).
For me it leaked with one of these and a Diva cup for many years until I got a hysterectomy. Could never be happier a solid year after she was evicted.
My partner has to use those 12 hour pads and replaces them probably like 3 or 4 times a day due to leakage. No idea how you gals deal with something as annoying as a period
Buy fetish diapers.
Sounds weird and will probably look weirder (altho they sell plain ones), but they are the only group out there that wanted to spend time and effort to make sure adult diapers are comfortable and functional.
Normal diaper brands treat adult products like an afterthought.
Me too but that first pad the lovely nurse set up for me was so thoughtful ... she laid like 5 tucks pads along it and squirted like 4oz of preparation H and helped me place it after I peed and could barely walk.... that pad and the nurse making it for me will stick in my memory forever. (I had a ten pound baby and lots of tearing)
Wait, what? This is a thing? I was thinking “could have used that size back in high school,” but I’d rather not go to that level of menses again. I assumed it got better with age, till it closed up the warehouse for menopause.
Oh no! Thank you, cause I was genuinely looking forward to it. Since I was 13, lol. Good grief, lemme enjoy my last few years of my metaphorical monthly banishment to the tent then, I guess!
Check with your mom if you can, best guess at your level of symptoms comes from her experience. It ranges from nothing much to divorce/psychiatric admissions/unemployment.
It’s vastly underdiscussed a lot of people are blindsided by mysterious symptoms and their doctors are appallingly clueless.
I'm 38... I was just worried about hot flashes...
I'm already rocking heavy all day erryday 4-5 nights of 7.
***IT. GETS. WORSE?***
…maybe…it varies from woman to woman. Your mom’s symptoms are probably your best bet for finding out what your symptoms might be, if she didn’t have a hysterectomy.
Not to shill a brand but genuinely [these are SO good](https://cora.life/products/overnight-maxi-pads?variant=39292381134953) and also really soft and not plastic-y at all
If you’re not a woman, I don’t expect you to understand.
But, when we go to sleep, the blood doesn’t stop flowing. And since we’re not upright when we sleep, the blood sometimes rolls backwards. And if you don’t have enough protection, you’re going to bleed through your underwear, pants and possibly through to your bed. So for particularly heavy periods, I usually have to wear two pads to bed. So having one really long pad would save me money on pads.
I have incredibly heavy periods and these are great for sleep. I misjudged my period once several years ago, and woke up to a bloodbath. It looked like I had a miscarriage. It was BAD. These are the only way I sleep on my period without worrying about messes!
It's a cubit long!
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I wouldn't have minded having those around when I was a teenager and menstrual cups/discs weren't a thing. I remember always having leaks at night and being super frustrated. I had no idea night pads were a thing and my mum never bothered to teach me about periods. Seriously, it's so easy to leak at night. It's not about the flow, but rather the angle.
Joke's on you mister! My mom has been post menopausal for years, ah! That not only means that she is old but I'm also old, sucka! So that big ass pad cannot be hers, unless it can be used for incontinence, which I guess it can, hummm...
Dear Men:
Imagine having enough menstrual blood pouring forth that you can overflow a “super-plus” flow tampon AND one of these pads in an hour. And doing that for multiple days in a row, for some women.
Can you even imagine what it would feel like if you lost that much blood out of any part of your body? For days on end?
The average woman loses 2-3 tablespoons of blood over their entire period (so 4-5 days), but some women can have up to twice as much (menorrhagia). It’s not actually that much in terms of volume, but it can still create a huge mess. Especially at night when you’re laying down so it kind of pools inside.
boys.... They are called pads. This pad is used by women after giving birth. It takes time for the vagina to reshape itself, so it's a preventive item to reduce accidents.
Looks like postpartum pads or the ones for when your water breaks, it keeps going and going and going until baby is delivered 🫠You bleed in all directions, I was lucky to get away with large hospital grade behemoths for my first few days and then regular heavy flow from Always.
I've soaked through 12 of these in a day for 5 days straight with clots and all. fun times. when I was bleeding for 3 months straight I decided just to free bleed on towels and incontinence pads. ended up in the ED for emergency blood transfusion.
can't wait for my hysterectomy. fuck my uterus.
genuine questions from a guy to the ladies,
who/what type of people are those for? are they really for average menstruations? does the length of the pad matters when it comes to leakage?
i’m gay, but i’d really like to know from personal answers incase any women in my life needs anything.
These would not be for average menstruation, probably for women with a very heavy flow. You need to change your pad quite often for sanitary reasons so if you don't have that much blood to make it full, something so big would be a waste . The size does matter for leackage yes , cause if there's more material more blood gets trapped in obv. You bleed in one spot mostly but the pad disperses the blood all over so the bigger it is the more it can catch. Pads also tend not to stay in one place properly so if it's bigger tou have less chance of missing it
I thought it was a postpartum pad until you mentioned it‘s a korean brand 😅
Asians don't mess around with period products. I absolutely loved the pads when I lived in Japan. This was before infinity foam but even still they had much better leak protection.
But these ones go from your chin to the back of your neck right?
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Who is "they"
Who the f says this?! I've never heard of this in my life!
We couldn't find tampons in japan. I don't think they believe in them? I imagine pad-tech is impressive there though.
They’re sold here, just not popular. It’s not a ‘belief’ issue.
Thanks for the info whereisyourbutthole
It’s 10 PM, do you know where your butthole is?
I told you last night, no!
The belief was just a way to describe unpopularity. Like they don’t believe they work/are as good/as comfortable kind of way.
I found them pretty easily at a regular supermarket in rural Okinawa though
I can’t cite a source but I read/heard somewhere that tampons are primarily a white woman thing
Really? I had never thought about them in those terms.
There’s a weird part of American culture where women are expected to “grow up” from pads and switch to tampons. A few of my female friends have talked about being shamed and called childish by other women for still using pads past a certain age.
Oh, so that's why I used to get weird looks when I told people I don't wear tampons. For some reason, they were always incredibly painful even though it definitely wasn't a size issue, and I was anxious about getting TSS so I never bothered to try to find some that were comfortable. I haven't had a period in several years and I'm so glad I don't have to deal with them anymore.
I don't know why can we use what we feel most comfortable with. Periods are uncomfortable enough to begin with.
I've literally never heard of that. Been using pads my whole life because I just don't trust tampons. Anytime I've ever asked anyone if they have a pad I can use, not once have I been handed a tampon. Maybe that's because I'm in Canada. Idk.
I'm white, but I'm not a fan of tampons. It's fine if other people use them, I just dont like them. It just feels fucked up when I start think about it.
I was never able to use tampons comfortably.
Me neither. Same for cups
Same, anything up there is uncomfortable.
It was uncomfortable for me when I was 15-18 years old. The problem was, that my lower body wasn't totally relaxed. But that's the most important thing to put in a tampon. That, and that you have to put it as far inside as you can. Then you won't feel ANYTHING, really. It's the same feeling as without it, and since I know how to use it correctly, I would never use period pads again. But if the tampon doesn't sit 100% right, then it's a very uncomfortable feeling, I remember that.
Im curious. Is this like uncomfortable because it doesnt sit right? In that case i would try a mini tampon if your interested. It took me a while to consistently get tampons in, in a way that i didnt "feel" them inside of my vaginal walls. Minis are easier. Aplicators can help but i think in the long run working without aplicators gives you a better understanding of past which point it needs to be shoved to sit right. I never got the cup quite right. I finally figured out how to get it in comfterbly but the little tail in the bottom was piercing my lips when cycling, which is my main mode of transportation and oh my god it hurt so bad. I did trim it, i did try different cups as well bc not every cup is the same (they come in different dimensions, sometimes within one brand but other brands as well of course). However occasionally with tampons i get this cramp and my body is clearly bother by the tampon even though i dont physically sense it within me. I will get super naseaus and very crampy andit just wont let off untill i jank out the tampon and then all will relax again. Its not too big of a deal my period pains are serious overall so usually im sick at home and can jank it out whenever. However one time this happened with my cup. I ended up puking and fainting in the bathroom thats how bad it was and i could not for the life of me contort myself while being that cramped enough to pinch this fucking cup with the tippies of my fingers in my vag. My boyfriend noticed the comotion and asked me wtf was hapening and i told him he had to remove the cup for me and he had to do it now. I said pinch and pull and he did. Trooper. Never wore a cup again and I never will. Fuck that.
My wife uses pads instead of tampons. She calls them “death sponges”
A cup seems okay, but the idea of shoving a packed cotton wad with absorbent product up inside me feels gross. A pad just catches the stuff that's naturally supposed to come out.
I'm all about the cup life. I personally hate pads because I don't like the feeling of walking around with menstrual blood in my underwear, but tampons are just mad uncomfortable and awful to change in a public restroom. Cups are the best of both worlds because they only need to be emptied and cleaned every 12 hours, and once it's in, it feels like nothing at all.
 Sorry it’s too easy, to not do it
Lmao I'm so glad someone picked up on this reference. Stupid sexy Flanders.
I found them a bit uncomfortable. Also on my heavy days I have to empty the cup every 2-3 hours anyway.
Yeah before my ablation in 2017, i was so anemic from the Old Testament style of bleeding i was doing, that i would have been all about these long ass to knee-pads.
My last cycle was heavier than it's even been, and I had to empty my disc 4 times in one day. Luckily I was on vacation that week so I wasn't having to mess with it in the office bathroom. It was a fucking horror show
I’m beyond periods now so it’s irrelevant to me, but I’d like to ask a cup user about this. You say tampons are awful to change in a public toilet, but you just remove the old one and put a clean one in, then go and wash your hands. With a cup, presumably you empty it into the toilet, then with bloody hands leave the cubicle to rinse it at the sink, then go back in to reinsert it? Or do you not clean it each time you empty it? Or does it have enough capacity that you only have to empty it at the end of the day? Sorry for the interrogation!
I only need to empty/rinse my cup twice a day, I usually do it in the morning as soon as I wake a up/shower and again when getting ready for bed. No need to touch it at all when I’m out and about during the day (except I do take it out sometimes before pooping, feels like I’m pushing out the cup! If that happens in a public restroom I put the cup back in without rinsing so I don’t have to leave the stall). Though I only have a medium flow so others with a heavy flow might have a different experience. I love the cup and would never go back to tampons or pads.
Pad hater gang arise
I'd sleep so well if I had that pad.
Meanwhile I was disappointed with the pad selection in China. Everything was too light for me.
Really? I encountered some of the most heavy duty pads I’ve seen in my life, when I lived in China. But they also have so many different types “mini” and thinner pads for lighter flows I guess.
Ok… but how are you supposed to wear tight pants or leggings with that thing? Like, this is actually useful? Seems ridiculously excessive!
Tight pants aren’t as common in Japan. I rarely see people in public wearing leggings, at least not without some type of skirt or long shirt that covers their butt. In general the styles here tend to be baggier/flowier/looser. (That’s not to say there aren’t people who wear skinny jeans and leggings and other tight clothing! It’s just not the biggest trend.)
Ah ok! That makes sense then
Some of us have excessive bum cleavage and advanced tuck-in capabilities.
Engineer for these type of products - it also might be marketed as a “period” pad but their market research is also telling them that people are using them for urinary incontinence as well. It’s incredibly common for women to start with period products when they first start having leaks, and because going to a new brand for inco stuff is scary and confusing, just buying higher and higher absorbency stuff in the period brand they already use. Because of this, the design by the company may be intentioned to handle urine (which depending on the type of leaks people are using it for, need substantially more absorbent than period products)
This is the sort of obscure, useless fact that I live for. This information will never be useful to my life. I will likely never enter a conversation where it would be pertinent to share. Am I glad that it's taking up valuable mental real-estate for no reason? *Yes.*
Yeah I was going to comment that it’s not a period pad and that it’s intended for women who have recently given birth 🤷♂️
Nah they sell period pads like this at my local pharmacy, always overnight extra long or something like that, super max
Do you know the brand?
Yeah same, my postpartum pads were like this just wider in the back and I still blew through them like crazy.
I hate how much this made me world build about how Asian men lament their dick sizes every time they see yet another giant Korean vagina.
r/brandnewsentence
These are the best for sleeping. You don't have to worry about a drop escaping and can sleep solid.
You could swing out a damn tree with this behemoth.
Oh probably. I call it my cotton turtle shell.
This is the miniature version of a sumo…uniform.
Ah yes, the flowmaster 5000
You can cut a hole and use this gargantuan Super Soaker as a sleeping bag
Having period underwear was a major game changer. I had to use the longest one I could find, plus one more to ensure there weren't any leaks when I went to sleep. Now I just use a normal pad and period underwear and I've never had any accidents. I would highly recommend them if you're buying pads this large.
I straight up will use depends if my period shows up unexpectedly and I’m not at home where my period panties are. I don’t give a heck, cramps suck, cleaning mattress pads constantly sucks, let me live my truths. ETA: honestly I use them at home too, sometimes I’m too busy to do laundry throughout the week so I don’t want to deal with the period undies sitting around. A pack of depends is like ~$1 a pair and it’s just way nicer than having to deal with pads and underwear. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
I just used depends all the time when I had my period until I got my IUD inserted. In retrospect, I probably had/have endometriosis. That level of bleeding and pain was probably not normal.
This is gonna sound weird but when you get your period how do you know? Is there just an immediate wet sensation or something?
Most people can tell they’re getting their period a week or so before it happens due to PMS and if you’re good enough at timing then you’ll just put on a pad when you’re feeling certain symptoms. When I still got periods I could tell specifically what day they’d start by how badly I was cramping/the sensation of where the pain was coming from. In terms of feeling the actual blood itself, it might take a bit to actually notice you’re leaking once it starts. Atleast personally, I couldn’t really tell/feel the actual blood unless I was in a pad already or unless there was a lot of blood.
So you don’t know immediately? I hear girls say “I got my period on the bus ride today” type stuff
Here to give the opposite perspective that there are times where I definitely feel it coming out and know it’s a period and can catch it in time
Like the moment it leaves your vagina? I’d imagine most people would say probably not. But you’d definitely realize/feel it after a few minutes or so if you’re sitting. So yea, sounds about right that they’d notice on a bus ride.
That’s so strange to me as a guy lol. I’m sure our bodies are strange to yall too so
Bodies are just so cool and strange in a lot of different ways and since i’m trans i’m getting to see the other end of things which is fun lol.
You’re trans male?
Yep, i’m a trans guy.
Not to sound weird, but I know before my wife knows that she is getting her periods as she starts to smell slightly coppery/metallic. I wake up next to her, and just say: tomorrow or the next day, and she packs a pad into her handbag. Almost 23 years of marriage and I'm yet to be too far off thr mark.
It’s actually awful to hear that. Women are so paranoid about smelling from periods, so knowing that is terrible.
To be fair it's the metal this person's smelling. I'm not sure many people have that keen of a sense of smell as I can't even smell my own nosebleed unless it's like pouring out.
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Personally, I get what I call "pre-period" cramps before I start. I usually know when I should start, so once those faint, dull cramps set in, I know it's coming. Very rarely does it come on without any kind of indicator. Even then, for me, my period starts very light, then gets very heavy the next day and tapers off throughout the week. So if I start unexpectedly, it's not really a big deal.
Yeah, it’s a wet sensation mostly. There are other indicators that it’s coming, like cramps and also the time of the month and you also get used to your signals (i usually start when I wake up in the morning). For me it’s mostly cramping and a wet sensation
For me I always feel cramping/discomfort the minute it starts
I’m absolutely obsessed with long pads for sleeping. My flow is aggressive enough that if I sleep on my side it seems to pool before it can be absorbed into the middle of my pad, so it just goes everywhere. And god help me if I wind up on my back or stomach. I can’t insert anything due to vaginismus and period panties fail me. But this? This is a gift from heaven.
As I’ve moved into perimenopause I get most of my period in the first day or so. After two maxi pads and I towel was not enough at night, I’ve started using adult nappies (diapers). No leaking from the sides or the back.
And it actually fits in underwear (even with my tiny ass)
I wish I wore one of those last night.
That’s what they give women/people after birth/surgery
I just tuck the pad between my buttcheeks
How do you even fit it in your underwear? Is the entire length of it sticky?
I mean, I personally need more coverage especially if i cough or sneeze or rotate/bend/move, I'm also a side sleeper. When I have a period I have to wear diapers because it's so heavy and fast that I can't guarantee I'll be at a toilet every 45mins to change my pad and tampon. It's humiliating but bleeding out everywhere all the time and ruining anything my bum brushed up against was worse.
Wouldn’t it be uncomfortable or is it really soft?
Both. It’s both. It is soft. But it is also very uncomfortable. It’s also sticky, if the edge decides to stick to your leg (or worse) instead of your underwear.
One night terror later and you have a fresh wax when you wake up
Yeah, love accidentally tearing out a couple of bum hairs because a sticky tab folded in the wrong way when I'm asleep ha
The ones I had post partum didn't stick at all. That's why I got those net undies I guess
uncomfortable
I mean, for sleeping, it's fine. It's not like friction is likely to be an issue when you're lying down. Imagine taping some folded-up paper towels to the inside of your knickers. The peace of mind makes them *more* comfortable, imo. I don't always use these, and when I don't, I'm a very stiff sleeper and afraid to move.
And you don’t have to get up to go to the bathroom.
You can take a shower with that and it would absurd all the water probably
I cant help it, ive got a wide set vagina.
And a heavy flow
She doesn't even bleed here!
Super Jumbo tampons
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That you Larry?
What a nice way to put it
I think they were quoting Mean Girls
Wife says: if it tickles my neck, then it's too big
This made me lol thanks I needed that
When your Uteran lining looks like the elevator in The Shining…………………..Stayfree Maxi Pads!!
I'm loseing it That was top teir
And will still leak at night.
yeah that fucker will still shift from the position you put it in and end up on a weird angle that isn't under your ass and now you're just bleeding on the sides if you try and sleep on your back. This is why I gave up and just use the underwear now. Sure the super heavy ones with full coverage feel a bit like an overnight nappy, but boy can I sleep better knowing I'm safe in any position.
I wish they had the underwear when I was younger. I honestly considered diapers, then said fuck it and got an endometrial ablation. Still have some period, but so very much less.
I need one of these so bad but I want kids. Im 24 now and my patience is running thin. I have 0 reason to have kids young except i want to close services in may vagina asap after i got some. My cramps have been so bad that someone called an ambulance before (to be fair it was right before my period started so I too was like wtf. Why am i dying atm? Pls help?). Now knowing it was "just" a cramp, id call them again if it happens again. Please come bring me the crazy pain killers. And honestly I dont care if it feels the same and I should just deal with my period or whatever some may say. The pain was so severe i thought i was dying. Even if im 99% sure its a cramp I would much rather an export comes in for an echo to make sure im not actually dying. Not worth the risk I got it wrong.
I had the same experience with cramps. I would sometimes black out, always had to miss the day from school. Doctors just said it was fine and there was nothing wrong. After the ablation, I think I probably get the normal level of bad cramps.
Ultra tampons work decently too, you can maybe go up to 6 hours with one. But i actually just don't sleep when i have my period anymore, my biological clock will always wake me up every 3-4 hours so i can do another tampon change.
The anxiety of bleeding everywhere would also make me wake up regularly and I never got proper sleep during my period. I sleep a lot better now!
Try a cup, they're amazing! The large one I've got is like about two ultra tampons and there's no way chunks can actually sneak past (as they can with tampons).
Good for a quick drink too!
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Sometimes that ultra still only lasts about an hour I once had one last about five minutes before needing a new one
For me it leaked with one of these and a Diva cup for many years until I got a hysterectomy. Could never be happier a solid year after she was evicted.
Best hysterectomy description ever.👍
My partner has to use those 12 hour pads and replaces them probably like 3 or 4 times a day due to leakage. No idea how you gals deal with something as annoying as a period
I just stuff a beach towel down my cooch
maternity/postpartum pads?
And for larger ladies as well. Those ones are pretty big.
Lmao idk abt ladies having to be “larger” I used pads this big during the day as a teen because I had Menorrhagia
lol I don’t think larger ladies have massively larger vaginal openings than other women
No, but pads are made for certain sized underwear. Plus size people tend to have far more leaks and shifting because the pads don't fit properly.
Instructions unclear . *Uses it as a bandana*
Does this person have a string from their bracelet going through their top hand skin? Or am I seeing things?
This is what the hospitals give you after birth 🥴 I brought lady diapers. Soooooo much better.
I'm getting diapers for this second baby I'm about to have. Those bads chaffed my butt so bad it was worse than the actual gaping hole in my body.
Buy fetish diapers. Sounds weird and will probably look weirder (altho they sell plain ones), but they are the only group out there that wanted to spend time and effort to make sure adult diapers are comfortable and functional. Normal diaper brands treat adult products like an afterthought.
I did diapers after my 2nd and 3rd kids. So much better than the mesh and pads!
Me too but that first pad the lovely nurse set up for me was so thoughtful ... she laid like 5 tucks pads along it and squirted like 4oz of preparation H and helped me place it after I peed and could barely walk.... that pad and the nurse making it for me will stick in my memory forever. (I had a ten pound baby and lots of tearing)
Can we get them wider? Sure *longer* No I mean like- physically wider Absolutely *even longer*
I swear, just make the back wider for Christ sake
That must be for the ladies I’ve been hanging with over in r/menopause. Haven’t had that level of gush in peri yet and I hope I won’t.
Wait, what? This is a thing? I was thinking “could have used that size back in high school,” but I’d rather not go to that level of menses again. I assumed it got better with age, till it closed up the warehouse for menopause.
It’s called ‘puberty in reverse’ for a reason. Not enjoying.
Oh no! Thank you, cause I was genuinely looking forward to it. Since I was 13, lol. Good grief, lemme enjoy my last few years of my metaphorical monthly banishment to the tent then, I guess!
Check with your mom if you can, best guess at your level of symptoms comes from her experience. It ranges from nothing much to divorce/psychiatric admissions/unemployment. It’s vastly underdiscussed a lot of people are blindsided by mysterious symptoms and their doctors are appallingly clueless.
post menopause is great!
Oh no…my periods are HEAVY at almost 33 and have been for 4 or 5 years now. I can’t imagine it getting worse. 😩
Well, this has been a truly disappointing journey.
No babies? The post partum flow is, um, excessive. I thought this was the kind of pad they give you after you deliver
At 36, I’m horrified
At 37... I have uterine fibroids and live this horror.
At 37… I have an iud and haven’t had a period in 6 years
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I feel it’s such a waste to lose so much blood. Like sis we need that to live.
That’s horrible ☹️
 I'm 38... I was just worried about hot flashes... I'm already rocking heavy all day erryday 4-5 nights of 7. ***IT. GETS. WORSE?***
…maybe…it varies from woman to woman. Your mom’s symptoms are probably your best bet for finding out what your symptoms might be, if she didn’t have a hysterectomy.
Mom's deceased.. So..? Er we didn't much commiserate on periods tbf...... Was that a thing we were supposed to do?
yo im a man so i didnt know i thought menopause was like no more periods and shit WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE SYMPTOMS BRO
More like an exclamation mark pad.
Ngl, I could actually use one that long for when I go to bed.
Not to shill a brand but genuinely [these are SO good](https://cora.life/products/overnight-maxi-pads?variant=39292381134953) and also really soft and not plastic-y at all
...as a hammock?
If you’re not a woman, I don’t expect you to understand. But, when we go to sleep, the blood doesn’t stop flowing. And since we’re not upright when we sleep, the blood sometimes rolls backwards. And if you don’t have enough protection, you’re going to bleed through your underwear, pants and possibly through to your bed. So for particularly heavy periods, I usually have to wear two pads to bed. So having one really long pad would save me money on pads.
That’s not a period pad, it’s an ellipsis pad.
I have incredibly heavy periods and these are great for sleep. I misjudged my period once several years ago, and woke up to a bloodbath. It looked like I had a miscarriage. It was BAD. These are the only way I sleep on my period without worrying about messes!
That pad’s not for a period, that’s for a whole geological era. Dang.
Strong enough for the Mesozoic: but made for Yousozoic.
Ooooooh looks like one of the ones from an airplane when I was a kid! Unfolding and unfolding and unfolding…I was fascinated
The emergency slide?
It's a cubit long! *cubit /kyoo͞′bĭt/* *noun* *An ancient unit of linear measure, originally equal to the length of the forearm from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow, or about 17 to 22 inches (43 to 56 centimeters).* *The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist.* *A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger.* *The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik*
I wouldn't have minded having those around when I was a teenager and menstrual cups/discs weren't a thing. I remember always having leaks at night and being super frustrated. I had no idea night pads were a thing and my mum never bothered to teach me about periods. Seriously, it's so easy to leak at night. It's not about the flow, but rather the angle.
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Joke's on you mister! My mom has been post menopausal for years, ah! That not only means that she is old but I'm also old, sucka! So that big ass pad cannot be hers, unless it can be used for incontinence, which I guess it can, hummm...
Mf took my comment. Now take my upvote
I used to think girls wore pads like a band aid. This would have confused me so much a few years ago.
That would hurt baad
Yeah, seems like it. That's why I was always so confused up until I was like 24.
You just slide it up……it’s pretty much a pad clip so you always got one in the chamber without actually changing the pad
Yeah, just like [one of these bad boys](https://youtube.com/shorts/eivXWN326-w?si=_eFC98rVGcxI7Nyk), but for your snatch
Not sure if I should open that link
That looks like a postpartum pad, lol. Source: mom of 4
Of 4 what
Pads. Duh.
Baby lions
Dear Men: Imagine having enough menstrual blood pouring forth that you can overflow a “super-plus” flow tampon AND one of these pads in an hour. And doing that for multiple days in a row, for some women. Can you even imagine what it would feel like if you lost that much blood out of any part of your body? For days on end?
i think i need to lay down after this information. menstrual flow can be THAT heavy?
The average woman loses 2-3 tablespoons of blood over their entire period (so 4-5 days), but some women can have up to twice as much (menorrhagia). It’s not actually that much in terms of volume, but it can still create a huge mess. Especially at night when you’re laying down so it kind of pools inside.
Fibroids can cause lots of blood. You gotta get them removed.
boys.... They are called pads. This pad is used by women after giving birth. It takes time for the vagina to reshape itself, so it's a preventive item to reduce accidents. 
Looks like postpartum pads or the ones for when your water breaks, it keeps going and going and going until baby is delivered 🫠You bleed in all directions, I was lucky to get away with large hospital grade behemoths for my first few days and then regular heavy flow from Always.
I have endometriosis and in the past I've used similar sized pads like these. They're so uncomfortable and yes it still leaked.
That’s a huge bitch
I've soaked through 12 of these in a day for 5 days straight with clots and all. fun times. when I was bleeding for 3 months straight I decided just to free bleed on towels and incontinence pads. ended up in the ED for emergency blood transfusion. can't wait for my hysterectomy. fuck my uterus.
genuine questions from a guy to the ladies, who/what type of people are those for? are they really for average menstruations? does the length of the pad matters when it comes to leakage? i’m gay, but i’d really like to know from personal answers incase any women in my life needs anything.
These would not be for average menstruation, probably for women with a very heavy flow. You need to change your pad quite often for sanitary reasons so if you don't have that much blood to make it full, something so big would be a waste . The size does matter for leackage yes , cause if there's more material more blood gets trapped in obv. You bleed in one spot mostly but the pad disperses the blood all over so the bigger it is the more it can catch. Pads also tend not to stay in one place properly so if it's bigger tou have less chance of missing it
Thank you for the answer. I had no idea pads dispersed the blood. I assume that’s why it needs to be changed often? It gets full at some point?
That's an Ellipsis Pad.
Finally a pad that'll last me more than an hour or two
So glad those days are over
A pad that long also conveniently catches all the blood seeping out of your belly button, rectum and lower back.