Surfing the Crimson Wave with Lunapads!
I picked up a Lunapads flyer/handout paper at the Women’s Centre at UBC about 3 years ago where I’d go to microwave my lunch and chill out sometimes. They had some good posters saying “get off the tampon pony” or something to that effect and I know someone who got TSS so I have always been quite worried about it. I also wanted to cut back on disposable tampons and pads, plus the plastic crinkle of wearing pads to bed always felt a bit embarrassing. In any case, I finally went ahead and ordered the DivaCup and Mini Pantyliners kit and have loved it ever since. I really like the Leopard print Mini Pads cause they’re interesting and way more comfortable to sleep in than disposable pads.
I’ve been camping and traveling in Mexico with the DivaCup and never had any trouble cleaning and taking care of it. The picture of me is on the road to Baja, Mexico. My fiance and I drove our Subaru station wagon down there to go surfing for 2 months last winter. We camped in our tent every night, mostly in out of the way places with no toilets (maybe an outhouse) and no running water. I managed very well with my DivaCup and Lunapads and didn’t have to worry about packing out used tampons and pads, it was great! It’s actually been pretty awesome not to have to worry about finding the Spanish word for tampon to ask for them in Mexican drugstores (like i once had to do in Spain).
In any case, the Lunapads experience has been very liberating. It’s a nice way to take care of myself and the environment and seems to take the yuckiness out of my period (like when I’d worry about wrapping pads thoroughly so they’d be disguised in the bathroom garbage). Thanks again Lunapads and keep up your promotions, I hope lots of other girls will find the same solution as I did.
Flora S.,
Victoria, BC
