SEA SPONGES
This was just posted to the student news digest:
Subject: Alt Menstrual Products At Bkstore
So, reading Omar's email to Student News about alt menstrual products at
the bookstore compelled me to email Student News and clarify a few
things.
First, these products are reusable, not recycleable. The environmental
gain to using alt menstrual products is that you can reuse them for
many many years instead of throwing out a product after one use.
Second, I would like to remind you all about the two *free* cloth
menstrual pad offers for bloggers by two cloth pad companies: GladRags
and Lunapads. Don't have a blog? Find a friend/family
member/significant other who has one and ask them to do these offers
for ya.
GladRags Offer:
Put a link to GladRags website on a blog post (www.gladrags.com) and
email them (info@gladrags.com) with the url for your blog and your
mailing addy.
Lunapads Offer:
Check out this link FMI on their offer:
http://blog.lunapads.com/2006/08/spread_the_love.html
Lastly, if you want some clarity as to what alt menstrual products are,
check out this link:
http://www.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=Menstrual_Products
Or, feel free to email me with any questions, comments or concerns.
Cheers, Sara
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY:
SEA SPONGES
Sea sponges can be used as tampons, with less of the environmental concerns and health risks associated with regular tampons. Sea sponges are easy to use. You simply squish them up, insert them into your vagina where they will unsquish, and let them absorb your flow. You remove them with your fingers, rinse them out, and put them back in. At the end of your period or once a day (whatever you're comfortable with), you soak them in a solution of vinegar and water or peroxide and water, to clean them. Then they can be left to dry and reused on your next period.
The advantages of sea sponges are their relative ease of use, reusability, and relative safety. There are disadvantages, however. Some women find sea sponges leak more than regular tampons do. Others don't like the fact that sponges don't come with strings for easy removal, the way tampons do. Also, some vegans prefer not to use sea sponges, as they are technically an animal.
from: http://www.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=Menstrual_Products
MY GOD! Loofa's ain't got nothin' on sea sponges.
Subject: Alt Menstrual Products At Bkstore
So, reading Omar's email to Student News about alt menstrual products at
the bookstore compelled me to email Student News and clarify a few
things.
First, these products are reusable, not recycleable. The environmental
gain to using alt menstrual products is that you can reuse them for
many many years instead of throwing out a product after one use.
Second, I would like to remind you all about the two *free* cloth
menstrual pad offers for bloggers by two cloth pad companies: GladRags
and Lunapads. Don't have a blog? Find a friend/family
member/significant other who has one and ask them to do these offers
for ya.
GladRags Offer:
Put a link to GladRags website on a blog post (www.gladrags.com) and
email them (info@gladrags.com) with the url for your blog and your
mailing addy.
Lunapads Offer:
Check out this link FMI on their offer:
http://blog.lunapads.com/2006/08/spread_the_love.html
Lastly, if you want some clarity as to what alt menstrual products are,
check out this link:
http://www.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=Menstrual_Products
Or, feel free to email me with any questions, comments or concerns.
Cheers, Sara
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY:
SEA SPONGES
Sea sponges can be used as tampons, with less of the environmental concerns and health risks associated with regular tampons. Sea sponges are easy to use. You simply squish them up, insert them into your vagina where they will unsquish, and let them absorb your flow. You remove them with your fingers, rinse them out, and put them back in. At the end of your period or once a day (whatever you're comfortable with), you soak them in a solution of vinegar and water or peroxide and water, to clean them. Then they can be left to dry and reused on your next period.
The advantages of sea sponges are their relative ease of use, reusability, and relative safety. There are disadvantages, however. Some women find sea sponges leak more than regular tampons do. Others don't like the fact that sponges don't come with strings for easy removal, the way tampons do. Also, some vegans prefer not to use sea sponges, as they are technically an animal.
from: http://www.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=Menstrual_Products
MY GOD! Loofa's ain't got nothin' on sea sponges.