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Reusable Period products

 Reusable period products can save you so much money if you are willing to give them a try.  I’m the sort of person who has to wear maternity pads every period because of how much I bleed but that leads to horrible pad rash for me so I decided to give reusable products a go and I don’t think I’ll ever go back.  Now I use period underwear and a mensual cup and I still have to use maternity pads on my heaviest day but the rest of my cycle I use my reusable products.  I’m have four pairs of period underwear from three different brands all of them say they are super flow (4 tampons worth) which isn’t the greatest. I have Teo from the same brand (mint brand) and wear them on my first and last day of my period. I use my u by Kotex period underwear on day two and my libra on day four. If I’m going out instead of tampons I’ll insert my period cup.  I know reusable products aren’t for everyone but I would spend so much money on pads to go through them super fast so I fin...

My Book

  My book on endometriosis is now available through Amazon  Endometriosis a rude awakening is my story throughout my journey so far with Endometriosis. it also holds valuable information to do with Endometriosis from the symptoms you can have to general information and statistics. Barnes and Noble Amazon

Five Misconceptions about endometriosis

  Because not a lot is known about Endometriosis there is a lot of misconceptions out there about this terrible condition and I will be covering five of them today and debunking them.  One: everyone has painful periods This one really annoys me because periods are meant to be uncomfortable but not painful, if you have painful periods there is something underlying causing the pain like Endometriosis but it doesn’t always have to be Endometriosis.  Two: The symptoms is just heavy bleeding and pain Again this one really annoys me because there is a lot more to Endometriosis than just heavy bleeding and pain which definitely are common symptoms but it can cause so many more issues for woman and some woman might not even have any symptoms at all.  Three: Endometriosis only affects the pelvic region  Now the most common place for Endometriosis is the pelvic region but this horrible condition spreads like fire all around the body and has even been found in the lungs an...