Quote from: MissKylie on 31 July 2014, 11:54:26 pm

I would never advice to use sponges etc, it's not fair at all on the client, especially if they were to find out!! It could really ruin their experience.

Period play etc is disgusting IMO. I'm on the implant and don't get periods, but I definitely wouldn't work if I had one! Surely you can just wait a few days?

 

I'm grateful that there are men in the world who don't find the way women work hideously disgusting. It's natural. I have sex with BF all the time on my period and he's not phased at all

Charlotte - I prefer cosmetic sponges (foundation ones) I rinse myself out first (whether or not that's recommended I don't know...), insert the sponge as high as possible then after I "birth it out" (puuuuush) and use one finger to retrieve it.

Quote from: Charlotte-Paris on 01 August 2014, 11:52:27 am

Quote from: KimberlyC on 31 July 2014, 10:36:19 pm

I take the continuous pill so I don't have to deal with periods any more, but when I did I would use just any sort of sponge. You can cut up a cosmetic sponge, or use the sort that are sold in Boots for putting on foundation. Or cut up a regular kitchen sponge. Wet them, squeeze them out, and stuff them up in there.

They can be hard to fish out, I can tell you that.

Kimberly, which pill do you use? I'm still finding it hard to deal with my gp here. I don't really understand why it's gp that prescribes the pill... I stayed on dianette since it's the same in the uk but could ask my gp about yours?

I happen to be on Cerazette (Desogestrel). The key point is a pill that isn't variable dosage: some of them have different strengths throughout the month. You can tell those because they're multicoloured in the pack. If it's a steady dose, then all you have to do is skip the placebo pills that you take during your period and you're covered. In fact, it may we be perfectly possible even with a variable dosage pill to do that, but you may risk breakthrough bleeding somewhere in the cycle. If your GP isn't particularly helpful, try skipping the placebos. The only real difference is that once women routinely started doing this and doctors decided this was safe, they began packaging them specifically to be taken that way.

You can do that, but you'll need to refill your prescription sooner. If you're happy with the one you're on, stick with it. And tell your GP what you're doing so he'll know to expect to write a scrip sooner.

If he gives you any crap, go to a family planning/gum clinic and talk to someone who isn't stupid.

Quote from: KimberlyC on 01 August 2014, 01:53:11 pm

You can do that, but you'll need to refill your prescription sooner. If you're happy with the one you're on, stick with it. And tell your GP what you're doing so he'll know to expect to write a scrip sooner.

If he gives you any crap, go to a family planning/gum clinic and talk to someone who isn't stupid.

I'd rather die than tell my gp. He knows my sisters. But I'll go to family planning. The medical secret applies to them as well, right?

Don't worry - i'm convinced that you'll be able to pull it off without him noticing at all 

Sea sponges are good to use and absorb really well and you can find them anywhere, boots, tesco's, bodycare etc. If you can't find a sea sponge then a regular bath sponge works just as well, you could even use a car sponge lol providing it's brand new and unused ofc.

Cut the sponge in to smaller parts and fold one of the parts in half, wet the sponge segment slightly and lubricate yourself, insert the sponge inside pushing it as far back as it will go. Don't worry it won't get lost 

I've needed a quick fix on a couple of occasions and it's never failed for me. I've never had a client notice as far as i'm aware and nobody has ever mentioned me being on my period when i were 

Good luck!

PS, probably best not to allow fingering like mentioned. I use the excuse that i've just had a coil fitted so find fingering uncomfortable at the moment, they don't tend to press the matter x

Can the people suggesting using bits of kitchen/bathroom/household sponges as tampons please stop? It's really not advisable as these aren't designed for this sort of use - they can start to disintegrate and fragments then break off, embed themselves in vaginal walls and cause all sorts of problems.

Sponges are fine, but use the ones designed for the purpose or at least the ones made out of the same material (the wedge-shape makeup sponges are fine) or sea sponges which don't contain all the chemicals and plastics of the things you use to scrub pans with .