/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>comm hosts monthly meets, last weekend of each month
>start period day before the meet, every time without fail
>week before my period I break out like crazy, so my face still looks like shit at every meet

thank god for always infinity pads, never had an actual disaster

>>8381124
haven't had a leak since switching to a moon cup, still don't wear my more expensive burando during that time of the month for fear of damaging it (and then not being able to sell it because ew period blood)

>>8381124
Used to have the most unpredictable months, have about 1 or two truly safe weeks. Cons weren't fun.
Started getting Depo in January last year. No period since. I don't even have to think of it at cons any more and it makes the whole thing easier.

Also trick that I found, Juice 3 fresh lemons and it slows down/stops everything for about 6-8 hours. I used to drink that before I went to meets and things to make it a bit safer.

>>8381163
Same, moon cup is a life saver - last time I mentioned it in a thread some bitch went off the fucking handle on me, pretty lulzy

>>8381181
i boil my mooncup in the same pot my roomate uses to boil eggs. was going to tell her not to use that pot the first time i boiled, forgot, saw her making eggs in it, decided not to tell her
its too late now.

>>8381188
Fuck it, it's all sterile and eggs have a shell.

>>8381188
Sorry, but... how do you even get one in?
I can't even put a tampon in, much less a golfball-sized cup

>>8381163
>>8381181
>>8381188
What the hell is a moon cup?
>googles
woah...

>>8381194
It's silicone. You just fold it to get it in.

>>8381205
oh, ok.
>porn lied to me

>>8381124
i haven't been able to function go out or do anything on my period for the past few months since i've gotten back on birth control, i went off it for a while because i didn't have health insurance but i got some state insurance just for birth control and parent planning type stuff

however the month before i got back on my birth control i think i had a miscarriage, i did really well not to have sex with my bf the entire 6 months i wasn't on my birth control (i mean we still did stuff he just didn't put it in my vagina) but one night we wound up trying to have sex with a condom
he didn't even finish inside of me but the condom did actually break so i was thankful for that but damn my next period was the worst period i'd ever had and my mom told me i probably had a miscarriage because of the amount of bleeding i was experiencing (it was seriously a lot and i was considering going to the hospital) and the fever and pain i was in
i still don't know how to feel about it, feels weird and scary knowing i could've been pregnant but thank god i'm not

>>8381213
What fucking porn do you watch where girls are putting in moon cups??

>>8381236
Now that I've stopped laughing, let's just say every time I go on a Yotsuba board there's a coke can or something in a vagina

Yup.

>Friday at a con calls for casual cosplay
>Konata Izumi to the beach (her grade school swim suit, inflatable raft, etc.).
>period came in early

Mine's usually regular, but I guess I have one or two months when it either comes in early or late. I think I nixed the cosplay, but kept wearing lolita since I was lucky to have come prepared and I couldn't go home and change.

Also
>lolita meet up at a con
>want to wear shiro-lolita
>oheyauntflo...hey.

>>8381223
Watch out, most pregnancies end in miscarriage (most people don't even realize they are having one) but after the first time you become more... er... fertile, I guess is the word? It is more likely to stick after the first time is what I am saying, keep some pregnancy tests around and use em if you feel like something is off, even on birth control. Don't want any little parasites growing in there unless they are thoroughly planned for and expected.

>>8381213

Porn didn't lie. Girls just bitch and moan about the slightest bit of discomfort.

>>8381256
i already know, i've been sexually active with my bf for about 5 years now and this was just the first real pregnancy scare i've had but i've been extremely paranoid so when i go for my little birth control check up visits i take a pee pregnancy test every time
to be honest i never want to have kids (because my genes are terrible and i'm trying to start a very serious career path where having kids would only get in the way) but no one will tie my tubes because i'm 23 and have never had kids

>>8381196
it collects your blood instead of absorbing it, so if someone pisses you off, you can pour your period blood on their stuff

>>8381124
>Any solutions?
Won't work for meetups but for a one-off event like a con, you can get put on a pill that's like a weaker version of the contraceptive pill, which doesn't work as birth control but also doesn't have so many side-effects as the contraceptive pill because it's a lower dose, but will delay your period. You go to your doctor and tell them you have, IDK, a beach holiday or a long hike in the wilds coming up and your period is due then, and they'll prescribe it to you. I got prescribed Utovlan when I had to go on a week-long fieldcourse without proper toilet facilities, and it was perfect, I had literally no side effects, not even the mild ones like mood swings. I got it for free since I live in the UK and was under 18 at the time, but even if you don't qualify for it for free it's only like, the £7 nominal prescription charge to UK residents.

You can also buy them over the counter without the embarrassment of going to the doctor, but that will cost you loads more money: https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/period-delay-ppc.html?gclid=COSD4-Hi-cUCFYrJtAod4ikAZA&gclsrc=aw.ds

As a gross side story, my mum had a menstrual cup as a kid (not like the modern ones, it was thicker, opaque and orange or something) and it went missing. Apparently toddler me had taken it to use as a hat for my dolls!

>>8381124
I'd be worried about wearing a revealing cosplay if I was on my period, but lolita is no problem. Usually I'm wearing underwear+tights+bloomers+petticoat - that's a lot of layers for the blood to get through before it gets anywhere near my dress (I wear bloomers over my tights to hold them up because I'm tall and tights for Chinese/Japanese sizes ride down on me).

>>8381243
That's different. Vaginas are more sensitive on period days. That's still possible.

Gross story so if you're going to be a baby cover your ears

>go to momocon for a saturday only because i didn't have much money
>wore giant ballgown luka cosplay, pic related, not me but same dress
>white crinoline underneath
>suddenly my vagina decided to open the floodgates to the red sea
>no tampons on me, expected period to start 2 weeks later
>rush boyfriend out in atlanta, the most poorly designed city to drive in to find tampons
>friends were supposed to stay with me so i don't bleed to death without any witnesses
>"hey anon we're going to the dealers room instead"
>can't risk standing up and unleashing the beast
>sat on the con floor for 2 hours probably, accepting my fate
>every time someone asked for a picture had to make the fakest pokerface when the niagara falls began again while standing up
>boyfriend comes back with tampons
>somehow manage to lift up giant skirt and crinoline and dam the river
>takes one handicap stall and 10 minutes of patience because dress is basically impossible to take off without assistance
>person in wheelchair waiting outside stall, feel bad
>"gf you ruined con for me let's go home"
>ok.jpg
>crinoline goes straight in the trash when i get home

Now I'm on birth control so I don't have periods anymore, they usually lasted up to a month and I would use an entire box of tampons in a day. I'm just so happy that dress was black.

>>8381294
>they usually lasted up to a month and I would use an entire box of tampons in a day. I'm just so happy that dress was black
Holy shit, did you not go to a doctor and get prescribed birth control earlier? I have a friend that was put on the pill at 14 for that reason, very heavy periods (2 weeks though, not a month) and the doctor was worried she'd get anaemia.

>got Implanon recently
>currently on day 8 of super long period that came a week after last period ended
>international lolita day is tomorrow

I can handle it, but ugh... I hope this fixes itself after a while.

>>8381304
>>8381294
I'm anemic with PCOS. Periods were heavy and lasted nearly two weeks sometimes. I'm on Jolessa right now which is still a pill but I only get my period once every three months now, and It's not painful or a total blood bath anymore. I didn't gain too much weight either, only about 5 pounds.
Back in high school I just wouldn't go to class at all when I had my period. Senior year I had about a 50% attendance rate.
I was always lucky my period fell after a con even when it was bad.

>>8381163
I have some mooncup questions that I haven't been able to ask irl.

Do they work like a ladies' condom? Like, you just squeeze the edges and shove it on up there (gently, obviously).

Secondly, do they FEEL like a ladies' condom? I find them really uncomfortable, so this might just be a dealbreaker for me.

Finally, and this might be covered by the other two questions - how squishy are they? I have trouble with tampons because they're so rough, but if these were smoother and fit better I'd definitely give them a try.

>>8381304
Depending on where anon is and what the rules are, some doctors won't prescribe birth control pills if their patient is under the age of consent.

It really sucks. I missed 50% of my last few months of highschool because my doctor wouldn't prescribe me the goddamn pill in case I ran off and started fucking everything in a ten mile radius.

>be me
>cosplay aph japan
>get on depo shot two months prior to con, have a bit of break through bleeding here and there, but nothing else really bad
>come home
>pulls down panties
>BLOOD EVERYWHERE how did it not bleed through to my white pants
>mfw god is real and was looking out for me

I proceeded to have a month-long period after that though. Shit sucked.

>>8381304
I'm not anemic surprisingly. I just didn't see it as a problem really because I was nervous about asking for birth control. Depo shot was the best decision I've ever made though.

>>8381388
I'm a different moon cup anon from above, I've been using a Lunette menstrual cup for about a year and wish I had switched earlier. Never had a problem and they answer a lot of questions on the website
>https://www.lunette.com/au/

>Like, you just squeeze the edges
pretty much, just fold it together, pop in in place and release

>Secondly, do they FEEL like a ladies' condom?
I have never used a ladies condom, but when the cup is in place I cannot actually notice/feel that it is there because the Lunette is the same shape as the cervix

>how squishy are they?
The Lunette is hospital silicone so think of it like a thicker version of those silicone baking trays, which will give you and idea how soft/squishy they are.

They hold far more flow than tampon and don't irritate the skin. I pop it in at the start of the day and then don't need to worry about it for about 10 hours. There is no smell like with the bacteria that feeds on tampons either and no toxic shock risk.

>>8381388
They're made of silicone so I fold mine over on itself to get it in. Once it's placed, I can't really feel mine at all. They're not absorbent like tampons so they don't slowly dry everything up, and it also means they're easy to remove. Moon cups aren't rigid at all, so they move with your body. I don't ever want to go back to tampons or pads

>>8381213
Tampons are also absorbent and dry. Moon cups aren't and you can even run them under a tap for a few minutes to get them to body temperature

>Have you ever been so excited for a meetup or con only to wake up and discover it's that time of the month?
Nope. Though I've been on my period during meet-ups, it's never been a "SURPRISE!" kind of moment.

>Have you ever started while at a con or meetup?
Also nope.

>Do you still go dressed up and risk it, or do you just not bother?
Unless there were other circumstances going on, yes. I got into lolita "late", so I already had a handle on my periods by then. They were pretty rough when I was in high school and at university (so much so that they suspected I might have endometriosis and put me on the pill at 17; things levelled out after there, but it took years for me to be comfortable with things like tampons and changing in public toilets).

>Any horror stories? Any solutions?
None of my own, but I received a dress with suspicious rusty-brown stains on the lining once. Was a bit less than thrilled that the seller hadn't said anything.


All that said, I currently have the implant as my birth control, due to other health issues. It caused pretty considerable weight gain, but has otherwise been side-effect free. Given the choice between putting on 15 pounds and not having periods for three years, or risking bleed-throughs due to malabsorption of the pill, I'll go with the 15 pound gains.

>>8381388
you fold it and then insert it
they don't feel like anything, unless you don't cut the stem, in that case you feel the stem sticking out of your snatch, they fit low like tampons and you can't have intercourse with them in
depends on the cup, I have a ladycup (Yuro brand, also makers of LadyP) and it's quite stiff but I've heard some other brands are softer. It has to be able to bounce back into shape when inserted and lodge in there nicely.

My question for the thread: what do you do about the cup leaking? When I wear mine it's nothing quite terrible but I still enjoy clean underwear too much to ignore it. I was hoping it'd stay in place no matter how you sit but with me that doesn't seem to be the case.

Also it's so difficult to remove, part of the reason why I sometimes give up and just stick a pad in is because it's so much hassle to boil it, remove it, reinsert etc all the while somehow having clean hands and not having it drop into the toilet by accident.

>>8381304
I'm unfortunately anemic for that very reason, I told the doctor and she nearly ran to get me a box instantly, I owe that woman my life and I'm never coming off birth control.

Fully expecting this to be me tomorrow. Fortunately, with all the layers lolita provides, I feel a lot more confident wearing lolita on my period than normie clothes. Normal clothing only has two layers: the underwear and the outwear, whereas lolita has underwear, tights, bloomers, petticoat(s), and the dress.

Here's a tip that should be obvious but for some reason, most people don't know it:

If you're staying in a nice hotel or a con hotel and your period starts unexpectedly, the front desk of MOST hotels have tampons on hand to give to you. I've gone entire con weekends on just asking the front desk.

Don't ask any of the housekeepers or anything, ask the front desk. That's almost always where they are. I have yet to be at a hotel where this is not the case but I'm not going to say "oh yeah it's universal!" since IDK.

They're 90% of the time regular absorbency tampons but if you need something, they're there.

>>8381480
The only time i have had the cup leak was when it wasn't in place or I hadn't changed it in time and it was full. If leakage is a worry maybe invest in some cloth reusable pads?

To remove it you need to break the seal around your cervix - just pinch/squeeze the bottom reservoir. The top should then contort and release. I only boil mine at the end of the cycle, mid cycle I just wash it with hot soapy water, rinse it off and pop it back in. I find it easier to change when I am in the shower, because my toilet is right next to it to flush the contents.

>>8381497
Yeah, this is mostly true for chains. I've not had to do it myself (though I've had to ask them for a hairbrush and toothbrush before when my luggage got lost on a flight), but a friend clued me into it on their "menu" book. They usually list the toiletries they'll provide as a courtesy in the back of that little folder-binder-thing that you find on the table in your room. The one with local restaurants of point of interest spots, usually near the room service and laundry service info.

>>8381493
Wear an extra pair of pants over your tights too to keep them from falling down.

>>8381497
>>8381525
Whoa thanks for the tip. I had to go buy napkins at the store because I ran out. I didn't know hotels had pads and tampons on hand.

>>8381480
I have this problem too, I always wear panty liners or a pad along with my cup because it leaks all the time, just a bit, but its still annoying.

I dont think Im putting it in incorrectly and its comfortable a lot of the time. I have a Yuuki cup so maybe I should switch cups?

>>8381405
>from one aph japan cosplayer to another
oh my god anon you were definitely fucking lucky
>mfw one day was not wearing aph japan but a cosplay with shorts (still...) and the period began without me realizing (fortunately it wasn't in front but right underneath still)
>mfw i thanked god i was not wearing aph japan at that time instead (i had worn him earlier in the day already though)
he protects us

Only tangentially related, then again the whole thread is only tangentially related, but I just had the best feel ever.

>Spending thousands of dollars in travel, lodging, etc for dream con.
>Check payroll, getting paid the day before con
>Check time off request, got the entire week off, paid! (with vacation hours I don't have? okthnks)
>Check best friend's wedding date, It's a week after con! And she's decided to join me in said con!
>GASP Check period tracker
>It ends the week before con, effectively missing the con AND the wedding

Life's good.

>>8381583
An angel is smiling on you.

tmi advice needed ahead
>has heavy periods (3-5 days of all out bleeding, full pads with constant changing of them, etc)
>has really bad anxiety with bad physical reactions
>unsure about birth control, already gets faint sometimes just from period incoming and aftermath, shots, etc.
>anxiety attacks sometimes make me physically sick so don't want to risk constant anxiety reactions to birth control either
>but cosplayer/lolita and often it hits me on con weekends or the like
>even when i keep track of the dates sometimes it changes by a week or two so always unsure
what do?

>>8381597
Go to your gynaecologist. Express these feelings to the doctor. The doctor will help you pick a method of controlling your period that suits your requirements.

We can't help you beyond our own anecdotal experiences. If your periods are that bad, your best bet is some form of hormonal birth control. There are dozens of options with varying levels of invasiveness (Nuvaring versus implant versus IED versus various pills or patches).

>>8381597
I feel the same. I used to panic so much at injections but I found a coping method.
When I go in to get it done, I'll sit and close my eyes, face away from the nurse too and tell her what my plans are for the next con. They always make small talk to try and try and distract you.

I find thinking about one specific thing I'm going to do at con, and focus on that as I get it done. It blocks out the 4 second long warm-numb feeling in my upper arm.

>>8381597
The thing with BC pills is that if you do the sunday start, you end on a sat and you should never get your period on a weekend because it takes a few days for you to start once you are in that placebo week. Its great when you typically go out on the weekends and dont want your period to be in the way.

>>8381643
You can always also skip the placebo week and it does no damage.

>>8381597
Start taking anxiety meds? Also, there's a patch you can get and you just put it on once a week. But I love my shot because it's designed to make you stop having periods. You should get on anxiety meds though because I have bad anxiety and when I first got the shot I went batshit crazy for the first 3 months because I wasn't taking anything. Anything hormonal probably will make you freak out honestly.

No one's talked about glorious fucking IUDs?
I have mirena, it fucking rocks. first year is period free, second and third it's spotting every other month or so, fourth and fifth year had the lightest days, and were generally super short.

Best contraceptive ever.

>>8381367
Same, anon—Anemic, PCOS. I went on birth control in eighth grade because I was in too much pain from cramps to move. I still have a period every month but it's pretty light and always 5 days. Also I can mess around with my pill schedule to avoid cons, since I'm a lesbian so I don't need the actual birth control properties.

>>8381632
I donate blood often, much bigger needles. I often pinch myself such that it hurts more than the needle. Has worked for me every time I was nervous. Drinking water before you go get shots will help too, the more the better, at least an hour before. It makes it so that your veins won't roll on the phlebotomist.

>>8381597
The mirena I mentioned is a good option to discuss. It has the lowest dose of hormones available on the market, the injections and pills have the highest. Food for thought.

Is it weird that I use panty liners daily? I'm kind of leaky and I get a decent amount of vaginal discharge each day and I feel embarassed by seeing it dried on my underwear each night.

>>8381734
I used to, but depo cleared that up.

/also thank you for posting this because I thought I was the only one/

>>8381734
No, I used to all the time but it's not great for you.

It's normal and I'm cheap so I quit.

>>8381694
yeah with only the risk of puncturing your uterus and making you sterile, or if a pregnancy does occur it can grow into the baby's head and shit.
Fuck those things.

Also most of /cgl probably doesn't have them because they usually require you've had a kid before they put one in you since it changes how easy it is to get past your cervix to put one in.

>>8381791
I have an IUD. The first time it was inserted it moved and was starting to perforate my uterus. It was replaced and it's a lot better now I don't bleed and it's in the right place. I have developed PCOS because of it so also have to take BC. I was given an IUD because of Endometriosis and rupturing cysts.

>>8381814
What are your symptoms like for endometriosis? I'm worried that I have it because lying on the floor crying for someone to kill me during my period can't be normal but I really don't want to be infertile.

>>8381822
Seriously go see a gynecologist.
Even if you're not exactly 18 (you shouldn't really be here if that's the case but I won't judge), and your life is hell because of your periods, if you have a chance to get birth control to sort out the pain its a godsend. There are other options but typically birth control handles it pretty well.
My PCOS used to cause cyst ruptures even when I wasn't on my period and I'd be on the couch huddled up in pain until it faded. I think the birth control helped with that. Sometimes I feel them anyway but they definitely do not hurt as bad as they used to.

I don't know how likely it is that if unchecked you'll go infertile but it is definitely a worthwhile trip to the gyno.

>>8381610
hahahahaha fuck

IED should be IUD. Thanks, autocorrect.

>>8381849
I've been on hormonal birth control since 15, but it doesn't do anything for the pain so now I'm on extended cycle and just skip the active pills.

Never been to gyno bc I'm a kissless virgin but that's good advice, thanks.

I have a big ILD meetup tomorrow but it's about that time of the month for me, so I'm going to wear a pad just in case, whether its started or not. Last time I didn't do that, I ruined my bloomers...

>>8381822

That used to happen to me until I discovered that naproxen actually works for cramps way better than any other OTC painkiller. If I catch it early enough, it doesn't hurt at all and I used to get bad enough cramps that I'd be on the floor of my bathroom feeling like I was going to puke from the pain every other month or so (now, it only happens if I run out and don't bother to pick up some more).

You should definitely see a gyno first, but sometimes bad cramps are just bad cramps and you just have to find some way to treat the symptoms (be it BC or painkillers or other options).

>>8381865
May the period gods smile down upon you and save you for another day

I have blissfully light periods, so I cosplay through my periods and only have one gripe.

>get to Animazement
>start bleeding Thursday night
>drat! only have three tampons with me
>go to the hotel toiletries shop
>it's $3 for two tampons
>A DOLLAR FUCKING FIFTY PER TAMPON

>>8381597
On hormonal birth control, and anon, it may not work for you, because everyone is different, but let me give you my own before and after.

Before
>nausea and pain so bad I would vomit from the pain alone
>unpredicatable period, anywhere from 3 to 14 days. Luckily settle a bit in my twenties to 5-8 days
>when it settled a bit though, I'd get stupid from blood loss. Like, be at work, and forget where I am stupid. Forget my name stupid.
>Exhausted during and after

After
>predictable period (seven daysish)
>spotting from day 1 to day 3
>day 4 light blood
>day 5 is medium
>day 6 and 7 is spotting to nothing
>get slight headache and bloating at worst, but its so negligable I don't even bother with it

Made a world of difference to me, only hassle is getting into the routine of remembering to take it at a certain time. And that just becomes habitual after a bit. I went from incapacitated to it being no big thing. I only really need a pad for a day and half, the rest of the week, a liner, and that's it.

>>8381734
Nah, everyone's different, but its common enough that pantyliners are a thing, my friend. Happens to me too. I have a week between cycles where it minimal, but it can get pretty bad.

Its all part of your cycle.

>Tracker predicts it starting next weekend during my biggest con of the year

I'd honestly rather get it over with at a convention where I'll have a ton of things to distract me rather than suffer through it at work. Mine can be kind of irregular though and tends to end up half a week or a week later than the tracker predicts, knock on wood.

>>8381283

>>8381124

I used to have long heavy very painful periods even after taking bc; prior to bc and on rare occasions I'd also be vomiting if I didn't take any pain relief as soon as my period started. Ponstan helped with cramping until last year when I started experiencing such intense pain my doctor thought I had appendicitis and I had to go to hospital. It was ruptured cysts. Which then was the norm for me almost every month until I saw a really good gyanecologist had a laproscopy and located Endo. Also sex is painful for me a lot of the time.

Not me but a girl at my local con was searching for a tampon for her friend she said her friend had been wearing the same one for hours over the limit. I offered a pad but her cosplay was too revealing to fit a pad.

I have paralyzing painful periods. Went on the pill and they made no difference whatsoever. Nothing changed. GYN had me start skipping pills for as long as possible so I have one less often since they didn't get any better for me, but I can only go a couple months before my body rejects the meds and I bleed and it progressively gets worse until it turns into a period and won't stop until I go off the pills and have one. And it's completely unpredictable. Ugh. I feel like I should just be happy it's not every month now, but I'm not. I'm bitter at the cards life dealt me and mad that I can't do anything more to give myself better health.

>>8381163
>>8381181
I've been wanting to make the switch to a menstrual cup, have a question

moon cup/diva cup are $30-$35 but I see menstrual cups on ebay for like $3, is this something I need to drop money on or can I cheap out on it? Both say their medical grade silicone so idk

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1xMulticolor-100-Medical-silicone-soft-Menstrual-Period-Cup-Size-Small-or-Large-/151674155339?

>>8381980
shit what filthy frank vid was this? I'm cracking up over a gif

>>8381180
Anon get out while you still can, I was on depo for 3 years and it ruined me. I'm off it now and I still have no sex drive and all kinds of joint problems caused by it, and now my emotions are a wreck and my uterus is all kinds of fucked. Progesterone only BC is so so so bad for you.

>>8381194

>>8381999
https://menstrualcups.wordpress.com/tag/brand-iclean/

this was really informative, hope it helps

>>8381192
egg shells are porous and permeable
but its probs not a big deal if they're boiled in the same pot

So do you just pull this cup out by the stem and dump it...? How many times would you have to change it a day?

this is my period story
>be me, 18
>periods getting worse over the past year or two
>bleed around 6~7 days, heaviest the first 3~4
>in recent months vomiting whenever i get my cycle, almost fainting while trying to walk, excruciating pain (i am a big baby but lord it hurt)
>mother please help me
>she gave me this awful period, no one else in whole family has it
>finally go to gyno, get the pills, told to start after my next cycle
>they want to do an ultrasound to make sure there's nothing wrong with my sexual organs
>imfine.png
>start on the sunday after my period starts, etc.
>in a week or two cycle supposed to be coming back around, gyno said if i bleed 2 weeks gotta up the dosage, 1 week of bleeding is fine
i hope my problems are going to disappear at last. the side effects of weight loss, breast increase and acne clearing would be a nice bonus, but i really just want my cycle to be lighter. also fuck you to all of my family who always told me to suck it up, everyone has a period, etc. they are all asses. if you anons have bad cycles, consider getting on bc. anyways, i am SUPER lucky i never started while in lolita (i never kept track because i dreaded it coming, i could tell a week in advance anyhow because of my pre-period cramping and mood), because i wear pastels and white petticoats. it would be awful to bleed on those clothes (and i dont find them comfortable on the cycle anyways).
>sorry this was so long i had a ton of period feels

My sister was on birth control and she got blood clots in her lungs and almost died from it. Not sure what the brand was but apparently this happened semi frequently with it.

>>8381294
Your boyfriend is a dickhole.

Two stories! Story 1:

>First ever con in cosplay. Very excited.
>Period not supposed to come for another week
>Drawing in chalk while sitting on the sidewalk in a large group off to the side
>IT HITS
>Sudden, gut wrenching pain
>I'm talking it feels like someone broke my pelvis
>people notice after a moment
>suddenly phone in my hand
>ThankyouHomestuckCosplayer
>call my room-mates
>beg them to go get some midol or somethin
>they come back with it and i give them like 15 bucks in my dizzy pain
>pop like 5
>slowly feel better
>basically laying on one of my friends lap while they rub my lower back for half the day
>friend is a saint

Story 2:

>Be dressed in really nice cosplay I worked hard on
>Want to game
>go to tabletop gaming for DND
>Play for an hour, really hot, got between the leg sweat
>excuse self
>go to bathroom
>no pain because i took meds for a headache so no connection
>into bathroom
>HUGE RED STAIN ON SKIRT AND BLOOD ON MY LEGS JUST ABOVE MY KNEES
>take off skirt b/c had big jacket in bag
>put on jacket and rinse skirt
>dry skirt under hand driers
>clean myself up
>cosplayers offering tide sticks
>skirt ruined, but less noticeable
>hike through the day with the skirt pulled higher than normal
>nobody noticed and not visible in pics
>thank god

I have to hide this thread because the kawaii uterus is freaking me the fuck out and I can't not look straight at it when I pass it in the catalog.

>>8381294
If I were you, I would have told my boyfriend to be less of a pussy, jfc

>>8381294
You couldn't have waddled to a bathroom and stuffed toilet paper till you were able to get a tampon?

>>8382012
Neither can I, but thanks...
>tfw you read something on the internet about a strand of tissue blocking tampons
>recoil in horror and die celibate

>>8382031
It depends on your flow. On my single heavy day I find myself needing to pour it three or four times. But for the rest of the period, I only do it twice a day. A menstrual cup can stay in for up to 12 hours, which is a lot longer than a tampon. No risk of TSS, either. Just make sure you boil it once in a while.

>>8381791
Needing to have already given birth to have one is bullshit. I got mine when I was 18 because I can't take hormonal contraception and it's the best. Never going back

>>8381556
>>8381480
If it's leaking, it's most likely that the cup hasn't been able to open up fully once you've inserted it and made a proper seal.
After you insert it, either run your finger around the bottom or rotate the cup to make sure it's opened fully and it shouldn't leak.

>>8381694
>>8381791

I have a non-hormonal IUD. I'm 24, no kids. The only problem I've had so far is that my periods are much heavier (I've never had to buy ultra tampons until now).

As for period stories, I always seem to get mine DURING the actual con. Rummaging around in a hotel stall while wearing lolita, trying to remember if you packed tampons isn't all that fun.

>>8382316
explain how you got it then because my doctor told me they only give it to women who've given birth because it moves around too much in women who haven't
the only one they offer me is skyla and that's not nonhormonal

>>8382249
But mirena is also hormonal, unless you mean 'bleed out your soul through the vaginal hole' ParaGard

Anon I got an IUD at 20 without having children as treatment for Endo by my gynaecologist.

>>8382325
I went in to my obgyn, said I was unhappy with my birth control because it made me gain weight and messed with my libido, and that I wanted an IUD specifically. We talked about the types of IUDs and scheduled a day to put it in. It was super simple for me. My insurance covered the IUD as well.

>>8381388
I've never worn an internal condom (or even had sex) so I don't know what those feel like. I'm wearing my mooncup right now and I can't even feel it. Yeah you fold it and put it in, but I'm at the point where I'm just shoving it in without folding it. You might have to trim the stem on yours, my vagina is short so I had to do that for it to be comfortable. It doesn't hurt or dry our your vagina like tampons do. I really love it, very glad I switched to it (and it's saving me money)

>>8381271
>no one will tie my tubes because i'm 23 and have never had kids
Holy shit, I hate this so much. My friend's going to write a 10 page essay on this because, apparently, her gino thinks she knows her better than she knows herself, after all, every woman ever wants kids, right? Because we're still in the '50's after all, and it's our civic duty to pop out a kid at every opportunity. We all know, the Duggars are the perfect role model!

>>8382459
Holy fuck can you stop with your radfem paranoia? The reason people don't want to do it is because of the following:
>they are reluctant to perform vasectomies on young men as well
>a lot of people WILL change their minds and regret it
>getting your tubes tied is a little more risky and complicated than a vasectomy
>very few people are willing to do a reversal procedure, if possible at all
>it's expensive, so if you regret it you will have wasted money for nothing
And last but not least
>to save themselves the legal trouble and trouble in general from unstable women who will later blame them for being irresponsible once they decide that they've wanted a baby all along but can't have one because the evil doctors took their femininity away
You sound like those idiots who whine about doctors not letting them go on T until they're 18. Air out your salty cunt.

>>8381246
You can always go for guro lolita, anon

>>8382480
oh fuck off.
If my boyfriend went in today to get a vasectomy he'd get one right away.
Different anon but I've had my chiropractor, my diabetes doctor, my family doctor, my stomach doctor, a handful of nurses, my parents, and my gyno tell me I'm going to want kids even though I have shit genes and no desire to carry a baby in my womb for that long. Though apparently the chances of passing on type one diabetes is only about 3%.

I still don't want my own kids. I'd rather adopt.

>>8382556
No he wouldn't. It's a complicated procedure and one my husband's been after for years, and they say the same thing they said to me - it's best not to do it just yet, and I have to agree. Also you don't seem to realise that tying your tubes is a LOT more invasive than a vasectomy.
There's tonnes of different forms of birth control you can choose from so I don't see the need for whinging

>>8381999
The one I bought like three years ago that I'm still using and have had zero problems was like 15 bucks. I think I bought it from some place that was linked through Google shopping after typing in moon cup.

>>8382562
Why can't I be allowed to make that decision though? If I want to destroy my body with some surgery that should be my business and as far as the legal angle, just make them sign a paper saying they won't sue.

For most of my period I experience no pain whatsoever, but for the first 4-8 hours I have the most unbearable pain ever. It's so bad that literally no position helps it, I cant eat or drink, I cant walk etc. The only thing that helps a little is hot water bottles/heat pads/direct heat in general

I went out in lolita while on my period for the first time the other day and I was happy that I didn't run into any issues!!

However, my next con has been pushed back to a week before its usual date, right onto The Week. I'm REALLY hoping my period starts before the actual weekend so I don't have to lay on the ground crying in a bathroom dressed as Yosuke Hanamura while my Yu runs to daiso to get heat packs

>>8382556
>my chiropractor, my diabetes doctor, my family doctor, my stomach doctor, a handful of nurses, my parents, and my gyno

Why do you talk about never wanting to have kids with all of those people?

There's a monthly goth party I'd like to attend. My friend always asks me and I always have to decline because of my period.
The problem is not the bleeding (I've got that under control) or the pain (music works wonders), but the gas. I'm a rotating fartcopter on the dancefloor.

>>8382580
I don't even bring it up to them personally but most of them I've been seeing for an extended duration and things come up sometimes.
My diabetes doctor is also kinda nosy. Was asking if I was feeling depressed lately and wanted to get me on an anti depressant.

>>8381283
One time someone royally pissed me off so I replaced all of her lotions with bronzer and watched as she slowly started to break down thinking she was developing some sort of skin disorder to turn her orange in patches.

>>8382480
Different anon but I've always wanted children one day (far) in the future, so I don't really get everyone's hate on them. But I'm also pretty vain about my looks and I've seen how having kids can just fuck up your body and make you fat. So I've decided that me and my future husbando are going to have one kid, and then I was thinking of adopting the others or applying to become a foster home. I think I can work hard and reverse the gross tummy pooch that occurs from one kid.

>>8382578
Anon, I know this is mean but that sounds hysterical and like something out of a fanfic.

I used to cosplay when I was younger but my social anxiety eventually got the best of me and now I haven't done it in years. I've switched to being the con mom for my friends though, because I love helping them and they all tend to wear super elaborate costumes. I usually carry this bigass bag with me that I stock with snacks, water, pins and quick fix stuff, first aid, and plenty of pads and tampons. You wouldn't believe how many times I've been at a con and been approached by some frazzled or upset rando asking for a pad or anything for their friend and I just give a few to them. They are always very greatful, and it's a pretty amazing to think how often girls help other girls out with stuff like that.

Don't worry anons, I got your back, I'm the con fairy.

>>8382688
good for you? how is that relevant?

Annnnnnd my period is early. Shit. I dont wanna miss ILD, but usually my first day always hurts like a bitch, usually to the point I just wanna lay down in bed all day. Pain meds never help either. Hopefully luck is on my side and today is one of those few times I don't feel like I'm fucking dying every second.

>>8382695
It really does sound like something out of a fanfic, huh. Especially when I factor in that my Yu is really bad at finding her way around. The closest daiso is a 5 minute walk and tram ride from the convention centre and yet it'd probably take her at least an hour if I'm not on the phone giving directions

>>8382585
Welcome to the club. My period fucks up all of my lower organs, stomach and digestive system included

>>8381405
I've had problems with what seems like (but I didn't keep track so I don't know for sure) month-long pseudo-periods with really light bleeding but enough to stain my underwear if I didn't wear panty liners. If you're still new-ish to the depo shot, it does tend to calm down a bit the longer you're on it. Hang in there, anon!

>>8382585
>fartcopter
My sides!

>>8382766
It was full on period. Heavy. I ended up getting off of it and not getting a second dose as soon as it wore off in case periodgate happened again. By the time the second Depo shot would wear off it'd be a few days into Anime Expo, so I'd rather just try it with more BC pills and luckily for me I ended up getting on some pills that stopped my period, Lessina.

>>8382185
Heavy period would have bled through that really fast.

>>8382580
Idk what your experience with doctors is but mine is they ask all kinds of questions including super personal stuff for whatever reason regardless if it's relevant to their practice.

I feel lucky as hell. I have irregular periods that are really heavy but only last 3 days, and the only time I've ever had a period during a con was on day one of sakuracon last year.

>>8382906
I love my iud. I get a three day period like every two months, and only the first day is painful which I have drugs for.

>>8382905
i went to a consultation appointment at an orthodontics office (because i have a huge overbite and never got it fixed when i was younger) and they asked me when my last period was

>>8382905
My doctors barely talk.
Then again this is Northern Europe, no-one talks here.

>>8381994
What kinda pain killers have you tried anon? I get really painful and heavy periods, but ibuprofen works really well to make it manageable.

To stay on topic, I find that lolita is quite period-friendly outfit-wise. There's no way it'll ever leak past pad, panties, safety shorts/bloomers/tights and 5 million layers of petti. Plus you can stack as much stuff as needed, yall could be wearing a diaper and no one would notice.

>>8381999
Anon, it's your vagina. It's one of the most delicate and sensitive areas of your body. It provides direct access to many of your internal organs through the bloodstream.
Yes, it SAYS medical grade silicone. But it's also on eBay, from China. Take a look at how many $1 listings claim to be genuine diamond rings.
Is $3 really worth potentially ruining your body for life? Go with something trustworthy please.
> why are so many seagulls so trusting of fucking ebay of all places

After a messy hotel room encounter she still has my period stained cosplay and it is just Too Awkward to retrieve and attempt to clean it.

>women

>>8383086
I've no idea, legitimately wondering about that myself
There's seagulls who unironically buy chinese makeup from eBay. And no, I don't mean Korean stuff from rubyruby or wherever, I mean legit offbrand chinese makeup
>>8383166
>men
>being a meme gender

>This fucking thread