Generally not considered to be a good thing for your bone density, if you are on deprovera or you are missing them due to low weight. Painful and miserable as they may be, its all in the name of bone densit-y goodness. And I don't think period pain is as bad as fractured hip pain.

I think I have some kind of weird phobia...I've been going through the yeast infection bit lately and during and after using the applicator for the medicine, I felt so woozie and disgusted...the first two times I took it, it took me about a half hour to get over it.
Now, I'm just putting it off 'till the last minute. ick...

mooncup with lunapads for back up.
the mooncup is fab, total revelation, i only wish i'd started using it sooner.

Tampons. I want to try the mooncup though.

I am so going to try that!
Erm, although, isn't it a bit disgusting, emptying it? Do you have to wash it out, liike with soap?