Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world AnxiousDuck @feddit.it 6 mo. ago

Lemmings without bidet: how do you deal with your period?

Do you regularly take half showers between tampons or you're fine with just drying for the most intense days?

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I'm wondering if there's a medical condition here. What is happening to need showers between tampons?
Sorry for not providing a helpful answer, but TIL a bidet can be used for this 😳 sounds like a very useful lifehack too
- Lifehack? What did you think it was meant for?!?
  
  Edit: since there are smart people in the comments, it is for washing that part - what do you wash it from makes no difference. The poor mind of some people.. 🤷‍♂️
  
  You really can't think of anything else that 100% of the population can use a bidet for?
  
  Getting popcorn out of your teeth
  
  I assumed it was for the cavity at the end of the alimentary canal, after having a dump?
  
  It evens out your investment portfolio.
  
  For the poops, my friend
Ol trusty rag on a stick never let me down
- ** Applauds **
Well, firstly, you don't need a lot of time between tampons, technically -- so long as the absorption size isn't too crazy and you're changing them frequently enough. Secondly, fuck tampons, get a menstrual cup. For the uninitiated, it's a silicone doohickey essentially shaped like a bell that fits around the cervix. Learning curve? Yes. Squick factor? Probably. tons of sizes. Safer than tampons (see Toxic Shock Syndrome).

Pays for itself in a few months if you have heavy flow.

Bidet would be a little less necessary but still, if heated, v nice.

If I've had a rough second day I'll half-shower rinse, sure, but the merula xl is just about big enough to handle it otherwise.
- I switch between those and Period Panties. Sometimes anything internal makes cramps worse, and honestly, I really dread rummaging around in there to drag it out while covering my hand in blood. It's just not practical to empty/rinse at work and I do 16 hour shifts, so it's not possible to just pop it in for the work day either. I use the cup when I'm not at work and it's past the crampy days. Sometimes tampons + period panties are the only solution for me.
- I tried the cup. I have several sizes. They just got stuck in there and never popped open and almost ended up going to the ER to have it removed.
  
  My condolences.
  
  My super jenny isn't firm at all and I don't have trouble maneuvering it but the merula xl is very firm and that fucker hurts if it pops too soon ☠️
DIY wet wipes (reaching over to the sink and dampening some tp while at home, or dampening a paper towel before entering the toilet stall in public)
Tangential: If the toilet paper shortage during the pan wasn't enough to wake Americans up to the need for bidets, nothing will. We're savages over here.
- I still can't imagine how people live without a bidet. They're just walking around with poopy asses all the time.
  
  You wipe properly and dont have poopy ass.
- Italian here. We always had a bidet and used it as a second toilet as kids. Never used it. As an adult I soak in the tub
  
  Wait, rather than a quick squirt on your ass. You instead fill an entire bathtub so you can drag your shit-covered ass in there and soak in your own feces?
  
  holy self report
Don't really need one, I have a menstrual cup and don't get really any mess.
I have a packet of baby wipes for bad days.
- Don't flush those! Even if they say flushable , they're lying.
  
  You probably already know that, but just in case some people don't.
  
  Yeah goes in the tiny rubbish bin.
  
  But do flush your spent AA batteries
Portable bidets are a thing. Basically a squeeze bottle with a special nozzle to direct the stream. Periods aren't something I have to deal with, so I really don't know what kind of cleanup is required, but it seems like it would be better than nothing.
I don't have to worry about it now, but when I had my period (and I strictly used pads) I would use a peri-bottle full of warm water. My period having teen uses refresher wipes.
I get a shot in my butt every three months so I don't get my hell periods.

Before that, showers were hell because I had such heavy flows. Everything was just hell.
Being male.
- go away
Just have a penis! Duh!

But really, I live in savage no-bidet land, but thankfully I have a handheld shower head that I can just use sitting on the corner of the tub. When I didn't have a tub, I just squatted, but it's not nearly as easy
Okay, I’m a bit concerned at this whole thing.

When I’m on then I shower once a day. I use femfresh to wash and then towel dry.

Why would I need anything else in between? Most disposable products need changing every 4hrs but that doesn’t mean throughly cleaning between uses. Reusables vary but again nothing needs deep cleaning under than 12hrs.

I feel like I’m misunderstanding the question?
I just grew a dick instead
Bidet, mate
- Reading comprehension issue?
  
  So its impossible for them to get a bidet? I didn't exactly comprehend that part either...
I installed it last month. I want to help mother nature so reducing paper waste and also its much cleaner than wiping

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