Comments on: Blood Catching http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/ words thru a woman.mama Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:24:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Kelsie http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-710 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:59:30 +0000 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-710 I just randomly found this, and I know you posted a long time ago...but I just had to say that it's one of the most beautifully written things I've ever read on the internet. I loved it, and I really hope you gave cloth pads a try--they're incredible and not smelly at all if you throw a bit of tea tree oil into the soak bucket. : ) Not near as bad as cloth diapers. Anyway...beautiful. You should have a column or something. I just randomly found this, and I know you posted a long time ago…but I just had to say that it’s one of the most beautifully written things I’ve ever read on the internet. I loved it, and I really hope you gave cloth pads a try–they’re incredible and not smelly at all if you throw a bit of tea tree oil into the soak bucket. : ) Not near as bad as cloth diapers. Anyway…beautiful. You should have a column or something.

]]> by: misplacedmama http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-262 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:58:08 +0100 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-262 Suzanne, thank you for your words...I will check out the little sponge! This has come up with a few readers...the fact that sex during moons does not bother them/and or their partner. First, my partner could care less. Having 2 toddlers, he'll take it when he can get it! I have been with men who love the blood and those who are freaked out by it. The experience I wrote about occured over 10 years ago. I was a different person then. And now the reason I don't like having sex while I am bleeding is totally a personal feeling from me. Somethine in me tugs me away from being with another, it asks for solitude. It asks for space. So I just try to honor what I am feeeling. I think it's awesome people do it whenever the hell they feel like it, bloody or not. ! peace marybeth Suzanne, thank you for your words…I will check out the little sponge! This has come up with a few readers…the fact that sex during moons does not bother them/and or their partner.
First, my partner could care less. Having 2 toddlers, he’ll take it when he can get it! I have been with men who love the blood and those who are freaked out by it.
The experience I wrote about occured over 10 years ago. I was a different person then. And now the reason I don’t like having sex while I am bleeding is totally a personal feeling from me. Somethine in me tugs me away from being with another, it asks for solitude. It asks for space. So I just try to honor what I am feeeling. I think it’s awesome people do it whenever the hell they feel like it, bloody or not. !

peace
marybeth

]]> by: Suzanne Portnoy http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-261 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:47:50 +0100 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-261 Lovely post although personally I've stopped worrying about bleeding during sex. In fact, I don't even bother pointing it out. I just think, 'Love me, love my blood.' I do sometimes use Beppy sponges. They are small sponges to be worn during sex and soak up most of the blood. After sex, you remove and throw out. There have been times one has gotten a bit stuck behind my cervix and, like your Cup experience, I have had to resort to crouching down and pushing hard to get it out. Lots of sex workers and lap dancers I have met swear by them and I think, 'If they're good enough for the pros, they're good enough for me.' Otherwise, I just get messy. Lovely post although personally I’ve stopped worrying about bleeding during sex. In fact, I don’t even bother pointing it out. I just think, ‘Love me, love my blood.’ I do sometimes use Beppy sponges. They are small sponges to be worn during sex and soak up most of the blood. After sex, you remove and throw out. There have been times one has gotten a bit stuck behind my cervix and, like your Cup experience, I have had to resort to crouching down and pushing hard to get it out. Lots of sex workers and lap dancers I have met swear by them and I think, ‘If they’re good enough for the pros, they’re good enough for me.’ Otherwise, I just get messy.

]]> by: sarah jane rhee http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-260 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:16:56 +0100 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-260 ha ha! i tried the diva cup about 6 months ago and had a panic attack in the middle of the night when i couldn't get that sucker out. it was a traumatic experience, and i haven't tried it again. granted, i've only had two moons since then. if you find something else that works, let me know! ha ha! i tried the diva cup about 6 months ago and had a panic attack in the middle of the night when i couldn’t get that sucker out. it was a traumatic experience, and i haven’t tried it again. granted, i’ve only had two moons since then. if you find something else that works, let me know!

]]> by: amygeekgrl http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-259 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:38:22 +0000 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-259 this was wonderful! i honestly haven't laughed that hard in a while. "I have a little bitty bowl in me." LOL thank you. :) and what a wonderful man your husband was (and i imagine still is)! i'm sure most guys would've been completely freaked out. i haven't had many moons since 2002 either with 2 pregnancies and lots and lots of nursing. i am planning to try out the divacup though when they return. this was wonderful! i honestly haven’t laughed that hard in a while. “I have a little bitty bowl in me.” LOL thank you. :)
and what a wonderful man your husband was (and i imagine still is)! i’m sure most guys would’ve been completely freaked out.

i haven’t had many moons since 2002 either with 2 pregnancies and lots and lots of nursing. i am planning to try out the divacup though when they return.

]]> by: misplacedmama http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-258 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:42:48 +0000 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-258 I'll join you in your red tent right now.... Mani - I'm telling Sam you love another man. I think he likes being your one and only. J. I’ll join you in your red tent right now….

Mani - I’m telling Sam you love another man. I think he likes being your one and only.

J.

]]> by: Courtney http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-257 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:06:28 +0000 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-257 I love this. I'm having my first bleeding since getting pregnant nine months ago, though it's not quite my period yet, it's not entirely unwelcome in an odd sort of way. When my flow is light I just use toilet paper. I've been thinking of you and want to talk soon. I am overwhelmed and overjoyed with motherhood and seek your sage and balanced wisdom. XOXO I love this. I’m having my first bleeding since getting pregnant nine months ago, though it’s not quite my period yet, it’s not entirely unwelcome in an odd sort of way. When my flow is light I just use toilet paper. I’ve been thinking of you and want to talk soon. I am overwhelmed and overjoyed with motherhood and seek your sage and balanced wisdom. XOXO

]]> by: Mani http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-256 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:26:52 +0000 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-256 Um, it's a good thing you're straight, because I fall a little more in love with you every time you post. I think I sort of love your husband, too. Um, it’s a good thing you’re straight, because I fall a little more in love with you every time you post. I think I sort of love your husband, too.

]]> by: Maisha http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-255 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:19:46 +0000 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-255 You're back! Yipee!! You and Leigh both move me so much with your writing. I would love to figure out a way to have a Red Tent with you and my other soul sistahs. You’re back! Yipee!!
You and Leigh both move me so much with your writing. I would love to figure out a way to have a Red Tent with you and my other soul sistahs.

]]> by: Heather http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-254 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:27:40 +0000 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/blood-catching/#comment-254 This may just be my favorite post of yours, ever. I laughed and I cried (could be postpartum hormones or lack of sleep...) It's a really cute story, that I'm sure is much funnier in retrospect than it was at the time : ) I was on the depo provera shot for 5 years in my early twenties, until I began to question the whole stifling of a period thing. Turns out that when I went off of it, my migraines went away and my depression cleared up. When I got my first period several months after stopping the shots, I was so elated. I felt so womanly. I couldn't appreciate it as a teenager, but I was so happy at that time. I have been distrustful of hormonal birth control ever since. Anything I have tried made me crazy. I am also frustrated with product options. I have always used pads because I could always feel tampons, but have had more success with the unbleached organic ones. I have thought about trying the cup, but wow, it sounds complicated. And I always have an image of me coming out of a public restroom stall with blood all over my hand from spillage. Maybe I should take a route similar to diapers--reusable at home (maybe that little sponge thing?) and disposables away??? I am voting for the tent idea. Really, it seems the most simple and efficient, doesn't it??? This may just be my favorite post of yours, ever. I laughed and I cried (could be postpartum hormones or lack of sleep…) It’s a really cute story, that I’m sure is much funnier in retrospect than it was at the time : )

I was on the depo provera shot for 5 years in my early twenties, until I began to question the whole stifling of a period thing. Turns out that when I went off of it, my migraines went away and my depression cleared up. When I got my first period several months after stopping the shots, I was so elated. I felt so womanly. I couldn’t appreciate it as a teenager, but I was so happy at that time.

I have been distrustful of hormonal birth control ever since. Anything I have tried made me crazy.

I am also frustrated with product options. I have always used pads because I could always feel tampons, but have had more success with the unbleached organic ones. I have thought about trying the cup, but wow, it sounds complicated. And I always have an image of me coming out of a public restroom stall with blood all over my hand from spillage. Maybe I should take a route similar to diapers–reusable at home (maybe that little sponge thing?) and disposables away???

I am voting for the tent idea. Really, it seems the most simple and efficient, doesn’t it???

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