A Girl's Guide to Feminine Hygiene Products

Menstruation is an embarrassing topic for just about everyone. Every time a commercial for feminine hygiene products comes on television it makes viewers faces burn. Overly cheery women jumping on trampolines and running around in white pants while encouraging us to "have a happy period" isn't just ridiculous, it's annoying. Anyone over the age of twelve wants to punch the man that wrote those commercials right in the face.

So, here is a more realistic, plain spoken guide from a woman's perspective aimed towards young women. Periods are not fun. We all remember starting our periods in school and having to make up some ridiculous lie about how sick we were so we could go to the nurse's office and call our mothers sobbing to come get us. You will soon learn that periods don't really get much better with time. We turn in to chocolate craving, cramp crippled, pizza faced, moody; tear streaked, water retaining sea cows. Our clothes don't fit right, we don't feel good, and we don't look our best either. But there is good news. The right products can keep you from having embarrassing leaks and can ease some of the symptoms that you will have every month, excepting pregnancy, for about the next thirty five years of your life.

Feminine hygiene products are pretty confusing at first. Choosing the right products can also be embarrassing while standing in the store with your mother or best friend. So, I'll just tell you that the first few days of your period are going to be heavy, so you will need to get a package or two of super maxi pads with wings. If you don't want to ruin your sheets, invest in some night time maxi pads as well. The next few days will have less flow, and you may start to feel human again. Normal absorbency maxi pads with or without wings are fine for these days. The last day or two will be very light and you may decide to be brave and use a panty liner. Light absorbency pads are probably a better idea though.

For the first few months, just get used to wearing pads. Tampons require practice and you will be paranoid at first when you start using them. When they leak, if you aren't using a panty liner, you will end up with blood all over your pants, which is nightmarish. Summertime is a good time to learn how to use tampons, as you won't be around classrooms full of people who will see it when you leak. Also, if you want to swim, you have to learn how to use a tampon. Tip: don't swim in the ocean when you are on your period. Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away and tampons don't hide that smell from sharks.

To avoid the embarrassment of buying feminine hygiene products and other personal care items from the store, go to http://www.carecleaningandprotection.com/default.aspx and order them online. It's a lot cheaper than shopping at the store too!