Question for women only, please!

[louanne93]

You can call your gyn ask for a sample pack of pills for your vacation. It works even post tubal

 

That's what I did. My tubes are tied and my dr. still put me on the pill for

peremenopause (sp?) reasons. I read a big article about this and so far it is working for me!! Yippeeee.

[FrancescaH]

Can you hear me now, screaming from the bathroom...

"honey, bring me the tongs, please....oh, and put the baby down, I may just need your help!" :eek:

 

A lot of these have been funny but this one made me crack up laughing. Makes me very glad I have my Mirena and next to no flow!

[sgttami]

I will just add...

 

You never know when IT will come!! I always carry a supply of the protective devices, even though I'm pretty much into the menopausal stage of life!!

 

I was "FLO free" for almost a year and thought I was done and was on a cruise and HELLO...I got IT!! It was not fun in the middle of the night in the middle of the ocean and the shops weren't open..!!! In the AM I went to the shops on board and paid something like $8 for 8 tampons!!

 

Even now, when I'm almost certain IT is over...I carry the protective devices in my bag on vacation.!!

[chef1960]

Oh, am I glad i looked a this thread..it never dawned on me that you can't flush tampons... (First time cruiser -going this SUNDAY...yay!) I am sure I would have flushed without even thinking...

Yes - pack'em. They can be shoved (no pun intended) all around your suitcase!

[Keurigirl]

You gals who are thinking about skipping your sugar pills so you don't get a period should know this: You MUST be on a pill that has an even amount of hormone in every pill, otherwise you will still get your period. If you are on any of the cycular pills (ortho-tri-cyclen, etc - usually you'll know because the pills in your pack are a different color through the month) that have different amount of hormones per pill, they don't work for skipping your period.

 

A few years ago I used to skip the sugar pills every once and a while for vacaions, etc, when I was on a sustained hormone pill. I switched to one of the pills that varies the hormone and my dr. didn't tell me those wouldn't work for skipping periods and needless to say I ended up with my period while we were in France and I had not been prepared.

 

Lessons learned:

1. you need the right type of birth control pill to skip periods

2. Always pack tampons!

[rebeccalouise]

I purchased some in Cozumel, Meh-hee-co last time we were there. Tampax, and the box, is funny when you try to read it in Meh-hee-can.

 

I didn't use most of them so I still have the box at home.

 

Come to think of it, I consider them a souvenir of sorts....

 

Is that weird???!!! :confused::D

 

LOL

 

No- I bought pads in Italy and still have some. I do like using them because they remind me of Venice. Sorry if that is gross and weird but I know what you mean!:p