I’ve been totally natural for over four years! I first heard of natural products over nine years ago on natural family living internet forums. I don’t know what took me so long to switch. Perhaps, not knowing anyone personally who used natural menstrual products kept me procrastinating. Finally, when the constant use of disposable postpartum pads left me irritated, I switched. I already decided to cloth diaper my third son so he wouldn’t rash, and it finally made sense to use natural menstrual products myself. I have had no more outside irritation or vaginal dryness since switching.

I like the softness and comfort of Lunapads. I like the choice of prints. They feminine prints make me feel proud to be a woman during a time when popular culture says, "gross." I like the option of the extra soft organic pads. I like having my familiar and personal supply of various size pads and liners to meet the needs of my cycle. I know the right size is always there. They real work. I don’t have to go to the drug store for personal products anymore. (And I don’t have to guess what “new and improved” means in terms of absorbency.) They don’t fall apart in my purse. My Lunapads are always fresh and clean. I don’t have to be concerned about how many years a found tampon or pad in my draw, purse, or suitcase has been carried around.

My funny husband seems to know my cycle. Every twenty-eight days, "Let’s take the boat out, swim etc…" Committed to natural, that’s when I began using the Divacup for our outings and travel. I like the flexibility of internal and external natural products to meet my moods and needs.

Now being in the style of medical work that I do, I tend to attract women who have discontinued using, one-time-use products for a variety of reasons: financial, environmentally friendly, comfort, medical. I am not such a loner. Many women get rashes, infection, and irritation from disposable products. Lunapads has a website and now I am one of their distributors for pads and divacups.

I will not go back to disposable products. I wish I knew of them when I was a teen and could have benefited from natural products over the majority of my menstrual years. I feel good about using Lunapads and the Divacup.

If I had daughters they would use these products, too. But its really cool that my boys have an awareness that natural is normal and they don't know about the artifical options.

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