HELL-O AUNT FLO! *edited*

How about a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips and a huge box of chocolate? I know those are my two best friends when Aunt Flo is in town.

when ever aunt flo is in town i always eat at this chinese place.. There food is so fantastic but i always have a tummy ache after eating there. so when i already have cramps i always have dinner there.. My boyfriend always makes fun of me..

LOL! I've been wondering if there would ever be a swap like this!

PLEASE no tampons for me!

and raynekitten, if you're my partner, I'd love a copy of the restaurant menu :D

ahah omg this swap is insane! but i love it! i think i will probably join it xD

AHHHHH..........it's so nice not having that AUNT visit anymore. Enjoy your SWAP LADIES(^_^)

this is a fun swap...personally, i think CHOCOLATE is a must on the list!! all that said, i won't sign up as recent surgery has made most of the list unnecessary...but you girls have fun with this one. xo

I use re-usable menstrual products--cotton pads and a diva cup, so no need for tampons, pads, panty liners, or holders for any of those! I would love, love, love to send someone cotton pads if anyone's interested! I love my diva cup and I'm never going back. I don't think they're for everyone, but they're so much more environmentally friendly! As for me, I'd love to have a water bottle or heating patches, some recipes or comfort food, and something for headaches/migraines as I get them monthly. : (

Yea! Another Diva Cup lover! :)

I started using something called 'Instead', I looooooove it, but I still use tampons (OB and Tampax sometimes.. only if they're the skinny ones... slender regulars they're called)

I'll also include 'preferred or favourite foods' to the list. That's a great idea. I'm going to include stuffed animals too.

I didnt think this swap would get too much attention, but I'm happy it has! :D

I just started using cotton pads - yay! So no tampons for me. =] I like comfort what the Auntie is in town, so a stuffed animal is great. Heh. Heck, I'd like anything on that list. =]

This has got to be one of the best swaps on here. Seriously.

Thanks! I forgot to mention, that though I'm an OB tampon and Instead fan, I dont use pads, but in between the weeks or doom, I do like pantiliners. I'm weird, I know.. I still cant wrap my head around using one of those reuseable cotton pads.. mostly cuz I dont like the discomfort I get from pads themselves.. so none of those for me :P

I'm not much of a salty, sugary or chocolatey foods fan believe it or not, I'm actually more into sweet and bitter things around that time, but feel free to send me anything salty or chocolatey anyway.. I'll still get use of it :)

Anyone heard of Lush, they have nice bath things. :]

I'm overwhelmed .... with excitement but I want to cry!! LOL Ok, so Aunt Flo came to visit me today and I know this must be God sent or something because I haven't been on Swap-bot for like what seems a million months! I came across this swap, only because I was about to sign off and something caught my eye! I think it was the all CAPS! :)

Anyway, I was shocked, I feel like I have been in the ice ages or something! I never heard over the Diva cup, nor cotton pads, nor Instead or Lunapads or any of these things! I have been steady at surfing the web as I type, hubby too! Bless his heart, he loves me!

I am a very very heavy, cramp a lot, clot A LOT! I can't wear tampons and fear going to bed at night, even though I wear two pads, for fear of a mess!

I'm in this swap, come h*11 or high water! please no tampons or liners I wear overnight long pads all day and night!!! LOL Hope to try cotton pads, Yeah!! Hope to get a Diva cup!!! Yeah!!! (my dime, of course) I track on a regular calender until my son asked me just today what the "28" was for and why it said "started", he is 15 LOL Anything better would be great! Heat, I need heat!! I would love to make someone a home made heating pad! I have a heating pad on my couch which stays there all the time in a quilted pillow cover! lol One by my bed too, I'll never turn anything heated down :P

Ok, sorry for the book! LOL I'm in! Thanks!

Just a quick question before I sign up: What exactly do you mean with one package from 8-15? O_o

I forgot to add that I always have a REALLY super heavy period with lots of cramping. Always. It never gets light. Great, eh? Heh. So, pads with super absorbancy is great! Cotton pads even better!

And I like salty food items when I'm on my moon. Sweets tend to make me feel icky. So, like Nicole Black said, salt and vinegar potato chips are a friend of mine, too.

I'll stop posting now. =] Just excited is all.

Is this international??

I also wonder what you mean by package from 8-15!!

IS it ok that I signed up because I won't be a newb by the time this starts?

I have great ebay feedback also =^_^= see my profile for a link (100% positive)

omg this is hilarious! Personally I hate the bitch,shes the only relative I wish dead! LMAO! She arrives as soon as she hears the word "vacation" or "fun" usually unannounced. She stays as long as she pleases causing all kinds of havoc,and wherever you plan to go when shes in town,not only do you have to drag her ass with you but you have to carry all her crap for her! Now I know why she used to be referred to as "the curse!"

i hope my parter wants pantyliner i always buy them on accident !!!! if not does anyone want?????

I wear pads with wings i have since the baby,also a pill tin,pad holder,mini hot water bottle,a stuffed animal,or chocolate would be great

An alternate for a Diva cup (for those in the UK at least) is a Moon Cup, easily orderable online (http://www.mooncup.co.uk/) or walk in an pick one up at Boots. OH MY GOD! They are so good, I talk about it in public. Yes, that's extreme ;) (I like to stick to some British stereotypes after all...)

I found the whole idea yucky, but eventually gave it a try after many many un-avoided comments by female friends (including how it's really embarassing when dogs come up and sniff you and actually with pads most people can smell something too) - and now I just wish I hadn't avoided them for so long. Especially when you're out and about for a long time, or camping - I feel so much cleaner, fresher and more comfortable! 5 star recommendation from me ;)

I have signed up even though its not clear its an international! I absolutely love this idea! Well into it already! Salty things for me, crisps for sure, OB tampons (only discovered them last month and love them!) got heat pads, lots! but OB tampon holder would be great! Pretty as possible! Liners are great (scented) never heard of cotton pads though, this is a REALLY REALLY MAD SWAP! Heard of Diva cups but they arent in Israel yet but think its a really cool idea, Maybe we should subtly ask what size everyone takes when we get our partners?

Rachel xx

this sounds like a hell lot of fun but it's a shame that i do not know where to find things like the heating patch/hot water bottle/tracking charts at where i am right now ): and that will suck major if my partner wants any of those stuffs!

anyway,i think bath products will be good too.i know some of friends usually indulge in a nice long warm bath whenever they feel crappy from all that cramps. (:

package from 8-15 means 8-15 tampons or pads :)

Helloitsme: LOL You are funny!!

To my partner:

No tampons for me please! I don't use them. I only use pads (normal ones without wings). I also use panty holders (normal ones too). I wouldn't mind a mini hot water bottle. Never seen one before! No need to send me a tracking charts because I fill it out in my journal I carry around with me. Chocolate I wouldn't mind at all!! Who doesn't love chocolate!! No bath products please...I don't have a tub! But shower products are fine!

Hope I don't sound too weird!

Hehe.. we ALL sound weird.

I am not a big fan of Flo but since she comes to visit weather we like it or not I guess you just have to make the best of it!

I have learned alot form these posts. I had never heard about all the alternative products. I also cramp like there is a vice around my middle! and clot heavily. The heating patches are the only way I can get through some days at work. (They must have been invented by a brilliant woman!) I love all kinds of comfort foods when flo visits. (Easy Mac rocks!!)

I use the "Always overnight pads" 24-7. No tampons please. The pill tin would definatly get used.

This is without a doubt the most unusual swap I have done!!

Thanks for the fun!

ok i can help myself gotta join! no tampons for me please!!

i always have a lot of pain when i have it, and usually i love to eat candy, just cant help myself. i also get SO emotional, so something cute that would make me cry is fine ahah

there's no diva cups in my country, never knew that existed!LOL

To my partner: I made a tiny error....I use light pads, but I would guess that normal ones would be good too!

Hmmm. These Diva Cups sound really interesting.

Wow....I had to do some web searches for the diva and moon cups. I have never heard of them before. I don't think you can order them here in Sweden. Are they really worth all that money?? Sorry for questioning....but they don't feel that you have it....I mean, just like a tampoon (you don't feel that one)....

I love this SWAP so kooky~! (see, it even made me use the word "kooky")

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to get a (New) diva or moon cup (sized for someone who hasn't given birth)I have never tried one, and would love to

and I would also LOVE LOVE LOVE a chart or organizer of some kind for scheduling this (needed!)

a pill tin would be great (since I usually, unsanitarily, throw my pills in the side pocket of my wallet >_<

***TAMPONS (No pads) TAMPAX ONLY please! (I have had bad luck with other brands, such as falling apart, so now I only use that brand)

bath stuff (not tested on animals) and plushies are always appreciated

and Chocolate =9

Thanks to my partner and the organizer of this swap with PCOS, periods are hell!

no moonblood paintings though please!!!

I wont be sending any diva/mooncups because of how high the cost is, though at some point, i'd love to invest some money into one :)

The diva/moon cups are definitely worth the price! You don't have to replace them for ages. I think I've had mine for at least 2 years now, if not 3, and it's as good as new. With a few stains, of course. I know, TMI! The money you spend on a cup is what you would spend over less than a year buying "sanitary supplies." They pay for themselves once you've had them for a while. I will say that it took a bit to get the hang of using it, but I really will never, ever go back. It's much less embarassing--nothing to drag along to the bathroom with you when you go, and cups last longer than tampons. I even think I've had less problems with cramping since I started using a cup.

Went looking for hot water bottles and found this: http://www.amazon.com/Fashy-6721-Abs-solutely-Water-Bottle/dp/B000UASRLY/ref=sr141/104-4275542-5538311?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1185993344&sr=1-41 Could be fun for those not-so-fun Flo days!

Even though I would like to try the diva/moon cup. I don't want my partner to buy me one as it costs too much money. Rather spend the money on buying something else I can use and enjoy during these un-fun days...

oh i dont know what a diva cup is and is it use!can someone explain it please?pm? its very hard to search stuff while in a mobile phone

Is anyone willing to try the Instead thing I was talking about? I can buy those in the local pharmacy, and information is on the website www.instead.com.. but unfortunately, I wasnt able to find re-usable pads. Where do you buy those? I looked in 3 different chains of drugstores.. so I have no clue where to get them.

imfreakinhaught, www.gladrags.com has re-usable pad products. To find re-usable pads to buy or make, google it with "cloth pads". You'll find loads that way. ;)

I hope to make my own or if my partner is handy with it and sends me one, try what she makes. It has to be a lot cheaper then buying them. :)

Gladrags also has the keeper cup, diva cup and moon cup, as well as sponges, books and more.

Oh BTW, www.mymonthlycycles.com helps you track cycles and emails you reminders, as well as, carries Instead, Dive cups and wash. Along with many other goodies (click cycle products on the left).

I cant buy things online, so I have to stick to what I can get in local stores.

i was like errr??? when i saw the teaser for this swap...but then i came & read the description & fell in love! what a neat idea!!!! :o)

Thanks!

I'd been itching to start a swap like this for a while, but I thought people would be weirded out by it. I didnt think it would get as much interest as it has :)

sigh i cant join in this one. i dont see aunt flo anymore. the doctor took her away from me. life now is sooooo goooood!!!!!

I dont mind it, really. I'm more stressed without it.

Yay! I'll play too! My fave for Aunt Flo time is a hottie bottle and chocolate chocolate chocolate - oh and a good magazine. Haven't heard of Diva cups either, but I'm willing to check out any product anyone wants to send. (hee, I know in Japan they have Hello Kitty sanitary products)

I hope my partner doesn't mind, but I can't do any online shopping for this one. :)

I was in this swap but then I seem to have fallen off the list - If I show as being listed twice can you delete one? Cant WAIT to see what my partner wants, wouldnt be surprised if it was a man .... I reckon sometimes they suffer more than we do at this hormotional time! My hubby says I dont get PMT but would he be brave enough to say I did???

I wont be buying things online either, so its ok :)

I hope I don't end up with someone who would like re-usable items as I have no clue where to buy them. All I can think of is online stores and I won't order anything. But I will still make a package to my partner.

It's ok. I'm sort of hoping the same thing too because I cant find them anywhere, and I cant buy things online anymore. I used my credit cards to pay my tuition this year, so I literally cant use my credit cards.

Hello :) Thought I would leave a comment, seeing as to how the swap has started! This one's going to be fun :P For whoever gets my name, I'm really not too particular. I use everything, tampons and pads. I did get some reusable cloth liners, and I'm not so sure I like them or not. Methinks I'll be purchasing a Diva Cup soon, so maybe they'll work better together. Hope everyone has a great swap!

xo

LOL I laughted when I looked at my partners profile because I saw that we share the same birthdate!! Not the same year though.

i have panty liners AND tampons i cant use if anyone wants to trade ;)

Tampons are awesome.. and I have to tell you ladies.. this may be TMI for some, but the Instead is AWESOME. The information says you can have CLEAN sex while using one, and its true!!! :D You dont feel it either. The guy might feel it, but it's not a horrible or weird feeling.

I'm going to hot a #2 to this swap for a few months from now :)

I just purchased my first diva cup due to the comments on this page. I am so excited about it as are my 2 teenage daughters. I will try it for a month or 2 and if all goes as expected, I'll buy each of them one too. With all the excitement about this new product and the research I did, I completely forgot to sign up for the swap. OOPS!! Thanks imfreakinhaught for hosting another one so I can still participate!! Ü

hello kitty santitary products? right up my alley. missed this one cause i was reading it all first.

Wow I am getting well into this swap - been stitching for three days on different projects and bought something I know she will love! I haven't posted yet - though as per usual EVERY swap I am in, it says I have but I am posting early as my stuff is all the way from Israel! I don't think I can even limit myself to five items, all the things I have planned are too great to miss something off .... forgot to say - don't send me anything sweet, it does nothing for me! I have chatted to my friend at work and we are both getting a Diva cup, they sound great!

Happy planning everyone!

LOL Sometimes you don't see your own error!! I use panty holders LOL I mean panty liners...ha ha ha....silly me!!

I just have to say to some of you...you should look into the treatment of "Ablation"!!

pgk ^(@)^: was that suppose to be funny??

My partner has got hers! I had sooo much fun sorting it out, it made me think too about the ecological side of things

Rachel xx

If tampons are sent to me, please make them unscented tampax tampons (others have been known to make me ill) =/

My box of goodies is on it's way today to my partner! Postmarked today :)

She already knows who she is LOL :P

sorry mine was a bit late MANY extras sent!