Hi, all! So this video is going to be about
menstruation, and because this is a topic that can cause a lot of dysphoria and
discomfort, I suggest that you click away from this video if you know that you are
someone who could not handle that topic in any capacity. This video will include
the words "period" and "menstruation" as well as references to blood.
However, because I'm making this video specifically as a resource to
transgender people, it will not include any gendered language or any scientific
terms for anatomy. I do still get my period, and it does cause me a lot of
dysphoria. However, in high school getting my
period would mean dealing with extreme depressive symptoms. After I came out in
high school, which was during my junior year, there was no bathroom that I really
felt safe using in school, and so I just didn't go the bathroom, ever in a whole whole,
what- eight hour school day. I didn't go to the bathroom.
This meant wearing a super tampon or a menstrual cup with multiple layered pads
in order to try and make it through the day without bleeding through even though
several several times I did bleed through, and I came home and I just cried
for hours because my high school didn't treat me with the dignity to allow me to
feel safe in a bathroom so I could actually change a tampon. So here are the
menstrual products that I personally use and that I would recommend as products that
are easier to change in a men's bathroom than pads and tampons and which may help
alleviate some dysphoria.
The product that I primarily rely on during the day to manage
my period is my moon cup. Now, this is a menstrual cup, and it is used to catch your
blood rather than absorbing it. Menstrual cups should sit as low inside as
possible without sticking out. Most menstrual cups actually come with a
stem that protrudes from the bottom of the cup that is intended to make it
easier to take out. I actually think that the stem was more painful to me than it
was helpful. I can pretty easily get my cup out without the stem, so I just cut
it off all the way up to the bottom. You can cut it shorter if that's helpful for
you, or you can cut it all the way off. Menstrual cups do have a slight learning
curve to figure out how to get them in and out easily.
I'd recommend first trying it out at home so that you're comfortable, you can
experiment with it and also check to see if you need to cut off some of your stem.
When I empty my cup, I usually just rinse it off if I'm at home or in a
single-user bathroom, and in between periods and before I first used my
cup, I boil it in a saucepan that I got exclusively for this purpose because you
don't want to mix your period products with the food that you're cooking. That
is not recommended.
Now there are multiple ways to insert a menstrual cup, and the first way, which is
how I learned to insert my cup is to just push down on one side into the
middle and then hold it while it's folded down. Then you can insert it from
this end, and it's a little bit of a smaller point to put inside. The other
main way to insert your cup is to simply fold it in half. I think this is easier
to get the cup to pop open once it's inside, but it's also a little bit bigger
to go directly inside. If you're new to using a menstrual cup and you are
struggling to get it inside, you can use some lube, and if you are using a
silicone cup, then that lube should be water-based, which this brings up a good
point that you should always look into the material of your cup. You might have
thought that all menstrual cups are made equally, but no no no no that would be a
mistake. Medical grade silicone is the most common option of menstrual cup
material, and it is non-toxic and virtually non-porous, which means that it
won't harbor bacteria. Unfortunately, other materials such as ,
thermoplastic elastomer, are non-toxic but are also porous, which means that
they do harbor more bacteria. I use the moon cup, which is made of medical grade
silicone, but I will include a list of different menstrual cups in the description
which are all made from medical grade silicone so you know that they are
entirely safe for your body and not going to harbor bacteria.
I do wear my
menstrual cup overnight, but my flow is pretty heavy for the first few days to
the point where it will leak if I don't wake up to change it in the middle of
the night. About a year ago I tried out period proof underwear, specifically from
the brand THINX, and now that's pretty much all I use to back up my menstrual cup
at night. I have pretty much exclusively rid pads for my life,
God bless. This video is not sponsored by THINX, but I am a THINX leader.
Basically what that means is that if you use the code "milo" or click the link in
the description you can get $10 off your first purchase of THINX. I only get paid
on commission, and I'm not getting paid to talk about this
in the video. I primarily use a set of black cotton briefs from THINX. I really
like this because when I'm not on my period, I use men's briefs, so when I wear
these it's almost like I'm not on my period because I'm wearing what I
normally wear. I mostly wear my THINX as a backup to my menstrual cup at night, but if
I did have my THINX when testosterone was slowing down my period, I totally
would have just worn my THINX without needing to wear a menstrual cup or a
tampon or pads. That would have been pretty cool. My THINX pretty much feel
like regular underwear except for that the gusset is just a little bit thicker.
They are order-resistant, and they can hold up to two tampons worth. My briefs
make me feel very masculine, but I have also seen a lot of trans guys wear their
boy shorts because they're kind of more like wearing boxer briefs, and those can
also holds up to two tampons worth.
Finally, if these don't work for you or
if you can't invest in reusable products right now, applicator-free tampons are a
little bit easier to use in a men's bathroom than regular tampons.
THINX actually sells applicator-free tampons, and you can use the code "milo" to
get $10 off your tampons. In high school, I used Ob applicator-free tampons that
can be found in a grocery store, but there's lots of options. These only come
wrapped in a little bit of plastic, so I could put that in my pocket again until
I could find a trash can. The only issue comes really if you need
to take out your tampon in a men's bathroom because unfortunately that is a
part of a non-reusable product that you just have to throw away in the trash.
Those are all of the products that I use. Are there any products that I didn't
mention that you find helpful as a trans person? Let me know in the comments, and
also let me know if there are any other videos on the topic of menstruation
that you would like me to make or if you would like me to talk more specifically
about one product or give period advice.
I am down for all of these things. Just let me know what you want to see! Okay,
thank you for watching! Bye!
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