Sounds like something out of a Carry On film susan!
Nobody ever talked about it in those days either. We are so lucky having this forum. I remember my mother trying to tell me the facts of life, which I knew anyway. She was in the kitchen and me in the dining room. She was too embarrassed to look at me!
OMG
i remember my mum explaining about those and showing me..
luckily Kotex sylphs were on the go, little chunky sticky backed towels.
my mother scarred me to death with those.. 😳
i was only 12
jeeeeeeeeez think she scarres my mind still lol
jay x
Thank goodness things have changed.
LOL yes it does rather doesnt 
Jay i was 12 when i had my first period, wish we had the sticky back ones then.
Oh penny just dropped, LOL bloody hell yes literaly 
I am trying to think if they were or not.
They were Kotex Sylphs ... Seem to think they were .. Had a pull off strip with a sticky line at the back..
i can rememeber the plastic wrap and everything, white with blue writing ..
thats what i used for a while.. Yes i was just 12, (blimey 38 years ago)
my mother never used tampons, she thought they were not right 😃
blimey Tampax been around for years and lilets..
preferred lilets .. tampax really dry you up or seemed to for me ... Oooooch
theres loads of everything now..
But they havent mastered choice for us menopause ladies in the way of relief ... Ummmmm
jay x
Lillets were the best, expanded widthways where as tampons just in length, then they had the lillets with applicator, now im begining to feel more confident. Jay no they wont find anything to make a relife for us meanapause ladies, tampons and towels were just ok for what they were designed for, but now its reverse, we need the moisture but in a differnet way. This is why my dr. said that nothing will work as good as the vagifem as to plumping out thin and delicate bits where you need it most. it did do so too but but as ive mentioned before in the end caused the start of bleeding again. i wonder if one could use one just a day before making love then stop again? anyone tried this? problem is its rather predictable isnt it.
Hi susan
I use vaginal ovestin estriol ovules .
Only occassionly i think they are fab,
And also the ovestin cream on outer bits and around vag entrance twice a week, it does replump and makes all my discomforts go .
Here in spain its called ovestinon and i think the ovules are not available everywhere, shame as they have a silky feel and are not messy white, they are soothing.
U can use them as little as you wish, as and when required,
Jay x
Bringing back memories for us all :-) ive not noticed any thinning as yet...I'm guessing Id know?!
And then looking back from my seat at my school desk and hope to God you never leaked. I still remember one girl leaked on her chair. Scared me to death. Soooo embarassing. 
Grade 7 and still remember that.
Hit
Yep. That's me at the moment. Bled 19 days out of 25 over Xmas/NY. Wonder if stress/ low mood affects them as had this two Xmases in a row? Understand now that Xmas is not a great time for me & my husband: both miss our parents so much
Enjoying the break while I can as I'm feeling really achy in the joints so think something looming, but all out of sync since Xmas bleed
I'm due a smear and would be the same as you. I'm currently relishing the fact that I haven't had my usual, lovely attractive constant brown/bloody streaking - Kotex are doing well out of me!!!
Hi Matron
Does anyone remember the debate in the UK to get the VAT dropped from sanitary towels? Remember some jerk (male of course: we probably only had one female in front line politics at the time, and she was our PM) stating that as there were 'alternatives' , this wouldn't ( and hasn't) happen. The 'alternative' choice we have apparently - wait for it - is using washable strips of cotton material!
Picture the scene: Victorian England. Bucket loads of strips of old sheeting soaking in cold salty water then swaying in the breeze on a high washing line in the backyard of a tenament slum. Nice! Oh we have moved on, haven't we?!!
Bet his wife would have loved that!!
Now gone full circle whereby we have to sit watching young chicks prancing around in next to nothing - all thanks to those flipping 'Wings'!!!!!
Can't wait to have to stop buying them . Money I'll save might buy me a new hip (oh I'm testy today!!)
Hi Trackyle I can realate to this I'm bleeding most days of the month light but still suffering with pain and constantly got pmts I'm waiting to go in for a hysterectomy. You should go to your GP and get him to refer you to a gynaecologist.
Hope you get this sorted out soon.
Michelle. Xx
Hi shaznay. Yes I do remember that business with the VAT. Couldn't see why sanitary towels etc couldn't have been VAT free but I suppose as they are a necessity it made the treasury lots of money, at our expense. After all it's not our fault we have the dreaded curse. Blame Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Hiya
Dya know what - when I read back some of my postings I make myself roll up! I sound like a Political Activist!!
Yep, I do love a debate, and am very opinionated (God knows hat I'd be like if I drank!?) but am completely reliant on my sense of humour to get me thought this!
Think I shouldy postings over the course of a month. I'll use this forum as my own version of the 'rhythm method' - but for the ups and downs of my moods!!
Yep, 'Its all about Eve' :-) !!
shaznay I love reading your posts. You give great advice but add that touch of humour we could all do with when we're feeling down. Keep in touch.
shaznay 96184
Note to Self: Practice what you Preach and Stop! Stop! Stop! sending posts from your Tablet!! Trouble is, when I read them back, they never look as bad as they print!! Bad enough that I've just referred to dinner as 'two large chimney breasts'......instead of the obvious!!!
Lol