4 Ways to Deal With Your Period During Bikini Season
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Having your period during the summer months can make you a particular kind of crazy—bathing suits! Beach parties! Swimming pools!—but it doesn't always have to be that way. You have options—even when you're in a bikini! You couldbe sneaky with treating cramps. Cramps are never fun, but they're super-extra-unfun when you're at the beach and supposed to be laughing and splashing around. Bring along a pain reliever, of course, but also consider these ideas: Go to the bathroom frequently (full bowels and bladder can make cramps feel worse); when you're lying poolside, elevate your legs with a stack of towels or your beach bag, or lie on your stomach and breathe slowly. Oh, and remember to avoid caffeine, which can exacerbate the pain of cramps. You couldwear a tampon. I know, I know, duh. But not everyone feels super-secure that the telltale tampon string will stay put in her swimsuit (if you tuck it back, it totally will!). Since tampons expand to fit your body, the chance of leakage is super-lowso long as you remember to change it on schedule. Bring extras, obviously. You couldwear a DivaCup. Menstrual cups are reusable, bendy, bowl-shaped devices that you insert in the same
Having your period during the summer months can make you a particular kind of crazy—bathing suits! Beach parties! Swimming pools!—but it doesn't always have to be that way. You have options—even when you're in a bikini! You couldbe sneaky with treating cramps. Cramps are never fun, but they're super-extra-unfun when you're at the beach and supposed to be laughing and splashing around. Bring along a pain reliever, of course, but also consider these ideas: Go to the bathroom frequently (full bowels and bladder can make cramps feel worse); when you're lying poolside, elevate your legs with a stack of towels or your beach bag, or lie on your stomach and breathe slowly. Oh, and remember to avoid caffeine, which can exacerbate the pain of cramps. You couldwear a tampon. I know, I know, duh. But not everyone feels super-secure that the telltale tampon string will stay put in her swimsuit (if you tuck it back, it totally will!). Since tampons expand to fit your body, the chance of leakage is super-lowso long as you remember to change it on schedule. Bring extras, obviously. You couldwear a DivaCup. Menstrual cups are reusable, bendy, bowl-shaped devices that you insert in the same
Having your period during the summer months can make you a particular kind of crazy—bathing suits! Beach parties! Swimming pools!—but it doesn't always have to be that way. You have options—even when you're in a bikini! You couldbe sneaky with treating cramps. Cramps are never fun, but they're super-extra-unfun when you're at the beach and supposed to be laughing and splashing around. Bring along a pain reliever, of course, but also consider these ideas: Go to the bathroom frequently (full bowels and bladder can make cramps feel worse); when you're lying poolside, elevate your legs with a stack of towels or your beach bag, or lie on your stomach and breathe slowly. Oh, and remember to avoid caffeine, which can exacerbate the pain of cramps. You couldwear a tampon. I know, I know, duh. But not everyone feels super-secure that the telltale tampon string will stay put in her swimsuit (if you tuck it back, it totally will!). Since tampons expand to fit your body, the chance of leakage is super-lowso long as you remember to change it on schedule. Bring extras, obviously. You couldwear a DivaCup. Menstrual cups are reusable, bendy, bowl-shaped devices that you insert in the same
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