Yes, that played a large role, but here's a recent study showing that overexertion can increase miscarriage risk: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1787777…

They exist! They're just expensive as hell and you aren't going to find them at CVS.

I'm sorry you've gotten such rotten menstrual luck, but for what it's worth for a lot of us (possibly even the majority of cup users) there's not really much "coping" involved—it's genuinely more comfortable, simpler, more efficient, and all-around easier. Certainly the big reason I first jumped on the train was…

Oh gosh, I'd forgotten the smell after 3 years of divacup + cloth pads. I am never going back to disposables for so many reasons.

Not really, but I have a fairly light flow so I suppose ymmv. What's there can be pretty quickly wiped off with tissue—it's really not much worse than changing a slightly over-saturated tampon (sorry for that mental image!).

I think a lot of the cloth pad companies do donations!

Seems like a big risk for minimal reward

I mean, more power to you if you can do that—I don't see an actual hygiene problem, but I know I wouldn't have the guts. However, there really isn't any need to rinse the cup out every time you empty it. If I'm in a public bathroom, I just wipe it with toilet paper and stick it back up there. If you're really…

Most of the bigger cloth pad companies are actually super pricey—even though in the long run you'll save a significant amount of money, the initial outlay can run into three figures. There are cheaper options out there, though (etsy is a big one from what I hear).

Disregarding the weight lifting for the moment, can we acknowledge that the maternal and infant mortality rate was MILES higher in the past, partly due to things like toiling in the fields for a million hours a day?

I don't know, I would lay money on the gene(s) for a nose bump being more common among Ashkenazi Jews than among the general white European population. Jews are an ethnicity; they share many genetic things in common. It's not just a stereotype.

Wait, you realize that Jews share a common genetic background, right? It's an ethnicity as well as a religion, so although of course you don't have to identify as Jewish it's possibly that's why you have the bump.

I think I would be ok with her referring to a Jew-bump (I've used that phrase myself!) if it was still on her nose. In this case...it's a little iffy.

Wait, you know these aren't real people or scenarios, right?

Oh, come on. Sidney, Harper, and Ansley? These seem more like Hampton country club names rather than "multiethnic" names.

There are myriad symbols and cultural objects that are important to Hinduism. The swastika is not central to Hindu culture. Of course a 12-year-old shouldn't be scolded for something she doesn't understand, I'm not saying that no one should be allowed to use the swastika with its original meaning. However, you can't…

How do you know?!

Who's being racist against Hindus here? The Jews tortured in concentration camps? I'm sorry, that seems a little ridiculous. Symbols change meaning. That's life.

Whaaa? It's not her responsibility to make the video she writes and acts in have a coherent message? And she no longer works there; it seems a little dismissive to say she's just doing this to "blow off steam." It seems like it's shaping up to be an interesting and entertaining series.

My size is literally not stocked by any store within a 300-mile radius. I have to order everything online, and it's generally about a one-in-four shot that it will fit. This is a goddamn difficult process.