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The TSS that is associated with tampons is a form of Staph bacteria. It needs a food source, and a warm moist place to live and breed. An absorbent tampon is an ideal environment. A mooncup, or similar, is made from silicone, it won't hold the heat like a cotton type material, and there's nothing for the bacteria to grow on, so it's a much smaller risk.
Having said that, TSS is pretty rare, and only causes a couple of deaths a year, and they aren't all associated with tampon use.
Tampons and pads take around 6 months to degrade in a landfill. Plastic applicators, and plastic packaging, backing strips, etc, won't degrade in your lifetime. There's also an increasing problem with human biological waste in landfills (i.e. sanitary products, nappies, etc) polluting ground water. Rain passes through the landfill taking the bacteria with it that then breed in the ground water, which is either tapped directly, or eventually finds it's way into streams, etc. Water treatment works are having to be adapted to cope with this increase in bacteria, but that doesn't help people who draw their water direct from wells, or the animal, plant and insect life that survive in and around our waterways. If you know your waster goes direct to an incinerator, it's not such a big issue, but very few people know exactly where their waste is going, most councils send waste to more than one site, and they will be mixed between incinerators and landfills.
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The difference in the case of self defence/ an abusive partner is that the 'victim' is culpable, that doesn't apply in abortions. So we are back to punishing the woman for being careless if society doesn't feel she has suffered enough already.
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I voted pro-life as that is my personal choice,but I would make an exception in a true case of rape or for medical reasons
I'm not sure what you mean by 'true' rape, but I am still interested to know why you think it is OK to abort a baby conceived through rape, but not through other ways. It's not the baby's fault it was conceived that way, so why doesn't it deserve the same protection?
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I think, from a previous thread, that I am in a minority of one in my views here, but here goes.
I am definitely pro-choice, I think there are far too many humans in the world already, and I would like contraception to be the answer to that, but if that fails, then I have no problem at all with abortion.
I could easily end up at 24 weeks and not know I was pregnant. I have an implant contraception, so I don't have periods, and neither my Mum nor my sister showed as pregnant on pregnancy tests. My sister said she knew when she was a few months gone with her oldest, but couldn't convince the Dr. For my Mum, the first she knew was when my sister (the eldest) started moving. If I ever did find myself pregnant, I would do anything within my power to have an abortion, whatever stage the pregnancy was at. At least I hope I would, it would be the right thing for me to do. (But of course the point of being pro-choice is that I can see that that would just be the decision for me, and would not be appropriate for everyone).
Aside from population control, I would still be in favour of abortion being legal. I absolutely do not accept the argument that abortion is 'OK' for a rape victim, but not for someone else. If a baby is an innocent life, that has a right to life, then that right is absolute, regardless of any wishes of the woman, or how it came to be conceived. How can it be OK to abort that baby, but not one that was just the result of contraception failure or even just carelessness? No matter how vicious or disturbing it's conception, it's not the baby's fault. The only 'logic' I can see behind it is basically mysogyny. A woman's emotional distress is recognised after a rape because she is 'innocent' too, but other women's distress is somehow less valid or relevant, after all there is a long social history of women being 'punished' for having sex.
But, having said all that, I do wish there was less stigma attached to adoption, and particularly in giving babies up for adoption. Having an abortion might raise a few eyebrows, but having a baby and giving it up for adoption seems to be seen as a lot more shocking these days. I think that is really depressing and sad, to have women having abortions who would rather not, but equally know they can't care for the child, whilst other women are putting themselves through all sorts of fertility procedures because they can't have a baby.
I know adoption isn't for everyone, but there's rarely a problem placing 'normal' healthy newborn babies, and maybe even more people would consider it, if it wasn't such a bureaucratic nightmare, and they actually had a decent chance of having a healthy newborn baby at the end of it.
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You have to cut the end off to make it fit you (think of it a bit like trimming cord of a tampon). If you don't do that it won't fit properly and it will leak. So there is no way they could send them out again. It would be very obvious if it had been used before.
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If they get full they just leak. But they hold an awful lot, far more than tampons etc. I used to have very very heavy periods and would have to get up during the night to change, but I never had to change the Keeper over night.
My friend in USA (who told me about them in the first place) had fairly light periods, she only had to change hers twice a day, (when she got up and before she went to bed). I used to have to change it 4 or 5 times on heavy days, but that was still better than hourly tampons.
It had no effect on flow or pain for me though.
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I've never had a noisy tampon
[i really must have something wrong with my bits, no noise and no uncomfy tampons]That was my point
Some girls do worry that tampons will make a noise when they are removed, because they fit snugly and are essentially water tight, so they worry that it will make a 'slurp' noise when it is removed, but anyone who uses them knows they don't. When I was a kid I did find tampons quite awkward and uncomfortable at first. It took a bit of getting used to. There is a definite knack to putting them in, and I had to figure that out. I'm sure that's not the case for everyone, but I bet I wasn't the only one either.
I thought the point of these things [or one of them] was that they eliminated the need to have to carry sanitary towels and tampons around with you.
It is, and with a bit of thought it would be perfectly possible to use them and nothing else. If you are out you can just take a small bottle of water with you for rinsing. Also, they don't need changing nearly as frequently as towels or tampons (just a few times a day, because they don't cause TSS and menstrual blood doesn't come into contact with the air until it's removed, so there is minimal risk from bacteria etc.) so in most cases you wouldn't even need to remove it while you were out.
But I was talking about how I used them. I used the keeper probably 90% of the time, but sometimes it was more convenient to use regular tampons. I know that's not ideal, but it was a trade off for me, and I was happy enough with that balance.
In other areas of my life I probably only recycle 3/4 of the paper, cans, etc. that I could, I only compost about 1/2 of what I could, and I only a grow a tiny fraction of our veg. I have lots of room for improvement, but it's better than nothing. So in those terms, I managed to drastically reduce the amount of sanitary products I dumped in landfills (or flushed to pollute waterways). That's how it worked for me. YMMV of course.
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Sherlock Bones, how did you explain changing a tampon or towel in front of your niece? Why should it be any different? At 3 she won't have any embarrassment about it.
I used a Keeper which is basically the same thing. It didn't make a noise when you take it out, any more than a tampon would. They are a bit fiddly to get the hang off, in the same way that tampons are.
If you are caught when you are out and about you can rinse it out in a (clean
) toilet, and then use a tampon. (Personally, I wouldn't want to use it again until has been washed properly). They come with a little waterproof pouch to keep it in and they fold flat to go in a pocket. -
I've tried a Keeper, which is a similar sort fo thing I think. They were OK, but you had to have a sink in the same room as your loo for them to work. No good in public/communal/work loos really. They are great if you are going backpacking, etc, for a long while. Easier than packing months worth of supplies, it can be surprisingly difficult to track stuff down in some countries.
Then again, I've not needed any of it for a long while either. I was on the Depo for a couple of years, and then moved to implants. I'm on my 3rd implant now so I've been trouble free for over 15 years
(except for a 6 month gap between Depo and my first implant). I need to get it replaced this year cod they only last 3 years now instead of 5. -
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There's two seperate things, bloat and torsion. Bloat is when the stomach fills with air and swells, and torsion is when the stomach twists. They usually go together, but not always, and although bloat alone *can* be fatal, torsion is the real killer.
The raised bowl debate has been going on for a while, but I still think the Purdue work (who say that raised feeders are worse) is poor research.
Bolting food does seem to be a factor, and some dogs will bolt more from a raised feeder because they can, in which case putting something like a large stone or chain in their bowl which they have to eat around can help. Kibble size has also been shown to be a factor, but again that is likely down to speed of eating.
On the other hand, stress seems to be a bigger factor than feeding, and anxious, stressy dogs are more likely to bloat.
It is largely breed specific, and I've never seen Chesapeakes listed as high risk, if there are any breed specific forums you could ask how common it is.
The giveaway symptom of torsion is trying to vomit but not being able to, but not all dogs do it, and even if they do it can be too late by then.
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Sully had them and in all honesty they have been a miracle. He was on max dose of Rimadyl before that for about a year, but they weren't working well enough, so we tried the injections. He had to come off the Rioamdyl before he started the jabs so he got worse first, and there was no improvement for ages Then after the 3rd one I was thinking maybe he was a little better, but the vet was talking about putting him back on the Rimadyl because he was really struggling, but he just suddenly started responding and we've not looked back since. He's off the Rimadyl completely at the moment (he still has his joint supplements, etc), I was toying putting him back on a low dose the last few weeks cos it has been so cold and he has been feeling it, but I didn't in the end. He is still better than he ever was on the Rimadyl.
He had the last one a couple of months ago, and we will start another course in a month (3 months is the soonest he can have more). After that he should be able to wait 6 months for the next ones.
And just so I know I am not imagining it, over Christmas he managed to jump up on his hind lings to steal a joint of gammon
he'd never have been able to do that before hand. But, on the other hand I don't want to get your hopes up too much, the vet said he had responded amazingly well to them, and he hadn't expected such a good response. He said about 50% of dogs do well on them, 30% have a slight improvement and 20% no difference. But with minimal side effects it's got to be worth the risk.
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We stayed at this B&B in Boston
The cottage was beautiful and Kate, the owner has the sweetest rough collies. She was incredibly helpful and accomodating, and great with Sully.
It's an easy drive to Skegness and the pub down the road does good food and will let you take dogs into the beer garden.
No Nala doesn't suffer from megaesophagus
My Manchester Terrier Becks!
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You shouldn't even be considering breeding from a dog with a tendency towards aggressive/defensive behaviour, no matter how good his bloodlines are. Marking and aggression to other males are classic (but still unwanted) behaviours in unneutered males. Being 'funny' when he meets people is even more worrying.