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Wednesday, August 02, 2006
three weeks between - 07:25 AM
(filed under 'tmi')
after i reported the return my period, i bought something which i've wanted to try ever since i heard of it, but haven't had the opportunity since i haven't had the need for it.
actually, i lie. at first when i saw it online (jade told me about it) i thought, "ewww!" but as i looked into it further, i realised that there's no reason my period should be eww at all. it's a perfectly normal thing to go through & there's certainly nothing wrong with it, or shameful, or gross, or something i need 'protection' from as the big companies who sell sanitary pads & tampons keep trying to convince women around the world.
so i bought a thing called the keeper. i've been using it quite successfully for the first twenty-four hours or so of my second period since i was pregnant with smiley.
mind you, i think i still have to trim the little tail thing a tad more. i feel like i'm being jabbed from the inside. it's certainly not painful, but it could be more comfortable. aside from the small adjustment still required, it's been marvellous! no leaks, no less comfortable than wearing tampons.
it arrived twenty-four days after the beginning of last one, rather than the 'usual' twenty-eight (i say 'usual' because every woman is different of course). i wonder how long it'll take to move into a more regular cycle?
a day on our own - 02:45 AM
(filed under 'smiley')
today will be the first whole day smiley & i will have had on our own for ages! rudi's gone bushwalking with a friend for the whole day & audrey is working as per her usual roster. rudi is retired, so spends most days here pottering around the garden, with smiley following him around, but today it'll bejust smiley & i.
i've been spoiled since i've been here. having one or two other people around almost constantly to share smiley's 'affections' has been a nice treat for me.
so today i'll have to be prepared to do smiley things. looks like there'll be walks in the garden, catching butterflies, playing in the gravel on the driveway. 
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