I just wanna say this is a hugeeeee TMI. But I am sharing this anyways.

I currently have the copper IUD birth control. It is non-hormonal and lasts like 12 years or something. This has greatly impacted my periods though. They are like freaky freaky heavy. I have switched to the disk as my chosen feminine hygiene product due to this. In an overall glance it holds so much more liquid and is much better for the environment than disposable and plastic wrapped tampons. But I am still new to them and have stumbled across some obstacles.

Summer is good. The sun is great. Vitamin D is crucial. And finding myself in water during all this is NON NEGOTIABLE!

I work with some very likeminded and delightful people. One in particular has the perfect balance of bold and fire to calm and slightly awkward. We get along well. I love her. But she invited me to go to a swim spot that she knew about, It was too good. Perfect actually. And me and one of my witchy women and her and one of her besties all met there. I had knowingly started my period at work about 2 hours before so when I went home I threw that bad boy in (my disk). I also wore a black bottom just to be safe hehe.

We arrived to the place and it is just impeccable. Trees all over. A bridge with a rope swing underneath. Deep and warm water… it is currently on fire as we speak but i’ll get deeper into that soon. Whatever… It is perfect. We are there for a couple hours just swimming and swinging and enjoying every minute of our time off the grid. My disk still in let me remind you. But now the time has come to leave. We have exerted all our energy and are now in desperate need of food.

We make the 52 minute drive to SUBO sushi burritos!!!! This is like my all time favorite summer food. We order and eat, I take everyone home. I drive home myself and have realized that my disk has been in for like 8 hours. This wouldn’t normally be an issue but since I had swam in a swamp and was still wearing damp swamp swim bottoms, it was.

After my period stopped I had a PP appointment for a general checking and they told me I had “a light case of BV.” I am very much under the impression that my swamp disk gave me this.

BTW the BV is all gone now for your reassurance.

This is my warning to not swim about with any cup or disk like feminine hygiene product unless you can shower and boil her immediately after.