“He knows leaks happen and periods can be uncomfortable. He offers to bring me chocolate and Tylenol when I have tummy cramps. He’s completely unashamed. Completely understanding.”
‘He carries pads for homeless women so he can ‘give them to any woman who needs them.’ My son is 8.’: Mom keeps ‘open drawer’ policy for menstrual products, contraception
‘Her tampon was poisoning her. ‘It’s okay, the ambulance is coming.’ She took a deep breathe, and closed her eyes.’: Mom loses daughter to Toxic Shock Syndrome, ‘My beautiful girl was a fighter’
“It was my daughter’s 19th birthday. She was sick to her stomach and had a fever. She was just lying in bed. Her eyes were open, but she was out of it. Suddenly, she stopped breathing. I screamed, ‘Don’t leave me, I love you, please don’t leave me.’ My girl was a fighter.”
‘My teenage boys carry a tampon and pad in their backpacks because gender taboo!’: Boy mom raising teen sons to ‘see past’ menstruation taboo, respond with ‘kindness, understanding’
“As I was driving one day, I looked at my boys in the rearview mirror and nonchalantly told them they should carry a tampon in case one of their friends had an emergency. ‘Bleed-throughs happen,’ I explained. ‘Kindness and understanding from ANY friend goes a long way. Be that person.'”
‘I thought I was invincible. I was terribly wrong. 5 months ago, this was me in the ICU because of a Tampon. I almost lost my life.’: Woman warns of Toxic Shock Syndrome
“I woke up and it all hit me. Flu like symptoms. Fever, chills, vomiting and a rash developed on my left inner thigh. I had just moved back home to my parents a week prior and if it wasn’t for my mom, I would not be here writing this.”
