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Shark Week for Guppies: Period Hacks
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items My budget period hacks, and NO I don't mean wrapping your socks in toilet paper. These hacks will change the way you experience life and money forever. No more midnight runs for pads or wallowing in pain. Commissions Earned.
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Cramps Be-GONE!
I'm Going To Pass OUT!! What to eat.
PADS/PLUGS ARE EXPENSIVE; THIS Instead. :)
Cramps Be-GONE!
Painkillers seem great… at first. Here's what will REALLY HELP.
WAIT!!! This is not some “drink tea” mumbo jumbo. This is the stuff they used in the olden days for pregnant women and still use today. It softens your cervix (that part of you that feels like it's getting attacked when you hunch over). Makes it all ...
Red Raspberry Leaf Tea: A Gift for Your Cervix
Here's the thing, you can't put the numbing cream on your belly all day. You CAN put the patches on though. Sometimes I stick the patch to the inside lining of my pants or shirt right over my belly. These come in CLUTCH when you can't walk around wit...
Heating PATCHES! You know, because you can't walk around all day looking for a plug for your heating pad.
Do I even need to explain this one? Look, if you don't have one of these, just get some tissues and prepare to cry through it. I picked a budget option. They all have different prices, they all get hot, they all work.
Reliable Budget Heating Pad
I'm Going To Pass OUT!! What to eat.
Add it to your rice. Same taste, more benefits. DO NOT EAT ALONE unless you have before and you're one of those people who likes it by itself. I like sneaking it into soups and rice. :)
Quinoa: Add to Rice and Cook as Usual
You get that Pho, $14 for a large and it's enough to feed two people. It's warm, made from scratch, and feels like something out of a fever dream. Cramp-free bliss that puts you to sleep FULL and doesn't attack your body after.
Pho Saigon: THIS SOUPPPP Ugh, it's amazing.
Hear me out: Same noodle taste. No sodium-based dehydration and cramps? $1.70 per serving?! Take this home, bake or boil an egg, add frozen veggies and season. I like to bake like 4 drumsticks and boil one with each pack so it turns into tender chick...
Orgearth Organic Ramen Noodles 10Pk Vegan
It's like liquid IV, except not $30. You know what also helps, coconut water. Also fruit. :)
Venture Pal Sugar Free Electrolyte Powder
Chocolate companies are switching to fake chocolate, but these are still real and they will still hit the way they're supposed to. Find a chocolate bar that is still chocolate and stock up!
Nutella Biscuits Cookies. This, and Cherries Garcia.
As someone who gets nauseous and has a sensitive skinny girl tummy that attacks me, these come in handy. I can take them and function at work. Just stay hydrated, and REEAD the back.
Diotame Relief Tablets - Stomach & Nausea
So the Warrior, which is usually my favorite smoothie, kicks my but every month. What I do instead is an Apple,Beet, Carrot smoothie (yum) or I replace ANY JUICE in their recipe with a fruit and it doesn't attack me. You're welcome.
Smoothie King GIVES ME CRAMPS, Here's how to fix that.
Even a kids plate is PACKED. I'm really here for the barbeque sauce sandwhiches. YES YES YES, and I never finish my plate.
Big Horn BBQ
They're not going to tell you this, but they have a Black Bean Patty Burger that tastes amazing with barbeque sauce and cheese instead of lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo.
Stomp's Burger Joint
PADS/PLUGS ARE EXPENSIVE; THIS Instead. :)
Let's assume you find a pad that is ACTUALLY cotton and isn't trying to give you cancer or lie to you and get sued two years later. Have fun spending $30/mo on stickers or plugs you're going to throw away. :) Unless…
When you sleep for the first time on your period with no pad, no tampon, and nothing in the way of whatever position you want to be in, you're life will change.
Also when you wake up with no leaks. 😉
I put a pad on over it when I go out, throw it ...
Period Underwear - Hipster Brief Heavy Flow 3 Pack | Comfortable soft menstrual panties, washable reusable moisture wicking leak postpartum 35ML light-moderate heavy flow
This is what IIII use. It's a little more, but it's thicker and feels kind of like compression instead of just underwear. I can wear these for four hours on a heavy day. If I'm in public I pop them in a ziploc bag and put on a new pair OR I wear a pa...
Bambody Period Underwear - Bamboo Rayon - 24 hrs Full Protection | Breatheable - All Day Long and Overnight Protection
Look, I couldn't do it but some people can and it works and it's apearantly good for you and relieves cramps. Here it is lol.
Menstrual Cups with Collapsible Storage Cup, Leak-Proof Medical Grade Silicone Period Cups Reusable
Now THIS, I could get with. Especially when I see what I CAN do with it. I don't mind diving for a frisbee at HOME lol.
Flex Reusable Menstrual Disc - 6 Super Tampons Capacity