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metaphortunate son ([personal profile] metaphortunate) wrote2015-04-16 09:50 pm

blood and Costco

First of all I'd like to apologize for the amount I've been tweeting about menstruation, and for the fact that I'm about to blog about it.

Here's the thing, though: it's the end of an era. In 2011 I bought a pack of pads from Costco. I remember sitting in my car in the parking lot crying, because I had joined Costco on the grounds that it would be good for buying diapers, and a year later, there I was, at Costco, buying pads instead of diapers because in a year I had failed to come up with any need for diapers and instead I needed pads because it turned out that once again I had failed to get pregnant.

And of course, since I was at Costco, I bought one package and it contained enough pads to absorb all great Neptune's ocean. So it lasted me until I did get pregnant with the Junebug. And it lasted me between when my period came back and when I got pregnant with Rocket. And it has lasted me until now. This will be the first time that I have bought menstrual supplies since 2011. I have one pad left from that package. It is the package that has seen me through my childbearing. And now it's over.

(Costco is great for diapers, by the way, but it's even better for wipes. Not only are they cheap, they're the best wipes I've ever found.)
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2015-04-17 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
I've got to buy one of those every two-three months, though I still have pads from several kicking around. I squirrel them into all sorts of amazing crevices just in case I might need one later.
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[personal profile] princessofgeeks 2015-04-17 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I see no need for you to apologize. These milestones are really important.

Congratulations on your odyssey!
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[personal profile] laurashapiro 2015-04-17 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a great little vignette.

Also, I am having trouble imagining the immensity of that package of pads. Costco, man.
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[personal profile] loligo 2015-04-17 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
It is the package that has seen me through my childbearing. And now it's over.

Does Hallmark make a card for that? *g*