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“I made the switch to a menstrual cup driven by sustainability. On average, we use about 6-8 sanitary napkins in each cycle and that adds up to about 6,000 or more napkins in our lifetime. That’s a lot of pads that are not biodegradable. Unfortunately, even biodegradable pads have to be composted in specific conditions which most of us are unable to do. The only sustainable options are really cloth pads which can be washed and reused and menstrual cups. While travelling, menstrual cups have been very useful for me. You can put it in for long periods of time, about 10 hours at a time, and it actually makes it easy to do long journeys, hikes, swims and more. For me and many other women, it also reduces menstrual cramps. There are multiple brands available in India, I use the Rustic Art menstrual cups. A menstrual cup does involve a learning curve. I bought my first one a few years ago and I was so scared of using it that it just sat in my bag for three months. It took me more cycles to actually figure out how to get it in and out. I also learned more about my body through that. But once it clicked, it just worked. I try to take public transportation as much as possible, which means I’m often on long journeys, and having a cup that I don’t have to change is easy. I’ve hiked, swam, gone to waterfalls and beaches with a menstrual cup in.” Shivya Nath, solo traveller, author, environmentalist
“About 10 years ago, I was working with Nat Geo Traveller India and I managed to organise my dream trip to the Matterhorn in Switzerland. I was really excited for it and then I realised I was going to get my period right in the middle of the trip. I’m not the thinnest person out there and using pads was always difficult for me because I would always get rashes from it when there was a lot of walking or hiking involved. With tampons, I would always worry about how to dispose of them when trekking or hiking. I asked a bunch of travel writer friends how they deal with this and everyone was raving about these hormone pills that they would take to delay their period. Taking hormones was not something I wanted to do. I had heard about menstrual cups and got one before the trip. I wore it when I was leaving for the trip, and when I had to remove it, I just couldn’t figure out how to get it out. I had a taxi waiting for me, and was completely panicking. I managed to calm myself down and watched a few videos about how to remove it, and learned how to squeeze my muscles a bit to ease it out. It was hilarious but the trip went amazingly. I hiked as much as I wanted. I would put it in in the morning and only have to deal with it when I was back in the hotel at night. It was life-altering. I highly recommend it. It definitely takes a few cycles to get comfortable with it. I use the Sirona cups. You just have to make sure the brand makes use of good quality, medical-grade silicone that is supple and comfortable for you. Beyond that, you just have to experiment a bit to figure out whether you want a long string, short string or ring string. The last Sirona cup I got, I used for six years. The only reason I had to replace it recently was because I put it on the stove to sterilise and forgot it!” Neha Dara, travel writer, Business Head at Roundglass Sustain
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