#shark week

I bought a menstrual cup.

I’ve been using it for six months and things are both good and bad about it.

Good;

Wear all of the time. To bed, as a just in case before my period officially starts, for all activities (swimming and exercise).

My period has shortened from seven days to five.

Nothing to throw out.

Bad;

I do leak on my first two days (the heaviest). Have started emptying it more frequently because of it.

It needs to be boiled for four to five minutes before the first use (just wash with soapy water when emptying and reinsert during the period). This meant I had to buy a separate pot to boil it.

It is made from silicone which cannot be recycled at the end. My fault, should have gone for the rubber one (even if it was in a yucky brown colour).

Side notes;

At first it felt like I was being penetrated when I inserted. Now, it doesn’t feel like that and in fact, my vagina feels tighter. Perhaps the cup has been helping to train my muscles.

TMI I know, but I am really happy with it. If you’re in Australia look up menstrual cups Australia and find the website. They have different options available and all for the same price (at least they were when I purchased) and free national shipping if your order is over fifty dollars. Have a look there first before checking other places. Or if inserting isn’t for you, period panties or reusable pads are out there. Which I am looking into the panties so I can wear them with the cup on my heavy days and not fear the leak.

It’s Shark Awareness Day, so here’s a King Shark for ya~

This photo has stuck with me for years. Balance in all things. @annieguttridge on Instagram

Tonight’s line-up:

• Tiger Beach (8/7c)
  

Dr. Neil Hammerschlag is the world’s leading tiger shark expert. Now, he’s on a quest to answer what he calls the trifecta of tiger shark science: where do these giant sharks mate, where do the pregnant females gestate, and where do they give birth? He hopes to find answers by tagging and tracking 40 individuals across a shallow area off the Bahamas called Tiger Beach. Second only to great whites, the tiger shark’s killing power and voracious appetite is legendary - and Neil has to deal with some aggressive sharks while on expedition.

• The Return of Monster Mako (9/8c)

Professional shark tagger Keith Poe, and marine biologists Greg Stunz, Matt Ajemain and their team use state-of-the-art technology to try to document a live-predation of a thousand-pound mako shark – what fishermen call a “grander.” Granders are enormous makos that make a kind of transformation when they reach 10 feet and 1000 pounds - they become more secretive and begin to hunt bigger prey, like seals. And they’re hard to find on the East Coast - until Joe Romeiro and team jump in the water after dark and come face to face with them.

• Isle of Jaws (10/9c)

In 2016, award-winning shark cinematographer Andy Casagrande discovered that great white sharks had strangely and completely disappeared from the Neptune Islands off South Australia. Where did the sharks go? Searching west along the known great white migration route, he stumbles upon an incredible discovery - a concentration of all male great white sharks off an uncharted island. Andy calls in marine biologist Dr. Jonathan Werry, and together they get up close and personal with a dozen large great whites in the hopes of solving two of the most closely guarded of all the great white’s secrets… where they mate and where they have their young. Within this program, viewers will be able to immerse themselves into the adventure with virtual reality by using the DiscoveryVR app.

Check out the full TV Schedule here.

Happy #sharkweek here’s a cute little galaxy shark