What are we teaching our daughters when we have 'that' talk.

I've been thinking back to when I was a teenager and went through puberty.  I remember having 'that' talk with my mum about growing up, what happens to my body, getting periods and what to do when I got them.  We talked about pads and that when I was older I could use tampons and she showed my how they worked (by dipping them in a glass of water).  The one thing she didn't show my was how to dispose of them.


I asked a couple of my friends what they were taught and they said the same thing as myself.  Then I began talking with teenagers (it might be different to what it was 20 years ago) and although today they may get taught going through puberty by their teachers, the internet or friends, every one says the same thing.  No one is taught how to dispose of their sanitary pads and tampons. 


While every one figures it out eventually (and it may even seem like common sense), there is a lot of embarrassment when you first have to dispose of your feminine hygiene products.  This may be because you live in a house with brothers, you're at your friends house for a sleep over or maybe its just not the kind of thing that's talked about regularly.  


I think it's the kind of thing that should be spoken about.  It should be a part of the sex ed curriculum in schools and mums shouldn't be afraid to add it into their talk about periods.  This would mean that when a girl first gets her period, there's no wondering what to do, how to hide it or flushing things down the toilet.  Lets take out the embarrassment for our daughters and just make it easy for them.  What do you think??

We all have the same embarrassing situations.

I was having my hair cut this morning and had an amazing insight into other peoples thoughts and embarrassing moments. We are all really the same.  I had a new hairdresser and was telling her about my business, PocoPouch and how it is a environmentally friendly bag for the disposal of sanitary products.  We were chatting about it for a little while and she shared a story with me that really surprised me.


She was 13 years old and at a friends house (who happened to be a boy) for a sleepover with other girls and guys from her class.  She had her period and didn't know how to dispose of her sanitary pad. So she wrapped it in some toilet paper and put it in her bag to take home with her.  Asking your friends mum where to dispose of it is not exactly the thing you do when you're 13. Anyway, things were going great at the party until the dog came into the room with her pad in its mouth.  She didn't say exactly what happened after that but you can imagine how embarrassed she must have been.


Her story surprised me for two reasons.  Firstly, I had only just met this woman and she was sharing this information with me and secondly, because I had a very similar experience happen to me.  It made me realise that women all over the world must go through exactly the same thing.  Even if the event didn't happen exactly to you, you must have had something very similar occur.  How many people relate to this??