Our period stories, mishaps, and misconceptions

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[00:00:00]Tampuds could permanently get lost inside your body.

[00:00:02]>> False.

[00:00:03]>> There's an end. You just cough it up one day.

[00:00:07]>> It's one thing for something to be like more private and personal. Another thing to feel like embarrassment and shame about it.

[00:00:13]>> Maybe that does just come from like high school boys being immature and not understanding. Do you think it comes from more from the boys or from the girls?

[00:00:19]>> Let's blame the boys.

[00:00:21]>> I pull that cup out. It spilled all over the bathroom rug. It was literally like one of those moments where I was like I mean, I wouldn't be honest if I wouldn't say some blood ended up on my floor this last cycle.

[00:00:42]>> Welcome back to Always.

[00:00:45]>> Keep that in, please.

[00:00:47]>> Okay, go.

[00:00:48]>> One, two, three. Welcome back to Always Here. We're your hosts, Abby Howard >> and Abby Howard.

[00:00:53]>> Sorry, I just wanted to jump right in.

[00:00:54]We really need to start because I feel like we are going to talk a lot today.

[00:00:58]>> This is going to be a good one. I've actually had messages from girls in my DMs asking for this episode.

[00:01:03]>> Oh, cool.

[00:01:04]>> Talking about our periods, our menstrual cycles, and all the fun things in between.

[00:01:08]>> Fun things between your legs.

[00:01:12]>> Shoot. In between. There's a lot.

[00:01:15]There's a lot we could cover. And I feel like that is why I was like, we are going to talk a lot.

[00:01:20]>> We got to go. But um we're also here to share the hope in the hard with heart and humor.

[00:01:25]>> Yes, we are.

[00:01:26]>> And periods.

[00:01:27]>> Did you have a hope and a hard?

[00:01:28]>> I did.

[00:01:28]>> You did? Okay.

[00:01:30]>> Week.

[00:01:31]>> Every week.

[00:01:33]>> Every week.

[00:01:34]>> Okay. I'll start.

[00:01:34]>> Every week.

[00:01:36]>> I have a hope. I didn't have a hard, but I'll think of one.

[00:01:38]>> Okay. Now you just made me look like a complainer over here.

[00:01:40]>> No, I don't. This hurts from all the hard.

[00:01:45]>> That is a hard.

[00:01:45]>> What's your hard?

[00:01:47]>> I put a 100 plus thumbtacks into a wood ceiling. Well, your heart was my hope.

[00:01:51]>> With my head back.

[00:01:53]>> Okay.

[00:01:53]>> No, it wasn't really a hard. It was I was joyful to do it.

[00:01:56]>> Well, you were exhausted, too, I'm sure.

[00:01:58]>> Yeah, but it was worth it.

[00:01:59]>> You're sweet.

[00:02:00]>> What we're talking about is Aby's baby shower.

[00:02:02]>> Baby shower. Yes. So, Abby and Val and a couple of our other friends. Well, I'll shout them out. Angel and Caitlyn, everyone, all our friends literally all listen to our podcast, which for some reason makes me just feel like I'm like, "Oh my gosh, like they are so they're such good friends." I'm like, "You don't have to do that." They're like, "No, we love it." And I'm like, "You're so nice." Um, but I don't know why that just means so much. I'm like, "This is a lot of footage for you to listen to every week."

[00:02:30]>> Yeah. With the >> when you already have to hear me yap every day.

[00:02:34]>> I know it's But you know what? I'm an unplanned listener. I listen to unplanned almost weekly and sometimes you know why because you pick up on things that are going on in your life that maybe we're just not talking about on the rig.

[00:02:44]>> I guess that's true.

[00:02:45]>> You know what I mean? It's like oh I'm getting to know more pieces of you that I could just talk to you about.

[00:02:49]>> I do always feel ashamed when people are like I learned about this on your podcast.

[00:02:52]>> Why?

[00:02:53]>> Cuz I'm like you can't tell everybody everything. So just go where you tell everybody >> listen 5x times >> multiple times.

[00:02:59]>> Yeah. Sick of it. She's like >> I feel like it's like if you want to hear the depths of like if you want to hear what's going on in Matt and Aby's relationship just like hop on up. Right.

[00:03:08]>> Yeah. I learn a lot. We've got therapy.

[00:03:10]We've got giggly squad. We've got >> I know. I'm in there at the desk. I'm like, "What would you say in front of your sister-in-law?" Then we can put that out to the end.

[00:03:20]>> Exactly.

[00:03:21]>> Okay.

[00:03:22]>> Exactly. Yeah. It was a great shower. It was a team effort. I feel like all of our friends brought in like Addy pitched in. She did help with the balloons. Our friend Amber picked up food.

[00:03:30]>> Everyone, >> Angel, Caitlyn, Val, I mean Val really did the heavy lifting. She did most of it. Ashley made the ranch, right?

[00:03:36]>> Yeah, she brought the ranch. She's Our friend Ashley has a famous ranch, which I was surprised to find out there's no dill in that ranch.

[00:03:43]>> No dill.

[00:03:43]>> No, but it's unbelievable.

[00:03:45]>> Nothing fresh at all, actually.

[00:03:46]>> Oh, weird.

[00:03:48]>> Uh, >> it was one of those recipes that's like, I'm going to enjoy eating this, but I don't want to know.

[00:03:52]>> I got the recipe and I made my >> I know.

[00:03:56]>> It's got some MSG.

[00:03:59]>> MSG. A whole block of cream cheese.

[00:04:01]>> There's a lot of whole thing of mayo. A lot of mayo, buttermilk. I'm like, that's why it's delicious.

[00:04:06]>> Nothing fresh, but it's >> it is I was like, that is different.

[00:04:09]>> You can drink that stuff >> than ranch, >> but it's so good.

[00:04:12]>> I'm like, I don't like ranch, but I like that.

[00:04:15]>> Exactly.

[00:04:16]>> Um, no, the shower was so beautiful. It was just honestly every I couldn't stop just thinking how grateful I am. Like for all my friends and my mom kept telling cuz my mom my grandma came too.

[00:04:27]She was telling my grandma afterwards.

[00:04:29]She's like, "Something you should know about Aby's friends is that they are all so so good. They're so nice. They're the best people ever." And I'm like, "I don't know." I'm like, "What do I like it just there's just like a >> I don't know. There's just something about it is just so mind-blowing that people can like love you so much." And >> just it just I have no words for how grateful I am for that day. And it was just so perfect and so special. good thing.

[00:04:53]>> One thing I liked that Angel when she reposted it, she was like, "One thing you won't realize is how much Abby, you have impacted that whole group of friends to be together and be friends."

[00:05:04]Like all of our us are friends because you're the middle person that made us all friends. And so, >> thank you for that, giving us those friendships.

[00:05:12]>> Yeah, totally.

[00:05:13]>> So nice.

[00:05:14]>> Yeah. I'm glad you felt loved.

[00:05:16]>> Oh, so loved. I like can't even like think about it without crying. So I'm like, "No, >> it's just so it's just >> you're like what what did I do to deserve like to get this?" So it's so cool. It's like you don't I don't deserve that. And so the fact that people everyone has such busy lives, they all have multiple children or like so many of them are pregnant, so many are going through their own like journeys and challenges and they still like set aside so much time and also money to just put this together for me.

[00:05:47]It just made me feel so loved. So, >> it was beautiful. It was so cute.

[00:05:52]>> Yeah, the theme was fun. It was um here comes the sun. Yeah, the little boy. And yeah, the the colors are beautiful. We had the paper chains. Kind of 90s nostalgic. It was so cute. Val did all those chains. I just hung them. So, >> you know, it was it was really she looked it looked really cool. Yeah, I loved it. Um I my sister and I got in a debate about how she's like, "You should only have one baby shower." And we're like, "Baby every we have baby showers for every kid."

[00:06:16]>> I I know I was thinking about this. I was like, man, it's kind of ridiculous that this is the third time, >> but it's not gifts. It's just more like a party or like a meal to celebrate, you know, and like bring a diaper, you know?

[00:06:26]I think it's just more so like pregnancy is so hard and the journey to bring life to this world is so hard and so you should celebrate the mom and build her up and and celebrate this life and this baby. I think it's just I don't know.

[00:06:39]I'm like I think it should be for every it doesn't have to be a big thing every time, but like it's just fun to do that.

[00:06:44]I especially love this type of one just like I think this is probably like a debate. Like some people do it with their husband, some people don't, but for me, I like love having a woman's shower because it's really just a reminder. It's like we are all in this together. We're here for you through pregnancy, through birth, through postpartum. Like it's just such a reminder that like you're not alone and you have so many other women that have the same shared experience and are walking alongside you or in various stages of walking alongside you. And that is the most important thing I think when entering motherhood is that you are not alone. And that is just like >> a great reminder with every baby too because every every it's a whole new thing every time you're relearning so many things and >> you every kid's a new a whole different person obviously and you you're like okay well I never experienced with my first two like what's this about or >> so it's just a really good network to have like strengthened right before you're about to enter a >> Yeah. a hard season.

[00:07:37]>> Crazy season. Yeah. A hard season.

[00:07:39]>> Yeah. For sure. But and happy season.

[00:07:41]And I feel like that's also like everyone's just reminding you so much of the joy too of like what's to come with new life.

[00:07:46]>> Agreed. Yeah, >> it was great.

[00:07:47]>> It was a great day.

[00:07:49]>> My thumbs are still hurting though.

[00:07:51]>> There's an ant.

[00:07:53]>> Where in the heck?

[00:07:54]>> What the What? The orchid.

[00:07:55]>> Where did that come from?

[00:07:56]>> They came yesterday.

[00:07:57]>> When the orchid What is that? Literally, where did that come from?

[00:08:01]>> It's It's a brand organ that sprayed for ants yesterday. You want to know their helmets on the way come back fighting maring one by one.

[00:08:13]>> They had their helmet on. That's great.

[00:08:16]>> Full uniform.

[00:08:16]>> When we bought our house, Organ reached out to me and was like, "Hey, we'd love to send you some products for your home like and congratulate to your house."

[00:08:22]And I was like, "Yeah, I was expecting bug spray." Do you know what I got? The most beautifully curated package of anthropology goods.

[00:08:30]>> Like gorgeous with bugs on them.

[00:08:32]>> But bugs. Yeah. Like butterfly towels. I use every day >> magnets from my I was like this is the most >> this is the best PR pack. Yeah. Organ marketing team is killing it. I hope I brought them some business. But I was like that. Wow.

[00:08:46]>> Thank you. No bug spray in there.

[00:08:49]>> They probably wanted me to get their survey.

[00:08:50]>> We'll come and do that.

[00:08:51]>> Yeah. They're like we'll spray for that.

[00:08:53]>> But yeah, shout out Orin.

[00:08:54]>> That would be a conflict of interest probably because I don't think they have their own >> products. Yeah.

[00:08:59]>> Yeah. Well, I learned about Orin and I'm great fan of their service. Oh >> yeah, we had a really big ant problem and fly problem. Yes.

[00:09:06]>> That makes me feel embarrassed in a way.

[00:09:09]>> Um, no, I wouldn't be embarrassed. I did notice the flies.

[00:09:13]>> It was like 50 of them flying around your trash can.

[00:09:15]>> Flies.

[00:09:17]>> I'm not She's not even exaggerating.

[00:09:19]>> You open that trash can and it's It was I mean, I got bombarded with flies.

[00:09:23]>> It's not even just isolated as a trash can.

[00:09:25]>> Well, and when you have dogs and kids, your doors are just always open. And that's how our house is, too. But we we haven't had as many issues with our backyard. But >> I think our Yeah, our recently has like gone some serious flight.

[00:09:37]>> Yes, I did notice.

[00:09:38]>> Are we chatting too much hope?

[00:09:41]>> Well, I loved I loved the weekend. It was amazing. It was your shower, my 30th birthday, which I'm sure we'll talk about in a little bit. But I think my hope what I'm hopeful for is New York this weekend. I'm so excited.

[00:09:53]>> Did you see in your card?

[00:09:55]>> My card?

[00:09:55]>> The PS?

[00:09:56]>> I did my gift. I'm so excited.

[00:09:58]>> We're all going Do we have a show? I was gonna see what you were open to because I haven't bought them yet, but I was thinking I thought Aladdin would be fun.

[00:10:05]>> Aladdin would be sick. I love A whole new world.

[00:10:09]>> Broadway.

[00:10:09]>> It's going to be jam-packed. Abby and I were working out the schedule of the timings of things and we're like, >> we're glad you guys.

[00:10:18]>> We have to get We have to take this.

[00:10:20]>> I said, "This is how my brain is thinking." And I just >> She's like 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour. This is 2 minutes. And I was like, >> "So, when do we see our billboard?"

[00:10:29]>> On Sunday.

[00:10:29]>> Sunday. Okay, we're going to see it at night. We'll see it at the show.

[00:10:33]>> We're going to be by the show, baby.

[00:10:34]>> Dinner reservations. We have a show.

[00:10:36]>> Oh my gosh. Okay, so we're going to New York because we are on a billboard in Time Square with Patreon, which literally >> your Patreon >> doesn't make any sense what our life is.

[00:10:45]It is a mystery.

[00:10:47]>> It is a mystery, >> but we're so honored and so grateful.

[00:10:50]So, we're going to New York this weekend to see it.

[00:10:52]>> Yeah. Whenever things like this happen, you're kind of like, >> this is I get a feeling. And I'm not trying to put us down at all because I think we're awesome.

[00:10:59]>> Yeah. But like >> I think we're great and amazing. But when you're like, "Wow, what did I do to like actually con my way to this point?"

[00:11:08]>> Literally, who did we fool? I'm like, "That's great. In my house." Seriously, >> I know. When they when you sent the email like we're going to be on a billboard, I almost threw up.

[00:11:18]>> I was so I got the email. I was like, I can't wait to send this to them.

[00:11:22]>> I called every single person in my family said you're never going to believe >> cuz I don't believe >> you recorded Caleb's reaction. I recorded my whole entire family's reaction.

[00:11:30]>> Yeah, everyone's reaction.

[00:11:31]>> I know.

[00:11:32]>> Post that.

[00:11:33]>> Yes. Yes.

[00:11:34]>> I think I should post that.

[00:11:36]>> So, that's my I'm really excited. So, we'll recap that, I'm sure, in next episode. But >> my heart is small. Um I just have sleeping has been kind of hard recently.

[00:11:44]>> Really?

[00:11:45]>> Yeah.

[00:11:45]>> Third trimester.

[00:11:46]>> Yeah. I don't know what's going on.

[00:11:47]>> How many weeks are you now as of this recording?

[00:11:49]>> 28.

[00:11:50]>> That's the turn.

[00:11:52]>> It's turning. The tide is turning.

[00:11:53]>> The tide is turning, baby. The third try, baby. It's getting hot. But my heart also comes with a hope because we >> just got our Chili Pad.

[00:12:01]>> Did you set it up?

[00:12:03]>> Yes. And I will say I hope to goodness Chili Pad that you will sponsor this podcast as well because I everyone in every corner of my life needs one of these things.

[00:12:14]>> Wow. That's high praise.

[00:12:16]>> It's so It's It's actually so It's not something that you would think would make such a difference.

[00:12:22]>> It's so nice. The way Dave and Bal talk about it, it sounds like it's literally changed their life.

[00:12:27]>> Well, and here's the thing. We had friends in Hawaii that talked about it years ago. They're like, "This changed our life." And we're like, "Yeah, that's that's what a luxury now." I'm like, "Necessity." Really?

[00:12:37]>> No, it's like I turned my bed to 65° last night.

[00:12:40]>> And my room is I have my warm covers, cold bed.

[00:12:44]>> That really helped. It really My sleep score was different. I have data to show that this is like >> helping. Um, it was a great comfortable experience. But, um, yeah, Matt's what Matt's side wasn't working for a little bit >> and I could just feel his disappointment because it was getting late and I was like, "Do you want me to look at it again?" He was so frustrated. He was like, "I you need to get you're pregnant. You need to get some sleep." I was like, >> "I can look at it one more time." And I like looked at I a long time. I stood up really late >> to set it up, but it works now. We can turn our bed down to 54 degrees. That's insane. Yeah. I am a really hot sleeper, but I never wake up hot. I just wake up in the morning after a full night's sleep just soaked. So, I don't know what that says about me. Well, what they re we don't need to talk about this forever, but what they recommend you do is that you cool it and then it gets coldest like a little more than halfway through when you're going to like your sleep period and then it warms up not to like hot but like to room temperature almost by the time you wake up. And they say your body will naturally start to wake up without an alarm to that and like kind of guide you through certain things.

[00:13:51]>> Oh, that's really cool.

[00:13:52]>> I'm thinking about postpartum. I'm like, this feels I'm also thinking about menopause. I was like, get all of our moms these >> literally. Wow, that's interesting. I want to become one of those women that wakes up like 5:00 a.m. just naturally for fun.

[00:14:05]>> No, I can't do that without, >> you know, my alarm doesn't wake me up.

[00:14:09]So maybe a chili pad could wake me up.

[00:14:11]>> My body wakes me up for fun at 6:00 a.m.

[00:14:13]every day. It's not fun. It's a curse. I want to sleep longer.

[00:14:18]>> I need more.

[00:14:19]>> I I could probably sleep till like 8 a.m. naturally. I'm waking up like 6:30 now.

[00:14:23]>> Well, yeah. I think my hard um No, I don't have one. Nope. Don't have one.

[00:14:28]And not because I I was thinking about this. I just I feel like it's been a really sweet season. My mom and dad left, which was really sad, but I think I talked about that last episode.

[00:14:36]>> Like it's still hard every week not having >> them sad. They were about to leave.

[00:14:40]>> Okay. Yeah. So, they officially moved out last week. I was like, I miss seeing your mom at the gym.

[00:14:43]>> I know. It was really sweet. All of her friends were like, "I miss your mom. My mom is sad."

[00:14:47]>> So that was I mean it's just I feel like she is one of the burn girls.

[00:14:51]>> She is.

[00:14:51]>> She is. Which is so fun. Um and I know TJ misses her, but yeah, that was sad.

[00:14:57]That's my heart. Definitely.

[00:14:58]>> Sad.

[00:14:58]>> Um but there's one pro that I cling on to when they're not here to like myself feel better. It's that I'm really forced to be more independent when she's not here. And that's a good thing.

[00:15:08]>> It's a good thing.

[00:15:08]>> Yeah. I'm an optimist. But that's the really only pro.

[00:15:12]>> Pick yourself. You can just have You can still have your mom and be independent.

[00:15:17]>> I know. Exactly. But listen, I'm just trying to make myself feel better.

[00:15:19]>> Okay, that's good. Do what you got to do.

[00:15:21]>> Yeah. So, it's fun. How was Hawaii?

[00:15:24]>> So fun.

[00:15:25]>> It was.

[00:15:26]>> We did get sick, which >> so sad.

[00:15:28]>> I think I was sick before we left.

[00:15:30]>> Remember when I said that my tummy hurt?

[00:15:33]>> I believe I recording the podcast.

[00:15:35]>> Yeah, I think I had flu B. Guys, >> you took Griffin to the doctor.

[00:15:38]>> Good thing none of us got it. We had a good >> That is actually true.

[00:15:41]>> Yeah, it wasn't.

[00:15:42]>> Yeah. Thanks for leaving, actually.

[00:15:43]>> Yeah, it was good. We left. Good. We left. We took it. Um, we were just outside, so that was I don't I hope we didn't contaminate anyone, but it was that was a little bit of a rough patch, but we if you're going to be sick somewhere.

[00:15:57]>> Yeah. Be sitting on an island. Yeah.

[00:15:59]>> Yeah.

[00:16:00]>> And um No, it was a great time. It was really really special just being the four of us. And it was just It was I have no It was just the best time. It sounded like you guys did a whole mix of different activities. Like you didn't just go to the beach. You went to a bee farm. You hung out friends. You you know I feel like you guys did a lot of different things.

[00:16:15]>> We went to a homestead. We saw like a lot of there's a lot of gardening and like agriculture on Maui. So we got to like see that.

[00:16:23]>> We went on a catamaran tour which was so wild and crazy. Like my kids still talk about it every single day. They call it the pirate ship.

[00:16:29]>> That's cute.

[00:16:30]>> They thought the guys that were like the crew members were pirates cuz they had a lot of tattoos.

[00:16:34]>> Oh, nice. And um they like Auggie every day was just like thinking about that.

[00:16:38]I'm like is he going to get tatted up one day? That would be really interesting.

[00:16:43]>> Shout out to Jamie for set helping set that up.

[00:16:45]>> Oh, it was an amazing See Maui. If you go to Maui, go to see Maui. S EA. They were incredible. Like it was just the most generous best experience ever. Like my kids actually got to snorkel at ages two and three.

[00:17:00]>> Snorkeling. They we saw uh uh reef sharks. We saw sea turtles. We saw um a ton of fish and the reef, too. It was a younger reef, >> which was honestly encouraging to hear because I didn't actually know that. I thought reefs were only being destroyed.

[00:17:14]>> Same. Yeah, I didn't know they're being built, but I guess that makes sense.

[00:17:17]>> They're growing.

[00:17:18]>> That's good.

[00:17:19]>> We went to the best snorkeling I've ever done was in Hawaii. It was Hanama Bay.

[00:17:22]Did you guys ever go there? Han. Hanama.

[00:17:24]>> Yeah, I think. Yeah.

[00:17:25]>> Hanama. Did you ever go there when you lived there?

[00:17:27]>> Um >> it's on Aahu.

[00:17:29]>> Yes.

[00:17:29]>> Did you think it was spectacular or is it just like one of them? No. No. That's like one of the best I feel like they talk about.

[00:17:34]>> I remember when we went there.

[00:17:35]>> Sharks Cove is also really good.

[00:17:37]>> Did we go there with you guys when we >> Yeah, I feel like the Hawaii snorkeling is unbelievable.

[00:17:43]>> So pretty. Yeah. No, we had a great time. It was really really good to slow down like that and just which is so funny cuz I say slow down, but like obviously with kids you're kind of just like >> I mean you're having fun.

[00:17:54]>> Yeah, you're doing fast things, but it felt like a slow down cuz we're just like we're just rolling with the punches of every day. We had no plans and we're just figuring things out. So, it was really special.

[00:18:03]>> Yeah, that's the best. The best. Well, I'm so happy for you.

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[00:19:20]Get your sunglasses today. Baby shower Hawaii. My 30th birthday. I was trying to think what the other things were. I'm officially 30.

[00:19:28]>> 30, baby.

[00:19:29]>> Yeah, it feels good. It honestly feels right.

[00:19:31]>> 30 feels great.

[00:19:32]>> I feel like 29, I just didn't have any thoughts about it. 30 I'm feel like, okay, this I'm supposed to be this age.

[00:19:39]>> There's a confidence that came with 30.

[00:19:40]>> I believe that. I I'm hoping that for myself.

[00:19:42]>> Yeah, I'm 2 days in. I feel confident.

[00:19:44]Good.

[00:19:46]>> I just there's something about entering a new decade that just makes you nostalgic. Mhm.

[00:19:51]>> And I'm not going to like list off my accomplishments or things I went through, but I feel like the 20s were really formative for me and Caleb, but I think we just tried a lot of different things and we had a lot of successes, a lot of failures, and we learned so much and grew so much together. Um, that ultimately also shaped me as a person.

[00:20:09]And I just feel like the way that we viewed our 20s was, hey, we're okay to struggle in our 20s. Like, we want these to be our years where we try everything and see what sticks. And yeah, I just really glad that we did it that way.

[00:20:21]>> Mhm.

[00:20:21]>> Yeah. There so there were a lot of hard things, but overall I think now to this point and I just feel so >> excited and confident about the 30s.

[00:20:29]>> Yeah. I feel like the your 20s it's like >> chaotic. You're seeing what's sticking.

[00:20:35]you're like just I don't know just trying to obviously I feel like there's like a lot of identity >> forming that come comes your whole life but like especially in your 20s that by the time you're 30 you're like I hope that I feel this way at least like I know who I am >> I know what my purpose is here and like I have the confidence to like I don't know just pursue that fearlessly you know >> totally I feel like there's this shift I mean you think I was like man 20 felt like yesterday but at the same time. It felt like 10 years. It felt like a long time ago. You know what I mean? I was a sophomore in college. And through those first few years of my 20s, that was the first time I like went against my parents. Yeah.

[00:21:16]>> And I was the first time I put the stake in the ground and like really made my own decisions. And so it was like this becoming an adult and trying to flex these muscles that I didn't really have yet, you know, of trusting my gut and my intuition and making hard decisions about my life and the direction I wanted to go. So there's that. That's in the beginning of your 20s. And then in the middle of it, it's like, oh, I'm getting married and I'm forming life my life with someone. I found Christ. Like all these big crazy like big milestone monumental things that I really shaped my identity and then all these career, you know, ups and downs and now the end.

[00:21:48]So I feel like yes, there's just so many >> identity things just to, you know, I'm just echoing what you're saying, but >> No, no, I think that's great.

[00:21:56]>> Yeah. You guys asked me to think about a few thoughts on turning 30, maybe some things that I learned. I feel like there the big thing one big thing that I feel like when I look back at my 20s putting yourself out there opens up opportunity and I think it's saying yes to everything you know and I mean being wise about it but I think sometimes you look at people's lives and you're like whoa how are they getting these opportunities or how'd they end up there you know I want to get to that point in their career where they're at or look I want look at their family and I want things like that and it's just like a lot of really small yeses and a lot of really small steps to get to the big picture of things. And if you're always in fear or like afraid of change or you don't want to take the risk on things, then you're just never going to get really to where you want to be. And so I feel like when I look back, I'm really grateful that I said yes to a lot of little things because it opened up the doors to a lot of bigger things.

[00:22:48]>> So that's so good.

[00:22:49]>> That's a little general maybe, but I just I don't know. Don't be afraid to say yes and take risks and try >> everything, you Now, even just think about someone in like a corporate a corporate career like a very traditional route like hey if your boss asks you to do something extra or take the next step or lead a group if you start saying yes to some of these extra things like then you're going to be in the running for bigger promotions and bigger things you know I feel like in every area it's you know even with your kids if you're a stay at home mom it's like say yes to volunteering say yes to these things and then you'll be I don't know it's just I feel like saying yes to things and getting out of your comfort zone leads to such excitement later on. M that's so good.

[00:23:26]>> So they're not going to give the opportunities to people that aren't there trying.

[00:23:30]>> We don't know. We don't know who you are.

[00:23:31]>> Yeah. You got to be involved. You got to do things. So I feel like that's something that I definitely learned in my 20s is to say yes. Um I think also just I feel like I have plans, but the Lord's plans are greater. And even in the hard things, I feel like there's so much purpose that comes out of the hard.

[00:23:44]And I've talked about a lot, but like in the past in my business and bolt, like I just had such a different vision for my life. But going through like the peeling of that back and the stripping away of those things, I've come to this place now where I feel so excited about what's next and this podcast and being with you guys and being in Arizona, like just things I never expected.

[00:24:04]>> Um, and so I'm just really grateful the Lord has like directed our path here and it's just not where I pictured it.

[00:24:09]>> Um, so even if you know your life isn't going where you thought, >> there's purpose in it. Yeah. You know, >> it's been so cool to like even just be on the outside of like and watching every stage of I think I've known you you're from your 20 to 30.

[00:24:24]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:24:25]>> Like just seeing all the change that you've been through, all the growth, and like also just like seeing you where you're at, like for me to be able to like look up to you through everything has been like so key in my own experience in my 20s.

[00:24:43]>> Wow. Oh gosh, >> like you just you're such a role model to me and like also a friend and a peer, but just like also that like level of like >> I just know that I can come to you and always receive wise, sound, honest, >> kind, and encouraging feedback and like you've taken like what you've learned and also just like it's been such a blessing to me.

[00:25:03]>> Oh.

[00:25:04]>> So, well, thank you.

[00:25:05]>> So, appreciate that. That's really sweet.

[00:25:07]>> You make me excited for 30 just in a couple years.

[00:25:11]Yeah, that was my last piece of advice.

[00:25:13]I think a lot of people will say like, "Oh, your best years are in your 20s or your best years are in college." And I just want to say that's just such a lie.

[00:25:20]>> That is a lie. And your peak is not when you're 18. What a sad life that would be.

[00:25:25]>> That would be horrible.

[00:25:27]>> It's just every phase of life is so exciting and so fun. And so I just Yeah.

[00:25:32]I don't believe the lie that like your 20s are your only time to go travel and do fun things and be cool and like be hot. You know what I mean? You have your whole life to do this. We can be hot when we're 30.

[00:25:41]>> We can be hot when we're 60. What do you mean?

[00:25:43]>> Yeah.

[00:25:44]>> I'm shooting for 40 for that.

[00:25:46]>> Yeah. 40 to be rock star.

[00:25:49]>> So that was my other advice. Like just don't get I don't live in like this fear mode of this is the this is the only time of my life.

[00:25:56]>> That has been one of my like silent goals like that I just like under like I think about with every birthday is I just want to be proud of every birthday I get.

[00:26:04]>> Oh yeah.

[00:26:04]>> Like I want to be grateful for I want to be like don't ask how old I am. Like I understand people are doing that jokingly, but I do want to just be like proud cuz it's like I got this whole year like to do >> and live and meet and try and all these things. It's like I just want to view each year as a gift and not like something that's like I'm ashamed of.

[00:26:22]>> Oh, what an amazing what an amazing outlook. I love that.

[00:26:24]>> And you do a really good job of that.

[00:26:25]So, >> thank you. Well, we're channeling that.

[00:26:27]That's really good ad. Yeah, that's all I got. I think that was enough. People don't really care too much me to >> talk about that probably.

[00:26:34]>> That was great. Thanks.

[00:26:36]Well, today we're talking about periods.

[00:26:40]>> Well, here you're 30 and you're still 20s were a period. Now we're moving on to 30s.

[00:26:45]>> How many years ago? That's a great segue. There it is.

[00:26:49]>> I think I got my period when I was in seventh grade.

[00:26:51]>> Okay.

[00:26:51]>> Yeah. What age is that? 12.

[00:26:54]>> Yeah.

[00:26:54]>> I can't remember if it was seventh or eighth grade, but I remember that was when all the girls were like, we were all panicked about getting it.

[00:27:00]>> One by one, the girls started dropping like flies, you know? It's like, I got it. I got it. No. people wouldn't say like it was like >> really.

[00:27:06]>> Yeah. I thought for I had like my best one of my best friends. I was like I thought we told each other everything and when I got I told her she's like yeah I got mine a year ago or something like that and I was like >> how dare you >> that is shocking.

[00:27:22]>> I know. But I feel like people there was so much like embarrassment attached to periods that I actually when I was like reflecting on this and like preparing for this episode I hope that and I actually think it's probably changing.

[00:27:34]I'm not sure that the like pre-teens and teens nowadays feel that same way.

[00:27:39]>> I I would hope not.

[00:27:41]>> I would hope not. You know, I think this is like a really amazing blessing of the internet. And we were kind of talking about this on our call with um let's a girl girl on our team's in her 40s and so she's like entering I mean she's probably not entering menopause but >> approaching that and it's like >> she's 40 >> you know she look I thought she was 32 when I first met her. Yeah, >> I know. Goals. Literally goals. But it's I feel like with the internet, like I just how my mom talks about menopause, no one spoke about it. Like they were just left to fend for themselves. But I feel like influencers on the internet, social media, like talking about these things openly and like very publicly has shaped a lot of conversation around menopause, premenopause, pregnancy, birth, and then obviously periods. So, I'm like, that's a really great pro about people online being too honest about things that happen to their body, >> right? Like, it's like it's one thing for something to be like more private and personal, another thing to feel like embarrassment and shame about it. And I definitely think that like for me at least, it was like I was very embarrassed about it like at times, like even just the conversation about it.

[00:28:46]Now, when I actually started my period, I was 14. So I feel like I was like the like everyone around me had already started going through it. But like the the initial like I just remember you know when they do the period talk at school they take the boys away come back >> they like it was just like so embarrassing. And when the boys would be like what did you guys talk about? I'm like shut up.

[00:29:05]>> Nothing.

[00:29:06]>> And they gave you like a maxi pad and like I had to like shove it to the back of my locker because I couldn't let a single boy see it. And like if I remember if I had to change like any period product during school like I was I this was the season of >> Victoria Secret leggings and UGG boots.

[00:29:19]>> Heck yeah baby. Tampon in the boot.

[00:29:21]Tampon up the hoodie sleeve. Don't let anyone see it all you can. And like or heaven forbid you have to change your tampon. You're at a boy's house. Like what do we do with that trash can >> or anywhere?

[00:29:33]>> Like the just the stress of all that.

[00:29:34]I'm like I just hope that that's not necessarily there. Like it's one thing like you can be private about it. Like that's very understandable and normal and great and normal, but the the shame and embarrassment is like >> honestly maybe that does just come from like high school boys being immature and not understanding.

[00:29:51]>> Do you think it comes from more from the boys or from the girls?

[00:29:55]>> Great question. Let's blame the boys.

[00:29:59]>> I've already CJ comes in the bathroom.

[00:30:00]I've had my period twice now and he keeps coming. He goes, "You bleeding, mama?"

[00:30:04]>> See, I think you do a great job of that.

[00:30:06]And I was actually going to give props to you and our mother-in-law about that because I feel like women's health and like the discussion specifically around like periods and stuff like that was very >> like it was an open dialogue with their sons. It was >> and I think that that's why like they are noted by it.

[00:30:23]>> No one's phased by it. And I don't think that's the case in every family. And so then some of these boys are like what the world is going on and even though like Matt was raised in an all boy household like they didn't have he doesn't have any sisters. Right.

[00:30:35]>> So I'm like that is she did a great job of that. I also feel like that was kind of progressive.

[00:30:38]>> Yeah, it was >> because I feel like a lot of the boys I was growing up with were just like what in the world like shocked and and I was also just like so embarrassed by um yeah that's what I was saying. I was like I think that >> there's been a lot of positive growth in this area. As far as like the dialogue I do think we have a ways to go as far as research >> and I was kind of like learning and we can talk about that a little bit.

[00:31:03]>> Yeah. bring it up because um Emma, our producer, I wish I had time to listen to it, but I was listening to our audio book.

[00:31:09]>> You for sure listen to it as well.

[00:31:10]>> I'm going to listen to it tomorrow because yeah, I just it looked amazing.

[00:31:14]>> She's referring to our producer sent us this uh very awesome podcast by the Diary of a CEO. He had it with four different like female doctors. I think there was an OBGYn.

[00:31:27]There is an ant on your mic and it's >> What is happening?

[00:31:30]>> I see it.

[00:31:31]>> Why is it me?

[00:31:33]It's not you.

[00:31:34]>> How is it getting all the way over there?

[00:31:35]>> I didn't know ant forced to migrate because organically.

[00:31:42]This rug is hiding millions of ants.

[00:31:44]>> Oh no.

[00:31:45]>> The organ trail.

[00:31:47]>> Please go.

[00:31:47]>> No. Please.

[00:31:48]>> Organ sponsored podcast. Spray the room.

[00:31:51]>> Please. So >> no. They got helmets.

[00:31:54]>> They have helmets.

[00:31:55]>> Well, good for them.

[00:31:57]>> Like you're unsafe if they have helmets on.

[00:32:00]>> No. I honestly was just like, "Man, I appreciate just the >> the commitment."

[00:32:07]>> Yeah. The level of care here.

[00:32:09]>> This is so serious and I appreciate you handling it that way.

[00:32:13]>> Yes.

[00:32:13]>> Um >> they said infestation say less. We're coming fully suited.

[00:32:17]>> Seriously, it was great. They were They were honestly the sweetest guys ever.

[00:32:23]>> That's awesome.

[00:32:24]>> Um one of them was having a baby. Matt had Matt had emptied our PR closet of all baby products and he's like please take all so sweet.

[00:32:34]>> He's like I did it because I feel like it's something you would have done.

[00:32:36]>> A so kind.

[00:32:39]>> I got so sidetracked. But we can link this other podcast. It's going to be very informative. It's ours is more, you know, chit cchaty. It's fun.

[00:32:48]>> But you had some things that you felt like were really like >> Yeah. I'll sprinkle in some tidbits as it feels relevant. And I I haven't finished it either because it is nearly four hours, but it is um four female doctors and like their experience and um I was just amazed by the honest but respectful conversation about like basically just they one of their things they were like with between women and men's bodies every cell of a woman's body is different than a man's body >> and I feel like he point Stephen Bartlett the host of the show he point out he's like >> does at one point that felt taboo to say and she's like yeah but she's like it's it's very important that we understand that like it's not just our reproductive organs that are different and like making us separ separate from men like it's >> it's every single cell like our bones our organs and how things function anyway it was just a very >> very good conversation >> yeah I mean that affects everything you think about even the foods that we eat versus the foods that men eat like the food is drastically ally going to affect our body so differently than men. And so if we don't understand how much protein we should actually be having or minerals or vitamins or what medicine how the medicines of how does Advil affect us versus a man, it's like >> wow that's really that affects everything.

[00:34:07]>> Affects everything. It was it's a really great conversation. These women are just like a wealth of knowledge and experience and they've they're definitely very well established in their careers and um it was just a really >> interesting conversation. And I learned so much because I was like wow this is something that I were always like we need to talk more about this but I'm like I don't even know what to talk about because I don't even >> I don't know what I don't know. And so I was like this was a great like start actually we shouldn't say starting point because it was like high level dive.

[00:34:34]Yeah.

[00:34:34]>> Yeah. But it was I mean I can't recommend it enough. I I haven't finished it but it was really >> good to know as a woman but I'm also like Matt listen to this. Like >> it's so interesting. thing. I feel like now after having babies and feeling the my hormone shift and like feeling how my body is actually affected by that, I'm more interested in learning about it.

[00:34:53]Whereas when I was 16, I didn't really necessarily care. Like I knew there were a lot of hormone things going on, but I didn't know myself well enough to feel what those changes were. Where now as an adult, I'm like, "Oh, I actually feel that difference." Well, I do kind of feel like the conversation around hormones, especially with teenagers, is like, "Oh, it's making them moody and like yell at their moms. so sexy >> and like cry a lot where it's like our hor they've described in this this podcast that like it's our body's messaging system like how we're sending signals to like fire certain ways and not like turn on things turn off things and so um yeah it does cuz I do feel like hormones is kind of just like oh there's just this dramatic girl like where it's like it's so much more than that >> and it's actually not even that's not even really what it is at all. Right.

[00:35:40]Right.

[00:35:41]>> It was really cool.

[00:35:42]>> Yeah, I'm excited to listen to it.

[00:35:43]>> So, we pulled the audience, you guys that follow us on the Always Here podcast Instagram, which if you don't follow us there or engage there, you should because uh it really is fun to include you guys in our episodes as are happening. Um, we asked, "What period product do you swear by?"

[00:36:00]>> And, >> you know, I'm actually surprised how many people use pads. 36% of people use pads.

[00:36:06]>> I will put in here the something else.

[00:36:08]We also had a box for people to say what that is. A type of disc of some sort like a menstrual cup or a disc or that's what most of the people said under the something else.

[00:36:17]>> I cannot wait to talk about that.

[00:36:19]>> I'm excited to talk about that. 36% said pads. I am curious about that because are people using pads more? Have they always used pads or is it more now because there's a conversation around tampons being toxic?

[00:36:30]>> Probably.

[00:36:31]>> It's probably shifted. But I will say when I first got my period I did pads cuz I was scared of inserting tampons.

[00:36:37]>> Interesting. And then once I did that, I switched. But I feel like there is a fear around putting a tampon in. Like if you've never done it before, a lot of people or it's uncomfortable for some people.

[00:36:48]>> I remember my mom bought me a box of tampons to practice with before >> and she bought me cardboard. So never practiced because of how in the heck you're supposed to get.

[00:36:56]>> My dad got me cardboard tampons when we were on a trip to Disney World when I was in high school >> and I was like, >> "That's a mistake you make.

[00:37:05]>> What is this?

[00:37:07]I was actually shocked. There's no applicator.

[00:37:09]>> Uhhuh.

[00:37:10]>> Oh.

[00:37:11]>> Have you ever seen a cardboard one?

[00:37:12]>> No. I'm going to look.

[00:37:13]>> It just It's all manual.

[00:37:15]>> And And you know what? It hurts because you know a plastic applicator. It slides.

[00:37:20]>> Yes.

[00:37:21]>> Tampons just a big old cardboard around it.

[00:37:25]>> My dad got me that. It was all they had at the like whatever Art of Animation. I will say with like tampons, you it needs to you need to be bleeding for like you can't like it can't >> you have to already have some moisture down there.

[00:37:37]>> There needs to be moisture down there >> for sure. Yeah, it hurts.

[00:37:40]>> I didn't know that.

[00:37:41]>> I Okay, so I've always used tampons.

[00:37:43]>> I did start with pads when I was like first starting out, but I didn't like how they I felt like you could I played volleyball so I feel like you could see them in my spandex and stuff. So I just immediately switched to tampons. Um, I had to get a lesson um from my mother on that one, an invasive one, because I couldn't figure it out.

[00:37:59]>> I love that you had a relationship with your mom.

[00:38:00]>> Yeah. Well, what are you gonna do? I was like, I think >> I just certainly >> I had that book out that I had told you guys about about my body that I was looking over. I was like, >> I certainly thought I was a boy.

[00:38:08]Certainly. I was like, things where does this go?

[00:38:12]>> I don't think I'm built like everyone else.

[00:38:14]>> No, I'm not kidding. I was like, >> it's not going boy.

[00:38:16]>> Am I a boy? They're like, you're not >> really, that was a thought I had. So >> that's good.

[00:38:23]>> Yeah, I'm glad I figured it out. Am in fact woman, but um so I did tampons pretty much all until the past two periods I've ever had.

[00:38:32]>> Really?

[00:38:32]>> Yeah. I switched to the disc.

[00:38:34]>> Our friend Tena brought it to the favorite things party.

[00:38:37]>> Oh yeah.

[00:38:37]>> Yeah. I grabbed it. I like it.

[00:38:39]>> And you started using it?

[00:38:40]>> Yeah. You know what? It's invasive and it's messy, >> but I'll continue using it.

[00:38:47]>> Do you feel like a woman when you're >> No. Let me tell you, my fingers have never been so Like, wow, >> that's TMI. But, you know, you got to put them up there and you got to do it.

[00:38:57]I doing it in the shower because it's a lot of blood.

[00:39:01]>> You know, you think about it. You put this disc in, it holds six super plus tampons.

[00:39:04]>> Six super plus tampons. That's amazing.

[00:39:06]It's so much more hygienic for your body. Like, I feel better. Like, you know, when you use a tampon towards the end of your period, it's like you get sore down there and like I don't know.

[00:39:15]It just hurts. So, this never had any of that. It was way >> Well, let me smoother. This was my journey. I got my first period. I immediately that day had dance. And so I was like, I'm not My mom, bless her, >> this is the day of >> the day of.

[00:39:29]>> Wow.

[00:39:30]>> And I like had this maxi pad, >> which first of all, I actually >> also, we're not bleeding that much our first time.

[00:39:37]>> I didn't need that.

[00:39:38]>> Um, but I was like, I do need something.

[00:39:41]And so I just I remember this. I sat on our bathroom counter >> just your legs open. Yeah. I was like >> that was the first time I discovered >> Yeah.

[00:39:53]>> the anatomy down there. Didn't know that one. I didn't know that one.

[00:39:56]>> Right. Yeah. I mean, what opportunity of a young girl are we going to be go down there?

[00:40:00]>> Know that one. And I was like, I got to I got to see I have to know that this is here because I didn't believe it.

[00:40:07]>> And then I just figured it out. I just used a tampon. My mom was like, you okay, like if you want to. She was she didn't use them. So, she was like, I don't really >> helpful actually. Um, but I it's okay. I like had all my friend, you know, my friends like kind of had prepped me for this and so I used a tampon then for that amount of time. I always slept with pads because I my I was worried about keeping those in for a while. But then before I got married, so this is one of those things about waiting for marriage.

[00:40:35]You have, >> you know, there's a lot of talks about preparing yourself. And so some of one of my friends that had been married for like two year, two whole years, she's like, "This is what really will help."

[00:40:48]She's like, "If you use a menstrual cup for your cycle before you like have inter >> Oh, so you don't have pain your first time."

[00:40:55]>> I guess it stretches things out.

[00:40:57]>> Oh, interesting. I don't remember being I don't remember sex being painful like >> Well, a lot of people do experience pain the first time they have sex, I think.

[00:41:05]And so um but she told me she's like just like your like three cycles before you get married just like switch to that >> interesting >> and so I switched to a cup and you guys this is such a vivid memory for me because first of all you have to uh when you first get them it's recommended to boil them.

[00:41:24]>> So my ROOMMATES ARE LIKE WHAT IS in >> you're boiling out the dough. I was like it I need four more minutes just floating in this water in the house that we lived in. And then I was like everyone stop I need this. This is my preparation.

[00:41:41]>> Like what? And so but then I was hadn't started my period but I was like ready.

[00:41:45]It was like pre-boiled and then my parents come to town for whatever reason for >> some event at college and I always wanted to stay in their hotel with them when they would visit.

[00:41:56]>> Your timing is impeccable.

[00:41:58]>> My gosh. And I was like, "Now's the time to try this." And I go in the bathroom and like lock the door and then I was like, "I can't figure this thing out."

[00:42:05]>> Oh my gosh.

[00:42:06]>> I don't know if I could figure that out to this day. I've never put one in.

[00:42:09]>> You have to fold it a certain way and you really just have to get comfortable with yourself.

[00:42:13]>> Exactly.

[00:42:13]>> And here's the thing about it is that like I tried it and I was like not I was getting so frustrated and panicked.

[00:42:21]>> And I was like I just need to go back to the house with the girls and I need them to like help me to help me.

[00:42:26]>> And so I like texted my friend. And I was like, I don't, she's like, you just need to relax. She's like, take a bath.

[00:42:31]She said, take a bath.

[00:42:32]>> Oh, wow.

[00:42:33]>> I take I get in the bath thing.

[00:42:35]>> And I'm like relaxing. And then I go back. I got it in. Couldn't sleep that night because I could feel I could feel it the whole time.

[00:42:44]>> Really?

[00:42:45]>> Now, this should not just I'm not trying to deter anyone from using it. This is also before I was like sexually active at all. And so, I think that probably played a role. But after I would say it took a good 24 hours for me to be like, "Okay, I don't feel this anymore. I can relax." And then I I had a great experience with the cup and that's what I used then.

[00:43:05]>> And it was it I did just feel better like in my body not having like >> all the chemicals like and cotton and um also it lasts way longer. There's no risk of toxic. I mean you got to change that thing.

[00:43:19]>> Yeah. You got to clean it, right?

[00:43:20]>> I would actually I boiled it like after each cycle too. I haven't done that, but that's interesting.

[00:43:26]>> I don't know that that's necessary.

[00:43:28]>> Yeah, they just I think for the disc it's just gentle gently wash with soap.

[00:43:31]>> Okay. And so I just >> The first time I did >> Yeah, just boiling it.

[00:43:35]>> How do you get past the fear of that it's going to just be stuck in there?

[00:43:38]Cuz like with a tampon, I feel good that there's a string.

[00:43:40]>> It's not unlimited in there.

[00:43:42]>> I don't It vibrated.

[00:43:45]>> What do you mean it's not?

[00:43:45]>> Like, how do you get it out?

[00:43:47]>> There's It doesn't just go up into your organ.

[00:43:50]>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It can't get past that cervix. That's thick. That thing should unless you got a baby coming out there.

[00:43:55]>> You just have to like go up on the side of it.

[00:43:57]>> Well, the disc you actually put up over your pubic bone, so it goes up pretty far. Yeah. So, it goes up high, >> but it's really comfortable because it's not just sitting in like your bladder area like a cup is.

[00:44:09]>> Yeah.

[00:44:09]>> Not your bladder, but you know what I'm talking about. So, the disc is really comfortable cuz it goes up a little higher.

[00:44:14]>> You have to bear down to kind of push it out a little bit. And then there's like a little stem, but you got to be careful taking it out because one of my stories you're going to see >> Yeah. There are some more variables with the cup that you don't necessarily >> I feel like I should try this just at some point to like understand the anatomy of it of doing it. But literally look at my face. I'm your body will thank you. Your body will thank you. I feel like because it's just it's also just the peace of mind. You can leave that thing in for 12 hours.

[00:44:39]>> Yes. All day long. So I would I would get in well I would empty it in the the disc you can self empty but it's still really messy. So, I would just do it in the shower and I would do it in the morning and then at night before bed and it was awesome. You you mastered it quickly. Yeah. It took me one whole cycle to like master.

[00:44:54]>> You should probably try it at some point in my life.

[00:44:56]>> I did feel really good about it. I feel like you know really clean.

[00:44:59]>> Were you guys heavy when you did tampons and stuff? Were you guys heavy bleeders or like >> I am now.

[00:45:04]>> Now.

[00:45:04]>> Now I am after having babies. Yeah. 42% said they use tampons. What do you use, Addie? Do you still use pads? I use tampons.

[00:45:11]>> We're the majority here. A lot of the or not a lot but some of the something else where they do both like they use a tampon and a pad because they're heavy.

[00:45:19]I sometimes do a tampon and a like panty liner >> just in case there's always like in case it leaks it's leaking into the pant.

[00:45:27]It's not like it's going to be a heavy flow.

[00:45:29]>> Yeah. I always wear a panty liner too on my period.

[00:45:31]>> Yeah.

[00:45:32]>> 8% said period underwear. Have you guys tried that?

[00:45:34]>> I have not.

[00:45:35]>> I need education on that one.

[00:45:37]>> I don't know anything about them. I'm really uh I feel like would they not smell and you're getting really >> You can't wear them with like leggings which is I feel maybe you can't. No, actually they look like you could, >> but they're like boy short type and I'm like I feel like a lot of time I'm wearing leggings. It kind of it just looks like a pair of underwear that just like has a thicker under.

[00:46:00]I was asking someone that used one of these how they wash them because I think that was the thing that has deterred me always is like >> in your washing machine. But maybe you do a pre-rin and then wash it.

[00:46:10]>> I feel like I would just feel may I I need to be educated, but I feel like I would feel gross wearing my blood all day like that.

[00:46:16]>> Maybe it stores it away under the >> Huh. Yeah.

[00:46:19]>> I love the freedom of not having it come out of me.

[00:46:22]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:46:23]>> Until I'm ready for it all at once.

[00:46:25]>> Mhm. Totally. Yeah.

[00:46:27]>> Um but I >> I'm grateful there are more methods. I feel like there were not as many options. Also, there's period um >> swim bottoms, >> which I'm like that actually feels kind of like a good idea.

[00:46:41]>> Like that will keep things in there because I don't know sometimes I'm like that was a big insecurity as a like a pre like teen like swimming was like so scary.

[00:46:49]>> So scary. I was always checking to see if my tampon something like whatever you were using but just to have that extra security.

[00:46:55]>> Do you remember being nervous like your tampon string was hanging out tampon string? Um, Caitlyn, our friend, I was with her today and she's like, "Do you remember asking your friend a million times like, "Check me, check me check me." Like lifting over >> bed in the dance studio when you're wearing a leotard and tights. You're like, "Can you see it?"

[00:47:09]>> Yes. Always, >> always. Sometimes people would be >> Yeah, you could bleed through bleeding through.

[00:47:15]>> I know. Dance.

[00:47:16]>> Dance was a really hard learning curve.

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[00:48:42]>> Okay, we're gonna do a fun little period quiz. I'm gonna ask you guys the questions. They're all true or false.

[00:48:47]Okay.

[00:48:48]>> So, we'll see how you do.

[00:48:50]>> There's 30 questions. Oh, wow.

[00:48:52]>> It shouldn't take too long. We don't have to do them all either, but a normal menstrual cycle is always 28 days.

[00:48:58]>> False. I have no idea. False. Got to be a range. False.

[00:49:01]>> False. Do you know what the range is?

[00:49:04]>> 28 to >> 21 to 30.

[00:49:07]>> 21 to 35 is what this >> I was going to say 32, but I was like there's not 32 days in a month, but that also my seems like a long one. Do you guys know >> only fit in the monthlong?

[00:49:16]>> Do you guys know what your like how long your guys' cycle?

[00:49:20]>> About every three every fourth week I get my period.

[00:49:24]>> Okay. You don't know in days though.

[00:49:25]>> So I usually count like once >> mine's like 26 days.

[00:49:28]>> So here's the crazy thing. In the past 10 years I have actually tried to figure out how many cycles I've had. It's been probably 12 >> because birth control and pregnancy.

[00:49:40]>> Birth control. Pregnancy.

[00:49:44]pregnant right after before even getting a cycle.

[00:49:48]>> Then birth control and then pregnancy >> and then one cycle pregnancy. Like I mean it was like >> Yeah.

[00:49:58]>> I just Yeah. Haven't Oh, and also when I was breastfeeding, I went a long time without getting my period too, >> man. I I never took a birth control that suppressed my period. So I just never I've never gone except >> was never super heavy. So I think that that's why it would just knock it out.

[00:50:12]Yeah, you took it out.

[00:50:14]>> Mine wasn't my I had a when I was on the pill, I had a period. When I got the an IUD, I didn't have a period.

[00:50:21]>> That's how mine was. Okay. You can still get pregnant while on your period.

[00:50:26]>> I think they say yes. I think that's true.

[00:50:29]>> I think they say yes, but I don't believe it. I think it's very unlikely.

[00:50:31]>> It says true, especially if you ovulate early or have a short cycle.

[00:50:35]>> Okay.

[00:50:36]>> Brown period blood usually means something is seriously wrong.

[00:50:40]>> False.

[00:50:40]>> That's like at the end. Yep. I feel like that's >> the examination point.

[00:50:46]>> Did you guys get this where you'd get your period and then there was a day where nothing would happen and then one day later I would it would just like come back for one more.

[00:50:53]>> Yeah. It's like light and then it kind of get a heavy my exclamation point.

[00:50:57]>> That's so funny. The brown would always be at the beginning. I like tell myself that it was like from the last >> Yeah. beginning and end.

[00:51:03]>> It's like the oxidation of um the blood like the uterus.

[00:51:06]>> That's good. That's good.

[00:51:07]>> Severe period pain that makes you vomit or miss work as normal.

[00:51:11]>> No. No, that sounds bad.

[00:51:12]>> No, I miss school sometimes because of my period >> cuz I the cramps were so bad and they put me on birth control.

[00:51:20]>> Um, stress can affect your menstrual cycle.

[00:51:23]>> I believe that.

[00:51:24]>> True. And it can affect your ovulation and the timing.

[00:51:27]>> Ovulation usually happens about 14 days before your next period.

[00:51:32]>> That's what they say, but I can't say that's true.

[00:51:36]>> Have you taken ovulation tests?

[00:51:38]>> Never. Never in my life. I didn't even know those were a thing until you took them, Addie. And I was like, "What is that?" You're such a >> That's based not on anything.

[00:51:46]>> My friend the other day, she was like, "There is a chance that I got pregnant."

[00:51:52]Like, she was like, "There's a chance I got pregnant last night." She like just had a baby, too. And she was like, she's like, "I'm worried." I said, "Go take an ovulation test to see if you're even ovulating right now." Cuz she like kind of had her period or anything. And she's like, "Not ovulating." I'm like, "Okay, you're >> I know when I'm ovulating. I just don't know the amount of days in between." Um, it is 14 before your next period.

[00:52:12]>> It just gets really heavy distraction.

[00:52:14]>> Like, whoa, things are happening.

[00:52:17]>> PMS only causes emotional symptoms.

[00:52:21]>> No, the craving, the hunger, the hunger is unbelievable. I'm I always know. I'm like starving.

[00:52:27]>> Yeah.

[00:52:27]>> Bloating, fatigue, headaches, acne, and more.

[00:52:30]>> Oh my gosh. The pimples >> every time.

[00:52:32]>> Blood cuts during a period are usually dangerous.

[00:52:35]>> No, I feel like that's normal.

[00:52:36]>> No. Oh yeah, I get those a lot.

[00:52:38]Especially on day two, >> especially on heavier days. Yep. The uterus sheds its lining during ministration.

[00:52:43]>> True.

[00:52:44]>> True. The lining is what exists or what exits the body during a period.

[00:52:48]>> Exercise can sometimes help reduce cramps.

[00:52:50]>> True.

[00:52:51]>> Oh, yeah. For sure.

[00:52:53]>> True.

[00:52:55]Hormonal acne can worsen around your period.

[00:52:58]>> True.

[00:52:58]>> Got to be.

[00:52:59]>> True.

[00:52:59]>> Hey, we're so educated.

[00:53:00]>> You're doing good.

[00:53:01]>> It's like we've done this.

[00:53:02]>> You lose about a cup of blood during an average period. Do you really?

[00:53:07]True.

[00:53:08]>> I really >> I don't know. Okay, >> I'm guessing >> that's false.

[00:53:13]>> Yeah, I was gonna say it's got to be less than that.

[00:53:15]>> Seems like a lot.

[00:53:15]>> Um, this one this says you'd lose around 1 to two tablespoons. I also said saw one that said it was like three to four.

[00:53:21]>> No, sorry. More than that. When I'm looking at this disc, >> that is kind of crazy.

[00:53:26]>> One to two tablespoons every 12 hours.

[00:53:30]>> Certainly way.

[00:53:31]>> Certainly.

[00:53:33]It's possible to have symptoms from ovulation.

[00:53:36]>> Uh yeah, I learned that after having babies.

[00:53:38]>> Yes, same with me. I didn't have any before.

[00:53:40]>> Symptoms what?

[00:53:41]>> Like you feel your ovulation. I was thinking about like being horny. Oh shoot.

[00:53:47]>> I don't get that one.

[00:53:48]>> I think that's like biological because that's the time they want your body wants you to make a baby.

[00:53:53]>> Makes sense.

[00:53:54]>> This says people notice cramps, discharge changes, or bloating. My discharge does change. That's not even one of them.

[00:54:02]>> But you want to know what's bi like an interesting thing about that is I do notice >> the the discharge changes. You're like very very lubricated during your ovulation.

[00:54:13]>> Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:54:14]>> Which makes sense.

[00:54:15]>> Yes.

[00:54:19]>> Okay.

[00:54:20]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:54:23]>> Your period blood is dirty blood your body is getting rid of.

[00:54:27]>> Yes. No, it's not. What?

[00:54:30]>> That's a That sounds like shame stuff.

[00:54:33]They're like the women have to go to the outskirts of the city.

[00:54:37]>> You're unclean for 7 to 10 business days.

[00:54:43]>> Periods can change over time as you age.

[00:54:46]>> Yeah.

[00:54:47]>> Yeah, I think so.

[00:54:48]>> Agreed. That's true. Hormone stress, health conditions, and aging all affect your cycle. PMS symptoms can begin before bleeding starts. I was actually surprised by that this last time. I was like, I feel I'm so crampy. My back was aching. I was moody. Um really hungry.

[00:55:07]And then my period didn't come.

[00:55:09]>> Never moody, Abby.

[00:55:10]>> Thank you for saying that.

[00:55:11]>> She's never moody.

[00:55:12]>> I don't notice it.

[00:55:13]>> It's so kindness of you.

[00:55:15]>> So kindness.

[00:55:16]>> The that whole week I was like, when is it happening? And it started the week after.

[00:55:20]>> Oh wow.

[00:55:21]>> I know. I had never cramped before my period. Normally I would cramp on like the day that I would get my period. This was the whole week before it was crazy.

[00:55:28]But it was my second period post baby, so things are still, >> you know, they're getting back to normal.

[00:55:32]>> It does say PMS often begins in the ludal phase before the period arrives, which I believe ludal is right before.

[00:55:38]So that would make sense.

[00:55:39]>> Cool.

[00:55:40]>> Cervical cervical mucus changes throughout the menstrual cycle.

[00:55:45]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, >> it does.

[00:55:47]>> Cervical mucus. What is that?

[00:55:48]>> Discharge.

[00:55:49]>> Discharge. Oh, >> you've been saying it this whole podcast. Not a scientific term.

[00:55:57]>> You're discharging.

[00:55:58]>> No, that's like Abby. Abby says >> what does she say?

[00:56:03]>> Oh no.

[00:56:05]>> I think he jizz actually. That one really hurt.

[00:56:15]Abby says jizz.

[00:56:20]Why do you say that? In what context are you saying?

[00:56:23]>> Middle.

[00:56:25]>> You've never heard her say it's so middle. I'm going to say in front of people. I'm surprised she said Yeah, cuz I think it's funny.

[00:56:34]>> Okay. I'm sorry. I just really derailed this conversation.

[00:56:37]>> I just What do you say?

[00:56:39]>> I just like saying things like a middle schooler.

[00:56:41]>> It comes up.

[00:56:42]>> I don't know why. It comes up. It comes up. IT COMES UP.

[00:56:49]THE FIRST TIME I SAID THAT TO YOU, YOU were like, "Whoa, don't say that.

[00:56:55]>> I was taking a back."

[00:56:58]>> And now I just Whenever >> it's usually from your mouth, but if it's not, I think about you.

[00:57:05]>> I'm honored. It's just so crass and funny and childish. I don't like saying it.

[00:57:10]>> I love it.

[00:57:13]>> Sorry for that interrupt.

[00:57:14]>> Your poops are a real thing.

[00:57:16]>> Yes. Oh yeah. The I always know it's a good day. That first day of the period cleaned out then I'm constipated for about six days. Really? That first day that was amazing.

[00:57:25]>> It's all I mean if we're talking about it, you know, like if you have a tampon in, you have to poop. That's just like the worst.

[00:57:31]>> Oh, such a waste of your tampon.

[00:57:33]>> Literally, I'm like just take it out.

[00:57:35]Can't do it.

[00:57:37]>> Uh you can ovulate even if your cycles are irregular.

[00:57:41]>> I don't know.

[00:57:42]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:57:44]>> Yeah. It just doesn't always mean that you're it's like the 14 days before.

[00:57:48]>> Okay. So, you can ovulate but not bleed later.

[00:57:50]>> Sleeping poorly can sometimes affect your cycle.

[00:57:52]>> I don't I'm sure I'm sure it can.

[00:57:54]>> Weird ovulation also can be a I shouldn't say weird. Irregular ovulation can also cause twins. Just >> Oh, I didn't know that.

[00:58:02]>> Your weird ovulation have I had weird ovulation happen. Wait, what were we talking about?

[00:58:06]>> Um, sleeping poorly can affect your cycle.

[00:58:09]>> Certainly it can. I feel like it affects everything >> just like stress can. Yes, it is true.

[00:58:16]>> Tampa, >> say it, Addie. What?

[00:58:18]>> Tampons could permanently get lost inside your body.

[00:58:21]>> False.

[00:58:22]>> There's an end.

[00:58:23]>> That's like I just saw the disc just >> the door. You just cough it up one day.

[00:58:31]>> I lost that month ago. No, I've heard terrible stories of people like leaving them in for really long time. Forget about >> bad things happen. The cervix prevents tampons from traveling beyond the vagina.

[00:58:43]>> Yes.

[00:58:43]>> Yes.

[00:58:43]>> And whatever else.

[00:58:44]>> Praise the Lord for that.

[00:58:45]>> Cups, discs.

[00:58:48]>> Oh, period cravings can be influenced by hormones.

[00:58:51]>> Yeah. Oh, boy. I want that chocolate.

[00:58:53]>> Last one. Having a regular period means all hormones are balanced.

[00:58:58]>> Are they balanced? No.

[00:58:59]>> Yeah, that's true. It's a good It is false. You guys are correct. Um, someone can still have hormone related issues despite regular cycles. M >> that's it.

[00:59:08]>> I'm actually surprised that I knew I was honestly when we suggested a quiz I was like probably not going to know much about this.

[00:59:13]>> Yeah, wait till we do them.

[00:59:14]>> There is a question that I read on a different quiz that I was reading. How many periods do you think you have in your lifetime? Average >> two quizzes have the same number. So I'm going based on that number different ages.

[00:59:26]>> Yeah, my calendars. Well, my calculator is >> the calendar. You're going to count every month. Wow.

[00:59:32]>> I have everything tracked from the age 12.

[00:59:36]>> No, just kidding. I just started tracking in the last three years. Um, how are we doing this math? There's 12 months in a year. How many years have I lived?

[00:59:49]>> I'm going to say >> 336.

[00:59:54]>> No, certainly not.

[00:59:58]Because if I did 18 years of having my period, you know, 30 minus 12 18 years.

[01:00:05]>> But are you talking about your total lifetime or just my current lifetime?

[01:00:09]>> In your total lifetime, >> not how old you are now.

[01:00:13]>> Oh. Oh, >> maybe 28 is a maybe 336 is impressive, but I would say almost 300.

[01:00:18]>> I'm going to say 400.

[01:00:19]>> Whoa.

[01:00:21]>> Are those your answers?

[01:00:22]>> Well, I'm thinking now 30 and I'm going to go to 45. That's 15 more years. And that was 216.

[01:00:29]336 and you're saying >> 400?

[01:00:32]>> It's 450.

[01:00:33]>> Wow. Well, not me. I've late bloomer.

[01:00:37]I've obliterated that with my birth control usage.

[01:00:40]>> That is interesting because I wonder if it's accounting for um pregnancies. I don't know.

[01:00:45]>> That's why I was think at least a year gone.

[01:00:48]>> Yeah.

[01:00:49]>> Mhm.

[01:00:50]>> Yeah.

[01:00:50]>> Actually, some people get their period while they're pregnant.

[01:00:53]>> I'm so sorry for you. I mean, that's just unlucky for you because >> Well, that's how some people don't know that they're pregnant and they >> I know. That's just a great >> Or people just have irregular periods and then they just don't realize they're pregnant.

[01:01:03]>> That's really wild.

[01:01:04]>> I don't understand the best science >> besides your baby. It's a great gift >> to not have a period.

[01:01:09]>> Yeah.

[01:01:10]>> Um Okay, let's read their their audience story.

[01:01:14]>> We share Yeah. We asked you guys what your audience horror stories are. I feel like every girl has experienced mishap.

[01:01:20]We're gonna share our horror stories and we asked you guys on Instagram what your some of your experiences were with periods and you guys had some good ones.

[01:01:28]This first one, Heather West says, "While on vacation, the suction from my menstrual cup pulled my IUD out of my uterus."

[01:01:40]>> Do you think that hurt?

[01:01:42]>> Yes.

[01:01:43]>> Ever had an IUD? Really?

[01:01:45]>> Well, getting it removed.

[01:01:46]>> Surely you think that happened gradually though. Or did it the just like as soon as she suctioned it, it ripped it?

[01:01:52]>> Well, first of all, >> why was it?

[01:01:54]>> It's not supposed to suction anything.

[01:01:55]So something maybe something was just like >> it was inserted incorrectly. Maybe >> like it was closed and then opened up there.

[01:02:02]>> Yeah. Whoa.

[01:02:03]>> All the way at your cervix.

[01:02:05]>> Whoa.

[01:02:05]>> The ID surely had to be slipping out.

[01:02:07]>> Yeah. Hopefully >> cuz >> if you're having intercourse also and then but that >> does it. It seems a little odd to me.

[01:02:15]>> That would be crazy.

[01:02:18]traumatic. We're sorry. Paula said, "PCOS girly. So once I had my period for one and a half months straight."

[01:02:25]>> No, that's horrible.

[01:02:27]>> That is >> That's horrible.

[01:02:29]>> Were you taking supplements? That sounds >> scary. Scary. Yeah. All the iron loss.

[01:02:35]She surely lost a cup.

[01:02:36]>> A Yeah. Seriously.

[01:02:40]>> Um I once had my period on a fabric chair in school. They had me carry the chair through the halls to the nurse.

[01:02:45]>> That's mean.

[01:02:48]That's mean. That deserves a phone call from your mom. That That deserves a phone call. That's really mean. Kayla said, "My first cup got stuck and I had to ask my boyfriend of a month to help me get it out."

[01:03:00]>> Oh, surely there's another call.

[01:03:01]>> Yeah, surely there's another option for that.

[01:03:05]>> Oh my gosh, that's funny.

[01:03:06]>> Dang it. Um, Candace said, "Having used a cardboard tampon after bleeding through my uniform skirt at school."

[01:03:12]>> Truly, the cardboard tampon is the biggest drama trauma of them all. It's a medieval contraption.

[01:03:17]>> It really is. Lisa said, "I passed out my first period seeing the blood."

[01:03:21]Shoes.

[01:03:22]>> Oh, wow.

[01:03:22]>> Shoes.

[01:03:23]>> I actually know people that pass out at the sight of blood and then my question, follow question was, "How do you deal with your own cycle?"

[01:03:28]>> That's interesting. I've actually never thought about that.

[01:03:31]>> They probably just pass out and then move on with their day.

[01:03:33]>> That's wild.

[01:03:34]>> Yeah. And the blood loss doesn't help.

[01:03:36]>> They should use the disc. It's only twice a day instead of like six.

[01:03:38]>> But it's a crime seeing what it is.

[01:03:41]She in the shower.

[01:03:44]>> Alyssa says, "First period on Fourth of July at my friend's grandparents house right before going to the water park."

[01:03:50]>> No, that's sad.

[01:03:52]>> That was always the fear for me.

[01:03:53]>> It's a fear. It's not really a big deal once you figure it out. But that >> it's not going to gush the first time.

[01:03:57]>> It's not going to gush and no one's going to know that you're on it, but >> that would just be a tough pill for your brain.

[01:04:04]>> Exactly. That's all you can think about when you're in a tiny little swimsuit.

[01:04:06]Um, go green said non-stop bleeding for a month straight. doctor didn't want didn't want to put me on birth control ultrasound normal. That's so frustrating. Like why would we just bleed? You know, that's a bummer.

[01:04:18]>> So weird.

[01:04:19]>> There's so many things.

[01:04:21]>> Yeah. I hope you figured out why that happened because that sounds miserable.

[01:04:25]>> It really does.

[01:04:25]>> Alicia says, "Got it the day before my wedding and my second day is always the heaviest."

[01:04:30]>> I was so worried about that happening.

[01:04:33]And you know what I did specifically for this purpose? I went on birth control like the month be two or a couple months before so that I could time when I would get my period.

[01:04:43]>> Me too.

[01:04:44]>> And I took my pills accordingly to like time out when I would get it.

[01:04:48]>> Mhm.

[01:04:49]>> Why am I having no memory of I guess I just wasn't on my period.

[01:04:53]>> I definitely got birth control before we got married and I got it in like April.

[01:04:57]We got on birth control.

[01:04:58]>> Yeah. So then then I didn't I knew I'd probably stopped having a period. So then I was glad I didn't have to worry about >> I know. I was just like that would suck.

[01:05:06]>> Yeah, that would be a big bummer.

[01:05:07]>> Suck. Um, Lizzie said, "The first time the first ever time I got my period, I thought I pooped myself and I was >> Oh, wow. Well, it's brown when it first comes out, you know.

[01:05:19]>> Did I poop on my vagina?

[01:05:22]>> That would be concerning.

[01:05:23]>> That would be concerning."

[01:05:25]>> Tally Joy says, "I pulled my tampon out in the morning and there was still another string."

[01:05:30]>> Oh, that's every girl's worst first night.

[01:05:32]>> I've never >> I haven't done that. I haven't either, but I know people that have I've had I've had friends had to get surgery cuz they've left it in so long.

[01:05:39]>> Yeah. I mean, it's rare. It's happened to like two people, but >> Did they get toxic shock?

[01:05:43]>> No, I've never known anyone to get that.

[01:05:45]>> I can feel it. Like I just I could never put them both in. Not that that doesn't happen.

[01:05:49]>> I mean, if you have a light tampon up there, I mean, those look really comfortable, you know? I could see it.

[01:05:56]>> I know.

[01:05:57]>> From Hannah Carter. First time using a tampon was in the condo bathroom at church camp before heading to the beach.

[01:06:02]My mom was trying to explain how to use it over the phone while I panic cried in the bathroom. Thought I finally got it right until I got in the ocean and watched it float past me because I didn't put it in far enough. Needless to say, I stayed out of the water the rest of the time.

[01:06:24]>> This sounds like one of those situations.

[01:06:28]I just picture her standing there just like her eyes just following it. Oh, >> I feel like that type of thing would happen to me and I would JUST LIKE GET IT OUT OF HERE. Who is that?

[01:06:41]>> I always just whenever things like that happen, I just flee. So, I feel like that would just be my >> blaming it on everyone else.

[01:06:47]>> Oh, that's crazy.

[01:06:49]>> Whoa. You see that fish?

[01:06:52]>> That's like everyone's worst nightmare.

[01:06:53]But we're like fish.

[01:06:57]These losers out here littering.

[01:06:59]>> Oh my gosh. Well, now you have a good story. That's an amazing amazing story.

[01:07:07]>> I'm not kidding, Hannah. That would really happen to me. That would really happen.

[01:07:12]>> That also It would be a great movie.

[01:07:14]Somebody writing a movie should put that in there.

[01:07:15]>> They're going to steal it.

[01:07:16]>> It's really good.

[01:07:17]>> They're going to steal it for sure. And also, hey, good news. You don't get your period when you're in water.

[01:07:21]>> It's true. So, you don't even need your >> I would have said she should have just stayed in the water, actually.

[01:07:25]>> Yeah. Don't leave. You don't bleed as much in the water.

[01:07:28]>> That's great. Sarah Joe Taylor said, "First period came while on a camping trip. Thought I had the stomach flu.

[01:07:33]Mucho cramping and nausea. I thought I was going to die. No supplies. I now always have tampons with me. I've been scarred."

[01:07:40]>> Oh god. Don't you have to dig a hole when you're camping or you're going to attract the bears?

[01:07:44]>> The bears don't get blood.

[01:07:46]>> I smell some blood.

[01:07:49]>> I don't know. I've never camp.

[01:07:50]>> Piranhas. I don't know what it lions.

[01:07:53]>> Piranhas. She's camping in Africa.

[01:07:56]>> Yeah, piranha.

[01:07:58]>> Those are in water.

[01:07:59]>> I know. That's what That's what she had to worry about in the ocean. Hannah.

[01:08:02]Okay.

[01:08:02]>> Where are piranhas? Can you please look that up? It's Africa, right?

[01:08:05]>> Amazon.

[01:08:06]>> What are you talking about?

[01:08:07]>> Piranhas.

[01:08:08]>> Where do piranhas live?

[01:08:09]>> Oh, I thought you were.

[01:08:11]>> You know how many times I ask Siri animal questions cuz I'm my kids. Hey Siri, where do piranhas live?

[01:08:17]>> Piranhas live in the water bodies and rivers of South America. in particular Amazon, Llata and Oranova.

[01:08:24]>> Every answer is the Amazon.

[01:08:26]>> Tropical freshwater rivers and lakes of the South America.

[01:08:29]>> Oh, South America. Yeah.

[01:08:30]>> That's one of those fears that's like quicksand, piranhas, like you think it's going to be a bigger issue than it ends up being >> the Amazon. The Just don't go to the Amazon. Gosh, >> going the largest spiders are there.

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[01:10:21]Don't worry, I'm not going to talk too much. My first story was my first period story, which honestly was I hope this can I mean probably people listening to this have already had their periods for many years.

[01:10:31]>> Yeah.

[01:10:32]>> Pass this on to your daughter. Most periods, first periods are not majorly eventful. No.

[01:10:36]>> And I think in my head I had heard all these like crazy stories. I was like so like on pins and needles for so long like when is it going to happen?

[01:10:44]Actually I thought it was going to happen a long time before because I started getting discharged.

[01:10:50]>> Yeah.

[01:10:50]>> In fifth grade. Yeah.

[01:10:51]>> So that day I went to the to the bathroom like eight times.

[01:10:56]>> My teacher surely thought I got my period because I surely did.

[01:10:59]>> And I was like, "What in the world?"

[01:11:00]Little did I know, years later.

[01:11:02]>> Yeah. years down the line. Um, but I got it and I was just at school and I just went to the bathroom and I was like, "Oh, that's what it is." Crazy. Went to my locker cuz they had the stuff already ready from my mom.

[01:11:13]>> Um, I do remember the underwear I was wearing.

[01:11:15]>> You do?

[01:11:17]>> Because I was like, "This has to be the last day I ever wear this underwear, obviously." But then any other underwear like this, I need more mature underwear.

[01:11:26]It was purple underwear with frogs on it >> and I was >> from Limited Too >> probably. Yeah. And I was like, "It's got to end. It's got to end today.

[01:11:35]>> I'm now a woman."

[01:11:36]>> No, I don't think it was cool. I don't I think if it was from Limited 2, I would have thought it was still cool.

[01:11:41]>> It was certainly probably just Fruit of the Loom bikini. I was like, "This >> I mean, you were 14. It was tough."

[01:11:46]>> It was so tough.

[01:11:47]>> And then I got cheetah print underwear >> from Victoria Secret. Wow. You skipped from child to jump.

[01:11:54]>> Jumped a lot. And then I had dance that day. Like I said, >> I popped myself right in front of the bathroom counter. shared a bathroom with a boy, my brother, and um I was like he's just he just had to get used to it, I guess. I'm I didn't hide anything from my brother.

[01:12:09]>> Like your like your products, you mean?

[01:12:10]>> Yeah. Like not I didn't hide it. I put in the trash, >> right? Like you closed the door when you were trying to put the tampon in. He wasn't in there.

[01:12:17]>> I was not in there.

[01:12:18]>> You brave the story like he was in there.

[01:12:20]>> You said the bathroom.

[01:12:22]>> He was nowhere to be found, but I never hid like where I store the tampons or even like in the trash. I didn't feel like I needed >> Yeah, for sure.

[01:12:29]>> That's great. Certainly.

[01:12:30]>> I appreciate that.

[01:12:30]>> Yeah. Well, he set me up.

[01:12:32]>> He was set up for six.

[01:12:34]>> Um, but yeah, it was very uneventful.

[01:12:36]But, you know, >> it was one of those things. I had dance that day and I just remember telling my friend, I was like, "Hey, I got my period." And she's like, "Oh, yeah. I've been doing that for a year." I was like, "How dare you?" My first period was really chill, too. Actually, I remember being that anxious feeling all the time at school, like, "Oh, that feels kind of weird." And then running to the bathroom and thinking that I got my period. and all my friends like trading tampons and they needed them and it's like oh you got yours you got yours and I actually now I think I think it was eighth grade when I got mine and I was in math class I remember exactly the class that I was in and I went to the bathroom I was like I got to go pee pulled my pants down a little brown discharge and I texted my friend and she brought me a tampon or maybe just a pad I don't remember and I went home that day told my mom and she took me to Cheesecake Factory for a little girls date >> a sweet she was like welcome to the club >> the club yeah I actually really liked that um like our little ritual of celebrating it. Yeah, it was cute.

[01:13:28]>> I like that.

[01:13:29]>> But it was pretty. It was like lowkey and uneventful. I don't remember a ton about it.

[01:13:33]>> I also don't remember it being regular for a long time.

[01:13:36]>> Oh, really?

[01:13:37]>> Like I would get it and then I would go a couple months without getting it and then I would get it again. Like I never was able to track it.

[01:13:43]>> So my second one was my first incident which also happened in 8th grade. And I was sitting in history class with the teacher that everyone thought was like the hottest teacher. Like everyone had a crush on this teacher in his class. I get up from the chair.

[01:14:00]Not only have I bled through my underwear, >> oh, >> my my jeans.

[01:14:06]>> It's all in the chair.

[01:14:07]>> No, that's horrible.

[01:14:09]>> You guys, can you predict what I did?

[01:14:11]>> Sat there all day.

[01:14:12]>> Ran away.

[01:14:14]>> I just ran away.

[01:14:16]>> To where?

[01:14:17]>> I left class cuz that was the bell rang and I was like, well, >> get me out of here. You left the blood on the seat. Someone else is going to sit there.

[01:14:23]>> Oh, shoot. Shoot.

[01:14:25]>> Yes.

[01:14:26]>> Shoot. That is so like I I literally just froze and I was like panic run.

[01:14:32]>> Dude, that's crazy.

[01:14:34]>> And you know what I was wearing? Every everyone's got to guess.

[01:14:37]>> White jeans.

[01:14:37]>> Justice cammy. White cami underneath my shirt. Just pulled it all the way down.

[01:14:43]>> You know the camis. Yes.

[01:14:46]>> Pulled that real far down. Went to the bathroom.

[01:14:50]I don't even like I just think I had very little coping skills with this type of thing. I I just was like >> this is emergency emergency emergency.

[01:14:59]I'm blacking out.

[01:15:01]>> I just I feel like I probably just did not do the sanitary thing. I just don't know what I did. I think >> certainly not. You left the blood on the chair.

[01:15:08]>> I certainly was not. But even like where was I going after that? Like what did I do? I I would like to think that I went to my PE locker and changed into my gym shorts. But then in my my thinking about my like middle school brain, I probably was like that will be so obvious that that's what happened.

[01:15:24]>> So I have no idea what happened, but I just know that I I'd fled the scene.

[01:15:28]>> Did your mom bring you any clothes? Did you text her? I guess she was working so she couldn't.

[01:15:32]>> My mom did not stay home.

[01:15:33]>> Yeah.

[01:15:34]>> Did you guys like start to bleed through or something like that? Did you just like wad up toilet paper?

[01:15:38]>> Yeah. Yeah. W toilet paper.

[01:15:40]>> Set in your underwear and hope for the best.

[01:15:42]>> Make a little hamburger. Literally, I said so. I forgot about that. The wad.

[01:15:50]>> Okay.

[01:15:50]>> So, yeah, just blood that scene.

[01:15:52]>> Yeah.

[01:15:53]>> Not proud of that.

[01:15:54]>> That's hopefully it was a boy and he just wouldn't expect a period. I don't know.

[01:15:59]>> That's foul. I mean, >> I don't know.

[01:16:01]>> It's natural, but that's >> I know. But then if he got blood on his pants next, no one would say anything.

[01:16:06]The next girl gets blood on her face.

[01:16:08]>> She's like, I swear.

[01:16:12]>> Oh man, that's great. Yeah, that's a hard one. That's like that's scary.

[01:16:16]>> I think I was shocked because I had never really had a heavy cycle, but sometimes like the first year you're like things are kind of crazy.

[01:16:24]>> Mhm. They totally are. I My first Well, this wasn't my first incident. This was an incident that like burned in my head and it happened a couple times. I was very scared of getting toxic shock syndrome. So, I would refuse to sleep in tampons, which was just silly. You're not going to get it from sleeping in a tampon, right? So, I after a couple of these incidents, my friend was like, "Girl, just sleep in your freaking tampon."

[01:16:48]>> I >> I didn't like doing that.

[01:16:49]>> Woke up multiple times at night. Well, in the morning, and I would get out of bed and it would be massive blood spots on my sheets >> and my mattress. Like, it bled through my bed multiple times.

[01:17:01]>> That's a heavy.

[01:17:02]>> So, here's what I would do. Let me slow.

[01:17:04]>> Here's what I would do for my solution.

[01:17:06]I'd put one maxi pad in the correct spot and then I'd put two maxi pads across my butt. So I'd wear like a diaper almost.

[01:17:15]>> Wait, on your bed?

[01:17:16]>> No, like I'd wear full I'd wear big underwear and I'd put one maxi pad, you know, in the crotch and then two across my butt because I didn't I was so upset that it would like bleed through cuz you I lay on my back >> so the blood would travel down my crack.

[01:17:32]>> I didn't even detail a puppy pad at this point. No, honestly didn't know they made them. Never had a dog.

[01:17:39]>> Did you have like crampy per like >> I did have some cramps, but not like bad bad.

[01:17:44]>> You were pretty crampy. Did you Was it heavy?

[01:17:47]>> It was not that heavy. No.

[01:17:49]>> Wow.

[01:17:50]>> But really, really crampy.

[01:17:52]>> Yeah. It only happened at night when I was laying down.

[01:17:54]>> I was I never had a painful >> period. Mine I would call my mom and I would leave. I would like leave school and so I would like hope to like when I would start feeling cramps like I'd take a midol like right away and hope I could catch it before it got bad. But if not I have like so many memories of me laying on the bathroom floor like crying to my mom in pain. I said so many times I was like I don't know how I'm ever going to have a baby if I can't get through my period. Like they were so I'm like if contractions or anything like period cramps they were so bad. And so yeah and then that's why I got put on birth control. Did you ever grow out of that like now?

[01:18:31]>> Yeah, I they're not as painful anymore.

[01:18:32]As soon as I got off birth control, they weren't as painful. So, I'm like, was I a wimp or did I grow up a little bit or you know?

[01:18:39]>> Cuz I was on it too. I went on birth control in high school. I had cramps. I don't think they were that bad. But then like later in the years, like I don't do birth control now. And I feel like my cycle is so much more regular and way less.

[01:18:50]>> I mean, it wasn't bad when I was on birth control, but I just feel like maybe I was just young and like needed to give my body more time to >> Yeah.

[01:18:56]>> figure it out.

[01:18:57]>> Probably same. probably, >> you know. So, >> I feel like mine was the worst in high school. Like, >> yeah, >> freshman, sophomore year, and then I got on birth control junior year.

[01:19:06]>> I also think about like what I ate in high school. You know what I mean?

[01:19:09]For breakfast didn't help my cycle, my hormones.

[01:19:12]>> That could be my problem. That could have been my problem.

[01:19:15]>> I I certainly remember like hamming it up though, especially like when I started dating Matt. I would be like, I just wanted I just want to be taken care of, of course.

[01:19:23]>> So, I was like, "Oh, I'm on my period so bad." And I was like, "It's really all right.

[01:19:28]Yeah, I never really had a >> Well, they don't know what I heard.

[01:19:30]>> I did feel like less of I wanted to feel that like sometimes I want to feel like a part of a club.

[01:19:35]>> Oh, it's not a fun club.

[01:19:36]>> It's not a fun club. I That's That was really naive of me. That was like the same side of me that wished I had glasses and braces, >> you know? Like I just wanted to be a part of >> Sure.

[01:19:45]>> I just wanted to be one of them.

[01:19:46]>> Totally. Totally.

[01:19:48]>> Uh this one where I talk about the Diva Club having a learning curve. Mhm.

[01:19:54]>> This I was in college obviously when this all I was like >> not in high school. I was a established woman, >> a young woman. And um I just remember this day I remember this whole day just going south. Like it was like I had I work I would work out in the morning and I had classes like this. I would like bulk my classes cuz it would help with my work schedule cuz I was also trying to get married. So I was like I got to work and I got to do school and I like So I would do all my classes and then I had a uh like a really long shift at the pizza restaurant. Actually, no, no, no.

[01:20:29]This was at the cocktail lounge. So, I was working till really late, like maybe like >> 10 or 11. I just had the longest day ever. And it was going so bad. Like, everything was going so bad. And then I had so much homework and I was just like so stressed out. Hadn't eaten much that whole day >> and I got to change my cup. And I was at the house that we like Addy lived at the house that I lived in in college after I moved out.

[01:20:54]>> Mhm.

[01:20:54]>> Anyway, I pull that cup out. spilled all over the bathroom rug.

[01:21:00]>> The amount of things that have been on that bathroom floor, >> the rug, >> and had been in all day.

[01:21:07]>> Yeah, >> that rug.

[01:21:09]>> And I It was literally one of those moments where I was like, >> I like audibly made that sound cuz I was just like, I cannot cuz I also just knew I had so much homework to do. I'm like, I'm going to be up all night. I'm already so tired and I'm on my period.

[01:21:26]Like there was just so many things.

[01:21:27]>> You do the taller thing. You just throw the rest of it down. I just might as well might as well dump it out.

[01:21:32]>> Probably did. And I just hear a knock at the door as Matt and he's like, "Is everything okay?" I was like, "Yes, it's fine." And then he's like, "What's wrong? We're about to get married." Like cuz this is around the time we started using the cup. And he was like, "Oh, yes. 3 months before."

[01:21:46]>> He's like, "Do you need do you need help?" And I was like, >> "No, I'm just going to throw this away."

[01:21:52]>> Yeah. Honestly.

[01:21:53]>> And then he's like, "I can clean it for you." A >> and I'm like there probably like this maybe was inappropriate in some fashion, but he cleaned that entire room in. It was covered in like it was so covered.

[01:22:08]It was so gross. I remember be like, "Thank you so much."

[01:22:13]>> In my head, I was like, "It's not even my rug. It was rug." Yeah. And Matt cleaned that entire rug. Bless his heart. And I'm like doing my schoolwork.

[01:22:23]And I'm also just like still kind of embarrassed cuz we were just like >> we were really close but we weren't married. Like we didn't like I don't know. And he was so nice and so gracious about it was didn't act grossed out at all.

[01:22:34]>> Yeah.

[01:22:35]>> But I was like this is one of those things where I was like wow that's one to two tablespoons. Like >> you saying that I was like wow. I saw what it looks like on a bathroom rug.

[01:22:45]>> It looks like a lot more. Yeah. Yeah.

[01:22:48]>> So yeah that was >> you got to go slow with those. Right.

[01:22:51]>> Got to go slow and be in the shower.

[01:22:53]Maybe over the toilet.

[01:22:54]>> Yes.

[01:22:55]>> I don't know what how that even happened. Just like flung.

[01:22:58]>> I know. It's >> It's understandable.

[01:23:01]>> There's a learning curve.

[01:23:02]>> Learning curve.

[01:23:04]>> Yeah, that's a good one. AB. It happens to the best of us.

[01:23:07]>> It was I mean that graphic is in my head forever.

[01:23:10]>> Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't be honest if I wouldn't say some blood ended up on my floor these last cycles.

[01:23:16]>> Like it's I just thought about the fact that our editor is a guy. Our editor's a guy sweet. I bet Ry's sweet about his wife.

[01:23:26]>> He's like, "You'll never guess what I listen to for four hours today."

[01:23:31]>> He's going to clip it up.

[01:23:32]>> He's going to ask her, "What do I cut out of this? How do I tie up?"

[01:23:37]>> Ready? Make sure it's okay with your wife.

[01:23:38]>> Clip here. Get the J.

[01:23:41]>> Shut up.

[01:23:45]>> Last story. Sorry.

[01:23:47]Okay, my next story. Um, okay. When I was in fifth grade, this isn't period blood, but this is related to like menstrual cycle stuff. I was at a track meet, very hot day. I'll never forget the setting of it. And I started to feel kind of sick, like crampy, painful. I'm like, man, that's weird. I must I think I'm really nervous for my race. I'm like, I'm so nervous. I'm having like stomach problems.

[01:24:11]>> I It was fifth grade. It was Yeah, it was just a low-key track team. And I was so nervous for my race. I just must be really sick. And I remember the bathroom was really far from the track. Like the track was down below and it was at a high school. So, you know, you think about like football field and the school away. So, I kept going back and forth to the bathroom thinking that I had to go to the bathroom and having the worst cramps. And so, then I'm I'm in the bathroom and I don't even realize it, but I am I'm actually screaming in the bathroom and my dad kicks the door in of the bathroom and I feel like I'm going to throw up and like I have to go poop at the same time. Like I feel so sick and I'm like moaning in pain and I'm screaming and my dad opens the door, grabs me and runs me to the car. I was like screaming in pain. They thought I was having appendicitis. What was happening was I was having an ovarian cis burst in the fifth grade. And so I remember that my dad threw me in the car. Luckily we were really close to a hospital and he rushed me to the ER and he carried me. I couldn't walk. I know he ran me into the ER. I was screaming in pain and I just remember they give me some loopy gas and it was like I turned my mood around so fast. But they didn't know it was wrong. So I had to do like the CAT scan and all that stuff and I just remember them saying this could happen potentially every time she has a period cuz I mean we didn't know anything about ovarian cyst. I've never had one since >> but yeah I had an ovarian cyst burst when I was in the fifth grade.

[01:25:33]>> Wow.

[01:25:34]>> Yeah. Spend the night in the ER for that. Very crazy.

[01:25:37]>> Yeah. But they gave me pain meds.

[01:25:38]>> And you'd already had a period? I had never had my period. No, this was fifth grade. I didn't get my period till eighth grade.

[01:25:43]>> Okay.

[01:25:43]>> Isn't that so random and weird?

[01:25:46]>> Yeah.

[01:25:46]>> But it felt like my appendix was bursting.

[01:25:48]>> Why?

[01:25:49]>> I know. Weird.

[01:25:50]>> I had a friend growing up that would always get cysts in her breasts.

[01:25:53]>> Really?

[01:25:53]>> And they were painful.

[01:25:55]>> Really?

[01:25:56]>> Sometimes they would rupture. Okay, we have a couple more stories since this is going long. Um, just a friendly reminder that I just want to throw in there. Like Patreon is just an entirely added value additional thing. Yeah.

[01:26:08]>> Um, for those of you that are able to opt in or are interested in any way, our episodes are actually longer now than they've ever been, not including the Patreon episode, which is really just an overflow cuz we can't shut our mouths.

[01:26:22]Um, but it doesn't fit into a normal podcast length. So, this is just entirely extra.

[01:26:27]>> So, at this point, before we're even going over to Patreon, we've already recorded for an hour and a half and we're not even done. There's more than the regular episode, too. So that is it's really out of necessity of like wow this is just so much extra.

[01:26:41]>> We're going to hop over there and just a couple more chatty extra bits. Yeah.

[01:26:45]We're going to do our stories and then we started doing this. I think it's fun taking a Patreon exclusive question. So someone who's a part of the Patreon community asks a question and we answer it on our bonus. So it's like an extra Q&A little part two.

[01:26:57]>> Yes.

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[01:28:34]>> Hello Chickal Lindas. Hi, my name is Danielle. I am also from one of the four corner states rep repping from New Mexico and I love your podcast. So my question to you is what was like one of your most socially awkward moments that you think you've had? One of mine was I was in the grocery store and I thought this lady was talking to me. Turned out she had her AirPod in and um it was very awkward for both of us. So I would love to know one of y'all's most awkward moments. Um love y'all. Bye.

[01:29:08]>> Wait, I want to know what she said it.

[01:29:10]Did you say chicka chicka?

[01:29:11]>> That was really cute.

[01:29:12]>> It was so cute. Hello, Chickalindas.

[01:29:16]>> Chickalindas.

[01:29:18]>> I have so many, but the problem about me is I don't get embarrassed so it doesn't get seared in my mind, you know?

[01:29:23]>> Like, what was it?

[01:29:24]>> Like, I want to remember them because I'm like, please, I want to have that story. I love telling a good story.

[01:29:30]>> Same.

[01:29:31]>> Especially where it's at my own expense.

[01:29:32]>> I have one.

[01:29:34]And this >> Oh, >> is it the plane?

[01:29:39]>> No, not the plane. That you already shared that one.

[01:29:40]>> You shared that one. Okay. I was at um our friend our friend did a collaboration with a big company and I was sat next to her agent at this dinner and um he was telling us about some of the people that he represented and two of them were Olympic athletes and and they were pretty famous like they had gone viral a couple times and I was like Caleb telling him I'm like oh my gosh this is amazing the guy is in the special Sorry special.

[01:30:16]>> I said the guy like he's a runner, he's a tractor, he has one leg. He was in the special Olympics and the agent was like no no no he was in what's >> the parolympics.

[01:30:27]>> He was in the parolympics and I'm like I look at him I was like >> that is a mistake. Those days are very different.

[01:30:35]>> That is a mistake.

[01:30:36]>> I felt so embarrassed. I was like because then it was like not it's not appropriate to laugh at that you know I don't know I just felt so like that you can't laugh at that because it's not funny. I'm just like but I just got that mixed up when I said it and I was so embarrassed and I felt really >> still think about this day. I'm like telling these people that >> Yeah. He I mean he didn't have a leg so it wasn't like you know he's in the parolympics.

[01:31:00]>> Different disability.

[01:31:01]>> Different disability. Yeah. Yeah. That was a bad one. That was really awkward.

[01:31:06]That is really That's a good one.

[01:31:10]>> Also, isn't like the Special Olympics like your church can put on a Special Olympics?

[01:31:13]>> Yeah.

[01:31:14]>> Yeah.

[01:31:14]>> Yeah. Like it's like it's more like a charity more so. Yeah.

[01:31:17]>> I really want to think of an embarrassing story, guys.

[01:31:19]>> I mean, your your worst most socially awkward moment was trying to have sex on the airplane.

[01:31:24]>> Yeah.

[01:31:24]>> Oh, that is true.

[01:31:26]>> You haven't told that story on this podcast.

[01:31:28]>> That is the worst story.

[01:31:30]>> I will tell it. I will tell you embarrassing. Don't clip this cuz then my mom will see it and she got mad the first time this >> the second hand panic. I feel for you.

[01:31:42]>> It hurts my stomach. It hurts my stomach. Just think about it. It's like not a funny.

[01:31:46]>> I don't know how you make if it hurts your stomach now. I don't know how you thought.

[01:31:50]>> I think that I dissociated like I think my brain just left the building.

[01:31:56]>> Sorry. It's so crazy.

[01:31:57]>> Oh, do I have to tell the whole story?

[01:31:59]Okay, I'll just give the cliff notes.

[01:32:01]So, I don't know how long I've been married.

[01:32:05]Two years.

[01:32:05]>> Almost seven years. Oh, >> at the time. At the time.

[01:32:08]>> That's a newly married move.

[01:32:10]>> Two years. You know what? He brings it up every time we get on an airplane.

[01:32:13]>> He never freaking learned his lesson. I literally look at him with like >> daggers. You have children.

[01:32:22]Children with you.

[01:32:23]>> I think it's like he wants to remind me of how horrible that was.

[01:32:27]>> Okay. Okay. Well, let's just just do it really quick. I'm pretty sure it was Southwest or American economy flight.

[01:32:34]Nothing first class. Nothing private.

[01:32:37]Nothing. Surely not private. What the world? Nothing special. Not even not even premium economy.

[01:32:43]>> And we just are drive. It's a long flight.

[01:32:46]>> Where are you flying to?

[01:32:47]>> Hawaii.

[01:32:48]>> Certainly.

[01:32:49]>> Okay.

[01:32:49]>> Such a long flight.

[01:32:50]>> I think it was from Chicago to Hawaii which is about nine hours.

[01:32:55]Too long apparently. And Matt Matt is like, he's been here's the thing. He's been planting seeds for so long at this point.

[01:33:05]>> And I'm like, fine, >> give it a shot. IT'S NOT LIKE I WAS LIKE, YEAH, right now. I was terrified, but I was also just like, you know, we're young. We're in love.

[01:33:16]>> Great. I love a good story.

[01:33:20]And it just it just gets so bad, you guys.

[01:33:23]I think the plan, if I can remember through the blackout that has happened in my brain, I think that one of us went to the bathroom first.

[01:33:32]>> The other one went in after.

[01:33:33]>> Mhm.

[01:33:34]>> This flight attendant, you guys, is knocking so hard. And then I'm like panicking.

[01:33:43]And Matt's like, "One minute like talking."

[01:33:46]>> He's like negotiating with her.

[01:33:48]>> Meanwhile, nothing special is happening.

[01:33:50]I don't need to paint the picture for you, but just know nothing special's happening right >> inside. I'm freaking out essentially and it's very close quarters. I can barely change a diaper in there, just so everyone knows.

[01:34:01]>> So, I don't even know what logistically was going.

[01:34:03]>> I don't know how it works.

[01:34:04]>> So, then um then she starts hollering at us through the door. Something along the lines of, "This is illegal." Shoot.

[01:34:14]Shoot.

[01:34:15]>> This is a full flight of people.

[01:34:18]>> Shoot.

[01:34:19]>> Full flight of people. Shoot.

[01:34:20]>> Every seat is filled and she's like yelling and then like everyone's attention is now drawn to the restroom in the back.

[01:34:29]>> Daytime flight. Everyone's awake. The sun's up. Windows open.

[01:34:33]>> The walk back to our seats afterwards. I literally was like, it's going to take >> just something stronger than me to get my feet to move down. We were not in the back row, >> right?

[01:34:47]>> All the way walking. They talk about the walk of shame. Couldn't get worse than that.

[01:34:52]>> I'm sweating possibly get worse than that. And that's one of those things where I'm like, did they come have a talk with you after or something?

[01:34:58]>> No, she came back. You're right. Came back and was like, that is illegal or something like that.

[01:35:06]>> Oh man.

[01:35:07]>> And what did I Who knows what I said?

[01:35:09]Who knows what I did? Who I doubt I looked at her?

[01:35:11]>> Put my headphones on.

[01:35:12]>> I doubt I looked at I doubt I made eye contact with anyone else on that flight.

[01:35:15]And I doubt I slept that night. And I doubt I ate a bite of food the rest of the day.

[01:35:20]>> That's so real. Like not being about I'm like I >> Oh my god.

[01:35:25]>> So bad. It's so bad it's not funny. LIKE I CAN'T laugh about it.

[01:35:30]>> Surely that flight attendant now has like seen you guys somewhere for something and she's like >> she's like that was >> I remember I I revoked that Addie. I She never did.

[01:35:40]They skip you for card service. You don't deserve it.

[01:35:43]>> I don't I have no memory of the rest of flight. How long much longer did you have on the >> good amount of the beginning or the end of this story?

[01:35:51]>> Yeah. Honestly, I need him to fact check me because I feel like >> curious how he was processing >> in my head there was like hours left >> and I don't even think that we were seated alone. Like I think we were next to somebody else.

[01:36:04]>> That is such like a my brain is not fully formed yet move. Don't you?

[01:36:09]>> Thank god for prefrontal cortex >> cuz you guys were like what 21? Yeah.

[01:36:13]>> 21. I think I was 21. Yeah.

[01:36:15]>> God, that sucks.

[01:36:17]>> Just reckless behavior.

[01:36:21]>> I'm ill.

[01:36:22]>> It's hilarious.

[01:36:22]>> I'm ill.

[01:36:23]>> Hey, we've grown. You >> I'm ill.

[01:36:26]>> They sing about it in all the rap songs and you just think, "Let's do it on Southwest."

[01:36:29]>> That's not what I was thinking. I was l I had never heard a rap song.

[01:36:34]>> Talking about the Mile High Club.

[01:36:35]>> No. Oh, yeah. No, I knew who that was and I think we were just so dumb.

[01:36:39]>> It's okay. That's definitely your awkward.

[01:36:42]>> It will forever be my most embarrassing story that I'm like it can't get worse than that. Right.

[01:36:47]>> Right. Sure.

[01:36:47]>> I really hope not.

[01:36:48]>> I don't think so.

[01:36:51]>> Like that's as bad as it gets.

[01:36:53]>> May not cut you.

[01:36:54]>> Like I think that's the worst.

[01:36:57]>> My mom will have words with me and I'm still scared of her even though >> I love it.

[01:37:01]>> Oh, I actually need to clear my mom's name. That was my grandma that got mad at me.

[01:37:04]>> Oh dear.

[01:37:05]>> Okay.

[01:37:05]>> Hi Aby's. My name is Sarah and I'm from Winnipeg, Manitoba. and you guys are the first podcast that I've actually ever fully listened to and I love that you got me started on that. Anyways, I am a new mom. It's my well I guess newish. My baby's just turned 6 months. Um and we're entering wedding season here and I'm exclusively breastfeeding and I'm trying to find outfits and dresses and lots of them if they have bra straps showing they're not pretty. So, do you guys have any tips or tricks or um ideas for wearing bras while nursing? Um, stick on bras kind of scare me a little bit while nursing. What have you guys done in the past?

[01:37:49]>> You can't do sticky boobs.

[01:37:51]>> No sticky boobs. You need that nipple free girl.

[01:37:53]>> Any any moisture will >> Oh, I was literally just thinking about this like there's embarrassing period stories and then there's a whole other car category of embarrassing sticky boob stories. Honestly, a good one for that.

[01:38:06]>> They end up everywhere.

[01:38:07]>> Embarrassing stinky boob stories. Also, wait. Thank you so much for listening to our podcast.

[01:38:12]>> Thank you so much. Yeah, I agree.

[01:38:15]>> Here's my here's my advice. Wear the bra that makes you feel the best about your boobs.

[01:38:21]>> And weddings are an overstimulating experience anyway. Take that as a gift that you get to go in private and disrobe and feed your baby in quiet.

[01:38:33]Totally. Totally.

[01:38:34]>> Like it's just that just take that one.

[01:38:36]Like honestly, like even for me as someone that I'm like I love I hate missing out on things. Anytime I would like leave an event to nurse, I was like >> it was a good re it was a good recollecting moment.

[01:38:49]>> Um but do wear one that you can do wear a bra and not a sticky boob.

[01:38:52]>> Yeah. I would say wear the bra that you feel the most comfortable with and buy a dress to fit your bra.

[01:38:56]>> Yeah. I I haven't had to go to too many formal events, but I mean just anything with a thick strap. And I know it's not always the most flattering, but sometimes I'll wear like the puff sleeve dresses, you know? Yeah, >> that was part of a question, right? Like >> Yeah. What like what kind of bra would you wear? Like you >> you just got to wear your bra that you're the most comfortable with and that fit your boobs and you just got to wear an outfit around it. And also in this stage, like 6 months out, I feel like you could almost get away with wearing a tighter a dress with a tighter bodice and you don't necessarily have to wear a bra and it can be much more comfortable.

[01:39:26]>> Yeah, I I like that too. If I if like there's it's tighter on the top, but you don't want to wear like a strapless bra, I always like >> take the pads out of like a sports bra or something and just shove them in there and then you don't have to worry about the nips if you want them to >> has a great hack with that. Do that. And so >> great tip. Yeah, good reminder. I always take the sports bra straw pads and I put the milk pad on it and I just move it from bra to bra.

[01:39:47]>> So, actually >> I need to throw mine away now. They're pretty nasty. They've seen some days they're like peeling at this point like the bra pad. Um but yeah, if you have a tight dress that has a tight bodice like you're saying, Addy, and you can stick the bra pad in there with the leakage, it's great. And then when you're nursing, you just pull down.

[01:40:03]>> I'll say this about bra straps, too. I don't follow this cuz I'm like I don't like them showing, but Blake, my husband always tells me, "We know you're wearing a bra. It doesn't matter if you see the straps. I'm like, "Thanks, Blake." But no, I can't wear that bra. I don't listen to him, but at least he has that.

[01:40:20]>> Like, he's like, "You're wearing one. It doesn't matter."

[01:40:22]>> Yeah.

[01:40:22]>> Like, >> so true.

[01:40:24]>> That over the shoulder.

[01:40:25]>> What kind of bra are you wearing right now?

[01:40:26]>> None. I'm wearing the uh I'm wearing the what's it called? Cakes.

[01:40:32]>> Oh, you're wearing a sticky.

[01:40:34]>> It's not sticky. That's what's great about it. It's uh it it sticks, but I wouldn't have believed this if you would have told me this before I tried it. It suctions on, >> but there's nothing sticky because with sticky boobs when you take them off, it's like >> Does it give you support or is it just It's just like coverage basically.

[01:40:51]>> Just so your my nipples aren't >> That's cool. Right. Exactly.

[01:40:57]>> Hi Abby. Abby and Addie, congrats on your first guests that came on the podcast for the Mother's Day episode.

[01:41:07]Um, I know Abby and Matt >> have had great guests on Unplanned. Um, so my question for you is, what would be your dream guest on this podcast?

[01:41:20]Thanks. Have a great day. Bye.

[01:41:23]>> That's cute. Congrats on your guest.

[01:41:26]>> We had a different type of guest. We'd have to figure out the CD range.

[01:41:29]>> I love that. Yeah, we have like non family members. Yeah, I have to treat them a little better. Probably >> like get off the ground on our couch.

[01:41:39]>> Yeah. I mean, we're not really a guest podcast as of right now. That's not necessarily like where a direction we want to move this show.

[01:41:46]>> But I feel like in general, who would we just It's just whoever we'd love to have a talk like have >> I feel like Devon would be so fun.

[01:41:52]>> I was thinking of her, too. I love Devon. Deon Cordal is we were saying she's just she definitely fits the vibe.

[01:42:00]>> Totally.

[01:42:00]>> She would be so fun.

[01:42:01]>> So fun. We are moving like our long discussion onto Patreon. This is way too long. And so we'll give you like a little brief >> review. You feel like we're cutting it out. We've recorded for 2 hours and 14 minutes. Like please. I'm getting my legs falling asleep. He's like I can't keep looking at these comments. Um what were we saying? Oh, that we're going to rate the book. We'll announce the next book and we'll give like a little tiny maybe just why we gave it our stars.

[01:42:26]>> Go for it. Okay. We'll go deeper into it on Patreon >> into the the whole discussion on Patreon. So, I gave the book two and a half stars. Listen, I enjoyed listening to it. I would have never liked reading this book.

[01:42:41]That's it.

[01:42:42]>> Okay.

[01:42:42]>> Okay. It's five stars. Yeah, >> I gave it four stars. And I honestly think that I could even bump it to 4.5.

[01:42:49]>> Okay. I really liked this book.

[01:42:51]>> Okay, >> of course Addy doesn't like it. You guys, honestly, >> you guys are dumb.

[01:42:58]>> I will say I read 25% of it on the Kindle and the other 75% I listened to over the course of se like yesterday and today.

[01:43:09]>> Yeah, I did listen to it really fast.

[01:43:11]>> It didn't I was kind of rushing through it, I guess. But >> but I don't think I comments my Yeah. My my one star is cuz I didn't care about anyone.

[01:43:21]>> Yeah. No, I I grew into liking the characters, but I just felt like >> Let's be honest, you guys only like romance books.

[01:43:27]>> I think it took to like 85% to care.

[01:43:30]>> I enjoyed hearing about her life and I enjoyed that. But I just overall was like I don't think I'd recommend it.

[01:43:35]>> It's not my style of book.

[01:43:37]>> I'm not going to think about it after I finish it.

[01:43:40]>> Okay.

[01:43:41]>> Okay. we could do more into on Patreon.

[01:43:43]That's my that's my like review and my star.

[01:43:45]>> Dive into it.

[01:43:45]>> All right.

[01:43:46]>> Okay. Let's dive into the book club.

[01:43:48]>> I knew you guys weren't going to like it. And as soon as I started, I was like, >> I didn't dislike it. I just wouldn't recommend.

[01:43:54]>> Let me just actually first start off by saying this is a widely loved book.

[01:43:59]>> I think it's a widely hit or miss book.

[01:44:01]>> I think that's probably a true.

[01:44:02]>> My mom loves to read it. My mom didn't like it.

[01:44:04]>> Oh my gosh.

[01:44:05]>> I think it's a it's a good audio book.

[01:44:07]>> One survey. I don't think I could have read it like and like understood the characters as well as I did on audiobook. So, I will say audio gave it a higher >> Yes, audio book was the way to go.

[01:44:18]>> There's the different characters, the different like >> she said it gave it a bigger boosting.

[01:44:21]She gave it a one star.

[01:44:23]>> He said he bumped it up.

[01:44:25]>> I think you would have not You would have not finished it.

[01:44:29]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[01:44:30]>> I didn't pick it up once after I like >> Mhm.

[01:44:32]>> was at the spa reading it. I never picked it up again.

[01:44:35]>> What book are we reading next?

[01:44:38]Yesterday year by who's the author?

[01:44:41]Carol Caro. Claire Burke.

[01:44:44]>> Clara B. B.

[01:44:45]>> I've heard lots of things about this book.

[01:44:46]>> I have only heard that Anne Hathaway is doing a movie about it. I I'm very curious about this book.

[01:44:51]>> Is Is there an agenda?

[01:44:53]>> Yeah, that's kind of the vibe I'm I'm I'm curious to see. But I mean, I'm >> going to trigger me. I hate reading about influencers.

[01:44:59]>> Isn't it funny that that's like what books are about now?

[01:45:01]>> Yeah.

[01:45:02]>> Yeah. That's what makes me I'm like, "Wait, this was supposed to be fiction."

[01:45:05]Yeah, I know. I'm so curious.

[01:45:08]>> This is supposed to be my release.

[01:45:10]>> Um, but yeah, I'm excited to read it. I mean, there's obviously going to be a movie about it and I think we'll probably have a lot of thoughts on it.

[01:45:17]>> Yeah.

[01:45:17]>> So, how will an author write depicting, >> you know?

[01:45:20]>> Okay. For those of you that don't know, just to get you interested, it's supposed to be about a creator that creates like >> quote unquote track content >> and how like I think there's some irony between her real life and like the content she puts online online.

[01:45:35]>> I thought she gets like transported back >> she has to live to like what she's depicting.

[01:45:39]>> Yeah.

[01:45:40]>> Which I don't even actually necessarily follow tradition.

[01:45:44]>> I mean I do some of it. I love like some of the inspiration how they cook and growing their gardens and stuff. She wakes up to find herself in 1855, forced to live the harsh reality of the 19th century farm life, contrasting sharply with her curated online persona.

[01:45:56]>> I just don't want this to be a a slam piece on Ballerina Farms because I like her.

[01:46:00]>> I don't see how this book doesn't have an agenda to be honest.

[01:46:03]>> So then is this a bad idea?

[01:46:04]>> No, I think it'll be an interesting conver.

[01:46:06]>> No, I and I'm sure it's going to be a good book.

[01:46:08]>> I mean, I've been wanting to read it, so you should read it.

[01:46:10]>> I think it'll be a great book.

[01:46:11]>> Okay.

[01:46:12]>> Okay. Let's quickly do Always Hungry.

[01:46:14]Yes.

[01:46:15]>> And wrap this thing up. This is a restaurant or a recipe, not restaurant, a recipe I've made for a couple years.

[01:46:20]It is a one pan sheetpan dinner, which makes it so easy. Um, it's broccoli, chicken, sausage, and potatoes. The only beef is that this cooks for an hour, but it's very simple. You mix things in the bowl, you season it, you put the potatoes on first, then after 20 minutes, you shift the potatoes over, put the broccoli on, shift them, put the And then you drizzle everything at the end with maple syrup, and it's unbelievably good. Maple syrup.

[01:46:43]>> Unbelievably good.

[01:46:44]>> I've made something like that before.

[01:46:45]Yeah, >> but it didn't take an hour because I didn't use potatoes. That's probably what what >> it is. Yeah. And you put them all in one pan, so it takes a longer for them to cook, but it's so simple.

[01:46:54]>> Three ingredients, healthy, filling, so good.

[01:46:57]>> Yum.

[01:46:58]>> Yeah. Mine I actually just tried for the first time last night, but it was a winner. Uh my kids actually ate it, which I was really surprised by because whenever I try something new, it's always like I see. It was a shepherd's pie take on it but with noki which makes a lot of sense when you think about it because potato and so and it makes it a lot quicker and easier to make but it's like the basically the filling of a shephardd's pie but mixed with yokki it's one pan minus the pot you use to boil your noki but that's not a big deal >> just boiling water >> that takes 2 minutes to boil and so I feel like it there is kind of a lot of ingredients but um it's stuff that you probably already have a lot of it and it was very cozy and warm I would say it's also a great portion size for a family four. If you have a bigger family, double it.

[01:47:40]>> M good, good tip. I would say the same thing for the sheet pan. It's great for three people.

[01:47:44]>> Also, I didn't use lamb. I used beef because who's buying lamb?

[01:47:49]>> I don't know who's buying lamb.

[01:47:50]>> Oh, I like lamb, but I've never cooked it, but I'll eat it if it's served.

[01:47:53]>> That feels sad to me. Yeah, I'll eat it if it's served.

[01:47:56]>> I'll order it at at a at a >> It's probably more traditional in a shepherd's shepherd.

[01:48:02]>> Shepherd lamb.

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