- Please go to the store and get me some tampons.
- Some tampons and some Hershey's cookies and cream bar
because I'm hungry.
- Maybe some Ben and Jerry's.
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- Today, we're gonna answer questions about periods
from people who don't have periods.
- We asked a bunch of people
in our office to submit questions
and now we're gonna answer them.
- We are not medical experts.
- Yet. - But, we do have periods.
- My mom, she's a nurse so she always called periods menses.
- I have had a period for 17 years.
- I am very honored that my period
is pretty much free going.
- I actually don't have a period right now
because I have an IUD.
I get like, little bits and pieces here and there.
- Other than my deep hatred for men, I have no symptoms.
- I'm on the pill and I have my period currently.
Some months I don't have it and those are nice months.
- I went on birth control pretty early
because my cramps were so bad.
It hasn't been bad in my adult life really.
- All our periods are different
and react differently to our bodies.
It's a part of being a person with a uterus.
- [Nina] What does a tampon/pad feel like?
- Well, they feel
different. - [Chloe] Very different.
- A tampon is something you insert into yourself.
- When I'm not on my period,
it feels like a dry finger up my cooch.
But when I am on my period, I'm fully lubricated.
- It's a lot more freeing.
I hate pads.
- I used pads exclusively for probably
the first couple years
of my period. - [Chloe] I think I did too.
- It just feels like a big nasty finger
that was not in there for fun.
- Because usually tampons have an applicator,
either plastic or cardboard if you're lucky,
and the plastic ones, I think, are very nice to insert.
- A pad?
- It's like a diaper.
- You feel all day.
- I haven't used a pad in a really long time.
- Once it's loaded up with period blood, you feel it.
- A wet pad?
(gagging)
- Yeah and it's not squelchy, it's like,
(friction sound)
When you walk.
I hate it so much.
- They don't feel good - They feel gross.
- And they feel like - It's like soggy.
- They would sitting in there between your warm legs,
so the smell is always a little,
(gagging)
- [Nina] Why do some people with periods
have pain and others don't?
- So in my family, we actually have our periods later on
in life around the ages of 14 and 15.
We don't have cramp symptoms.
But on my cousin's family, they get their periods at 11
and then they have cramps from 11 on.
So, it's just like genetics.
- Most people have cramps I'd say.
I haven't really met anyone
that doesn't get them to some degree,
but definitely there are people that get them worse.
- The whole moon thing happens for my whole family.
- Because you're a werewolf.
- The pain that comes with it,
both of my sisters, it's pretty similar.
- Also, there are other things that come along
with having a period like thrown up
because of my period before
or you can have really bad back cramps
or you can feel really unwell
and just wanna have no energy,
so it just all depends.
- Bloating, love bloating.
- It's just great.
- I can't really tell you why.
I think that's a question for the maker of the universe.
- Yeah!
- [Nina] Do you want to have sex on your period?
- Do I want to have sex on my period?
- I don't like the idea, well I've done it.
- You know what?
No.
(laughs)
- I don't like the mess of it,
but I do think I'm sometimes more horny on my period.
It's really frustrating because you're just like,
really up for it.
- I feel like period sex is for committed relationships.
- I think you have to be at a certain comfort level
with someone before that happens.
Some people are fine with it, but I more of like,
don't wanna make a mess.
- I often have sex at the beginning of my period
because I feel like that's when I'm at peak horniness.
The mess at that point is not
real bad. - It's not that bad.
- You know, the lubrication probably sensational.
(laughs)
- But, when I'm in the thick of it,
then I'm usually not that into doing it
also just because of the mess.
Not that I wouldn't if the moment over took me.
- The day I have period sex,
understand I'd put a ring on it.
We got a 401K together.
We have a timeshare.
- Joint account.
- Yeah.
- Through thick and thin, periods.
- [Chloe] Is it actually as bloody as people make it seem?
- Yes!
- I mean it can be!
- Definitely can be. - Definitely in the
middle of it.
- It depends on your flow.
Some months, it's basically nothing,
which can be a little concerning.
- Yeah, I always get scared.
- But, other months,
(bleep)
- When I was a teen, there were such bloody messes.
I ruined so much underwear.
I definitely bled through clothes.
Now that I'm on birth control,
- That helps doesn't it?
- Yeah, mine are way lighter.
- The worst is when you're sitting down
and you get up and you feel like Niagara Falls, you're like,
"Did anyone else feel this moment?"
Yes, this happens to me. - Oh, that feeling!
- They were the bloody mess that you envision
like The Shining elevator.
(laughs)
- Oh god, did I wear my black jeans?
- Oh god, every time I move,
if I laugh too hard,
I sneeze once in high school, - Don't sneeze.
right through the pants.
- [Spenser] What makes me feel better when I'm on my period?
- Midol.
- I can't take Midol.
- Tylenol. - A little Tylenol.
- Not for the cramps,
just because you get angry. - A little Ibuprofen.
- My side effects is anger.
- The thought that it will be over.
- Lying down and going to sleep.
- Some people, it's a heating pad
and some people, hydrating,
some people it's four Ibuprofen.
I don't suggest that.
- I really give myself a break when I'm on my period.
My body is real busy expelling some uterine lining
and it's not up for it today and that's okay.
- [Chloe] Can you hold your period in?
- No! - What?
That's amazing.
I love this question.
- Can you hold your period in?
- I wish!
I'll kegel for that. - Nah.
- I'd kegel for that right now.
- Some people must think that period
is the same as like
pee, - Pee!
- which it's not.
Also, you can only hold your pee in for so long.
Eventually, it has to come out.
- If I could just hold it in
and I just bloop it twice a day, that's the dream.
- Bloop it?
- Periods and urine come out of different holes.
Things are falling out of you without your control.
If you cut yourself on your arm,
can you hold the blood in?
No.
- That's it!
- [Nina] Does the egg leave the uterus during ovulation?
Basically meaning that it's impossible
to get pregnant until the next time the egg is released.
I never want to say it's impossible
to get pregnant some way
because I feel like somebody will find a way.
- Oh, yeah.
- I have no,
- The answer is you can get pregnant every period.
It's less likely after ovulation.
- You are only suppose to get pregnant while you ovulate.
- So, I would say if you're going to have sexual relations
during that period without a condom,
I would still advise away from it.
And apps help like us keep track of it very well,
but the accuracy is still not 100 percent.
So, I would say if you're trying to have sex
without a condom, please just do it anyway.
I know it's not for everyone,
but you are less likely to get pregnant,
but the smartest thing to do is to always use protection.
- Wow.
Mama Joyce.
- I went to nursing school.
- [Chloe] Does it feel like you're sitting
in a puddle sometimes?
If I wasn't wearing any kind of period stuff, then maybe.
- Maybe.
- It's literally seeping into everything below your area.
- Every period product is designed
to absorb in some way or collect.
I don't think I've ever felt like I was sitting in a puddle.
Sometimes I feel like I'm sitting in some mess.
- Yeah, especially with a pad.
- I'm a tampon gal,
so no it doesn't feel like I'm sitting in a puddle
because it's all just getting
(suction sound)
- The leakage is the most liquidy feeling
I would say. - Yeah!
Because it's like blood dripping literally.
- Not when the blood is actually in there usually.
- What signs should we be paying attention
to before your period so we can be more helpful?
- Not everyone PMS's in the same way,
so like they have the symptoms that you would get
before your period, but like, it's different with everyone.
- That sounds like, how do we know if you're PMSing?
- Don't blame my emotions on the blood
that's coming out my coo.
You treat me good all the time
so that you don't have to die.
- It's rare that I need somebody to do something for me,
but some people do need that.
- If I want cuddles, just cuddle me.
- And you know what?
- Sometimes we do get bad PMS
and sometimes we are monsters but, we'll probably apologize.
- Yeah.
- Once that flow starts then you know,
that's pretty much the karma for PMS.
- It is.
- We're gonna say, you know what?
- I'm sorry.
- Yeah.
- [Chloe] What can we do to help out with cramps?
That's a very sweet question actually.
I like that. - That's very kind.
- Be understanding.
- Ice cream.
Whatever I'm craving in the moment.
Typically, Cheez-Its or something salty.
- Give us a hot water bottle.
Do you have them in this country?
- Yes.
- Okay, good.
- Be supportive, but if we're seeming a little agitated,
put on the breaks.
Not ask us so many questions.
- And you never want to come off
as being a person who's like,
"I know what's good for you."
- Oh, totally.
- Here's this thing.
You just wanna be kind to the person
and listen to their needs I think.
- If you cannot get a period product
for your significant other,
you're dead to me.
- I thought the questions ranged from
curious to how can I help?
- That's sweet actually,
the amount of people that want to help us.
I like that.
- I think the questions,
some of them were really cool and some of them,
I guess you know, can't relate.
- The funniest one was,
"Can you hold it in?"
It's interesting to think that like
there are people out there that don't understand periods
because we're so used to them.
- I think it's just us opening communications
about something that is natural and a part of nature.
- But just as a reminder,
we are not medical experts
and I think if you have some real serious question,
of course do your research, ask some friends,
but ultimately, ask your healthcare providers
because they will have probably the best
and most up to date information.
- Educate yourself.
Know your body.
Know your flow.
And always look at the color of your menses.
And it's the way of your body telling you
about your sexual organ health.
- That is fascinating.
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