+1,330 How did women in ancient times deal with their period, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I've always wanted to know that.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Sheep wool?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I always wondered how that worked out.. :'/

by Anonymous 14 years ago

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2031:35&version=NIV

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Bible seems to have all the answers doesn't it xD

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Cherokee Hair Tampons.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

They got to be isolated from the rest of society until it ended. I personally think that could be nice :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

that's what i have heard too. it's like they went into hiding. my question is, how did they manage to deal with cramps?? ouch

by Anonymous 14 years ago

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by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Your+name+(optional)): That's where they got the term "on the rag" because they would sit on a cloth until it was over and I'm sure you don't need to picture that. They also had a much higher pain tolerance then as well being that they did natural labor every time.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

they had to stand over a hole until it ended. well, at least that's what i read

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Maybe they just bled and cleaned up afterwords... ugghh... messy!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I read about this; they let it run free, no protection or anything. Then they invented this weird cloth sumo sort of nappy, which was equally gross because it wasn't very absorbent.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Someone told me that they just used a rag D: ewww. lol. And they'd wash the rag and use it again. And in some African countries, the girls don't go to school when they have their periods because of the cloth thing that doesn't absorb the blood :( Sad shit man haha. I'd die if I had to live like that. I guess they didn't know any different though =

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I read this thing on tampons(don't even ask...)they used to make tampons with papyrus. They'd get it wet to shape it, then let it dry then...well use it haha.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Fuck. I'd DIE.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

IKR?!?!? ugh. when my mum was a kid they didn't have advil... and i thought that was bad.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Riggghhhht?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Squatted over a hole in the ground.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

They were pregnant 24/7 so they didn't have to worry about it! haha

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Repost!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I read a book once about a girl kidnapped by native americans and they taught her to go collect a certain type of moss or something and they'd use that as a sort of pad. :/

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Some people sat over holes, some used early forms of tampons, some used early forms of pad-like things, and some women just let it all bleed. Ew.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That would be a little strange to be walking around with bloody legs, a bright red spot on the front and back of your dress/skirt, and staining everything that you sit on. That must suck.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well, I don't know about middle ages and back, but in the Victorian Age they just took a long cloth and kept wrapping it around themselves. They washed it constantly and it didn't bleed through too much. At least around england - not sure about the other places of the world.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I've always wanted to know. . . It must have sucked :/

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Those girls must have freaked when they first got their periods considering their modesty and stuff..... I'm sure they never got that talk...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well they made a new baby once the newest one came out so they didn't have many.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well....I know I wouldn't survive. All I really saw was this commercial on tv a long time ago that people could donate money to provide pads for these African girls because they missed school a lot every time they had their periods and had to stay at home.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Role a leaf up doiii

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I actually can't count the times I have thought of this...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

well they weren't every month cos people didn't have as good diet etc, and cos there weren't any condoms.

by Anonymous 14 years ago