Sea Sponges

I don't use sponges during most of my period -- it's true that they need to be rinsed fairly frequently on heavy days, and I actually find washing them at work a pain in the butt! However, these bad boys go one place my good old Diva Cup doesn't, and that is during sex. (Well, sometimes my Diva Cup goes during sex, but the result can be messy and sometimes noticeable!) Pop a sea sponge in before you go on a date and you can forget about it until you go to pee after sex, and then rinse it out and forget about it again til the next morning. Unless your date is fisting you, s/he is unlikely to even notice a thing, since it has a "natural", soft, bumpy feel, not unlike the inside of a vagina, and rubbing/bumping/thrusting against the underside of it won't cause the sponge to spill or leak, unless it's really full. I keep an old coffee mug and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide in my bathroom to disinfect them. It is a bit difficult to remove -- especially if very full, it can be messy, and you do have to ... reach up there to pluck it out from your vag. But I think the benefits outweigh the inconveniences under the right circumstances, and if it weren't for menstrual cups I would definitely use sponges more often.