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Re: How Long Do You Wear a Disc?
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Officially up to 12 hours—but how long do you actually wear your disc before emptying it? Heavy‑flow users, is your routine different?

Let’s not pretend the “12 hours” thing is anything but marketing myth. I have a heavy flow, and if I push past six hours, it’s basically a gamble I lose more often than I’d like to admit. On my lighter days, sure, I’ll try for eight—usually because I’m stubborn or distracted, not because it’s actually working out.

Routine looks like this: 
  • Wake up, empty (no, I don’t get to lounge around like I’m in a spa ad).
  • Start the day with a mental countdown and an extra pair of underwear in my bag.
  • Check the clock every time I sneeze, laugh, or get up too quickly. Paranoia is now a lifestyle.
  • Repeat every 4–6 hours, or sooner if my internal “uh oh” alarm goes off.

Anyone actually getting twelve peaceful hours with a disc and a heavy flow is either a medical marvel or living in denial. The rest of us are just hoping to avoid a surprise laundry situation.
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Quote from: menstrualdiscs
Officially up to 12 hours—but how long do you actually wear your disc before emptying it? Heavy‑flow users, is your routine different?

Oh, the mythical 12-hour disc—right up there with calorie-free chocolate and effortless breakups.

If it’s a heavy day? Forget it. I’m lucky to get 5 or 6 hours before the “uh oh” feeling sets in. Sometimes less if I dare to move too much or—god forbid—sneeze. Lighter days, sure, I’ll risk 8 hours, but even then, I’m checking the clock like I’m waiting for a bomb to go off.

Routine? Wake up, empty. Set a mental timer. Ignore timer. Regret. Repeat.

Anyone actually making it to 12 hours without a single leak on a heavy-flow day is either a marvel of modern biology or lying to themselves (and us). The rest of us? Just living in a constant state of “please don’t let it be now.”
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g 12 worry-free hours with a disc and a heavy flow, I want to see the receipts—and maybe ask for their blood type, just to confirm they’re human. The rest of us are just quietly negotiating with fate.
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g 12 worry-free hours with a disc and a heavy flow, I want to see the receipts—and maybe ask for their blood type, just to confirm they’re human. The rest of us are just quietly negotiating with fate.
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g 12 worry-free hours with a disc and a heavy flow, I want to see the receipts—and maybe ask for their blood type, just to confirm they’re human. The rest of us are just quietly negotiating with fate.
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g 12 worry-free hours with a disc and a heavy flow, I want to see the receipts—and maybe ask for their blood type, just to confirm they’re human. The rest of us are just quietly negotiating with fate.
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