ʻO kēia Wahine ma kahi mikiona e hana i kahi kīʻaha kāne no nā kahe nui loa o nā kahe

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Mai ka wā ʻōpio, he ʻuhane kālepa kā Gayneté Jones. ʻO ka badass hānau ʻo Bermuda (e ʻōlelo he ʻelima mau manawa wikiwiki!) "ʻImi mau i nā ala e hoʻomaʻalahi ai ke ola o nā kānaka," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia - a ke hoʻomau nei e hana pēlā i kēia lā.

ʻOiai ʻo ka mea hoʻokumu a me CEO o Best, Periodt., Ke hele nei ʻo Jones i kahi mikionali e hoʻoliʻiliʻi iki i ka menstruation, maikaʻi, maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole hoʻi nā kīʻaha menstrual. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i hoʻomaka i ka maʻa ʻana i nā lako o ka wā hoʻomau mai ka pā. Akā, ua kākau mua ʻo ia i puke kūʻai maikaʻi loa (Laki Laki), hoʻokumu i kāna hui mua, hoʻomohala i kāna hōʻailona ma Instagram (kahi i loaʻa iā ia he 20.5k mau mea hahai), a hoʻomaka i kahi podcast, e inoa wale i kekahi o kāna mau ʻoihana. A ʻoiai he mea kupanaha loa lākou, ʻo kāna podcast ia - Pepehi Kuokoa - ua hana ia ma ke ʻano he puna puna no kāna hana hou loa.

"Ua ninaninau ʻia ʻo Ranay Orton, ka mea nona ka Glow na Daye, ma kaʻu podcast nāna [i kūkulu i kahi ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa ma] kahi huahana - nā pāpale lauoho. ʻO ia ka mea i hāpai i kekahi mea i loko oʻu. Manaʻo wau he ʻoluʻolu e hana i kahi huahana e hoʻonā i kahi pilikia maoli. I kēlā manawa, [akā], ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu he aha lā ia e like ai paha, "wahi a Jones. Akā, e like me ka hopena, he mau pule wale nō ma hope mai ua hoʻolauna ʻia ʻo Jones i kahi mea hana huahana (ʻo ia ke ʻano o ke kani ʻana: kekahi mea hana i nā huahana kino no ke kūʻai aku). "Ma hope o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ia, ua loaʻa iaʻu kēia ahi i loko oʻu. Ua makemake wau e hana pū kekahi, "wahi āna.

Ua hele ʻo Jones e hiamoe i kēlā pō, a i kona ala ʻana i ke kakahiaka aʻe, ua hoʻomaka kāna kaʻa. I kona kiʻi ʻana i kāna kīʻaha menstrual, ʻike ʻo ia i kāna manaʻo huahana.

He mea hoʻohana lōʻihi i nā kīʻaha menstrual, Jones ike Pono e loaʻa kahi ala e lawe ai i kēia mau huahana i ka pae aʻe - makemake ʻo ia e hana maikaʻi lākou me nā kino o ka menstruators, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ke kaiapuni, a maʻalahi hoʻi i ka ʻoihana. "ʻAʻole au i māʻona i nā kīʻaha aʻu i hoʻohana ai," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Ua lele lākou aʻaʻole lawa ka mana [no koʻu kaheʻana], no laila, pono wau eʻaʻahu i kahi pāpale me lākou. A laila, kaomi: Pono wau e hana i kahi huahana menstrual maikaʻi e hoʻoponopono i kēia mau pilikia, "wahi āna. (Related: ʻO nā nīnau a pau āu e loaʻa ai e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka Menstrual Cup)

ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kahe kaumaha he pilikia no Jones, ʻoiai no nā wahine ʻeleʻele he nui. "ʻO nā menstruators ʻeleʻele, ma ka awelika, makemake e loaʻa nā wā kaumaha a ʻoi aku ka loaʻa o nā fibroids uterine," wehewehe ʻo ia. ʻO nā fibroid ʻōpū he mau maʻi maʻi ʻole e ulu ana i loko o ka ʻiʻo ʻiʻo o ka ʻōpū i hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā wā kaumaha. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina i nānā i nā wahine ʻAmelika ʻAmelika 274 ma waena o nā makahiki 18-60 ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nui o nā wahine me ke kahe koko kaumaha ma mua o ka awelika o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka ʻāina ma kahi o 10 pakeneka. Ua ʻike ʻia ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 38 pākēneka o nā wahine i hōʻike i ka hele ʻana i ke kauka no ke kahe ʻana o ka menstrual kaumaha, 30 pākēneka he fibroids, a 32 pākēneka i ʻōlelo ʻia e nalo ana ka hana a kula paha ma muli o kā lākou wā. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ka fibroids - e pili ana i ka 40 a 80 ka nui o nā wahine hānau hānau, e like me ka Cleveland Clinic - hoʻopilikia lākou i nā wahine ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hōʻike nā noiʻi i nā wahine ʻeleʻele ʻelua a ʻekolu paha manawa e ʻeha ai nā fibroids ma mua o kā lākou mau keʻokeʻo. (Pili: No ke aha e paʻakikī ai no nā wahine ʻeleʻele e hōʻoia me ka Endometriosis?)

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻokū i ka wā kaumaha e kahe ana nā poʻe e like me ia, akā ʻo ia hiki e hana i kahi huahana e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻoponopono maikaʻi i kā lākou mau pōʻai no laila ʻaʻole pono lākou e noho ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke ola i kēlā me kēia mahina. "Makemake wau e hāʻawi iā Best, Periodt. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea hoʻohana me kā mākou kīʻaha ma mua o [me] nā kīʻaha aʻu i hoʻāʻo ai i ka wā i hala. Makemake pū wau e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia i loaʻa iaʻu me nā kīʻaha menstrual, me ka hana ʻana i nā nui kīʻaha nui aʻe."

Me ka manaʻo e mōhala ana i kona ʻuhane, ua hana ʻo Jones e hoʻomohala i ka manaʻo - no ka maʻi ahulau o ka honua wale nō e hoʻokū i nā mea āpau i kahi kūhoho. ʻOiai makemake ʻo ia e neʻe wikiwiki, ʻo ka maʻi maʻi, hoʻomaopopo, ua lohi. ʻO kāna pahuhopu kumu i hoʻokumu i ka huahana i Malaki 2020. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo? "Ua pau mākou i ka hopena o ʻOkakopa, ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Nowemapa."

ʻO ka hopena naʻe, he pale kālā ke ahulau: ua hāʻawi nā lohi iā Jones i kahi manawa hou e hana i ke kīʻaha menstrual i kūlike me kāna ʻike. Ua hoʻolōʻihi ʻo Jones i mau mahina e noiʻi ai, e pena ai, a e hoʻāʻo ai i nā mana ʻokoʻa a hiki i kona hōʻea ʻana (me kāna wahine ʻenekini kīʻaha menstrual) i ka mea kūʻai mai nā huahana i kapa ʻia he "hoʻololi ola."

"Ua hele a nui ka manaʻo a me ka hoʻolālā i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kēia," wehewehe ʻo ia. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia i kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe ma ka mākeke, hōʻike ʻia nā kīʻaha a Jones i kahi kumu kūikawā, hiki i ka paʻa a me ke koʻokoʻo ke hoʻokomo a wehe i kahi no-brainer (ʻoiai no nā newbies). Hana ʻia lākou me ka silicone kiʻekiʻe o ka lāʻau lapaʻau kiʻekiʻe loa - ka mea "hāʻawi i kahi ʻike maʻalahi a palekana no kā mākou mea kūʻai aku," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia - a me ka ʻole o ka latex, nā kala, a me nā plastics. "ʻO kā mākou mau kīʻaha i hana ʻia e USA, non-toxic, vegan, reusable, cost-efficient, FDA-register, a ob-gyn i ʻae ʻia," wahi a Jones. A paʻa ʻo ia i kāna pahuhopu e hana i nā kīʻaha menstrual i kūpono no nā kahe ʻoi aku ka nui. "Mālama ko mākou nui i 29 ml a me kā mākou nui ʻelua paʻa 40 ml," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻO ka nui awelika ʻelua kīʻaha mai nā hui ʻē aʻe mai 25-30 ml."

ʻO kekahi ʻokoʻa liʻiliʻi e hele lōʻihi? Maikaʻi loa, Manawa. hele mai nā kīʻaha me kahi pahu lawe silicone - "ʻo ia ka mea maʻalahi a kūʻē i ka nani i hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i loko o kou lumipaku," wahi a Jones. ʻOiai ka nui o nā kīʻaha ʻē aʻe i hele mai me kahi ʻeke drawstring e "pale" i ka huahana, ka Best, Periodt. Maʻalahi ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe o ka hihia silikone, repels maikaʻi i ka lint, a hōʻoia i ka maʻemaʻe o ke kīʻaha a pale ʻia i ka wā e, e ʻōlelo ana, ke kolo nei i loko o kāu ʻeke i nā lā a hiki i ka hōʻea ʻana o Flo.

Ma Ianuali 11, 2021 - ma lalo iki o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Jones - Best, Periodt. hoʻokuʻu ʻia. I loko o ka mahina mua, ua hoʻopaʻa ka brand i kahi wahi ma nā papa ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai 15 ma Bermuda a kūʻai aku ma kahi o 1,000 mau kīʻaha menstrual. (A inā ʻoe e hoʻolimalima manawa e nānā Pahu Manō, ʻike ʻoe ua lawa kēia mau helu e hāʻule ai ka ʻāwae o Daymond John.)

"He 5 pakeneka wale nō o nā menstruators e hoʻohana i ke kīʻaha no nā manawa. Makemake wau e hōʻoia i kahi huahana i ʻimi ʻia," wahi a Jones. A hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kahi hoʻomaka maikaʻi - ua haʻalele nā ​​mea hoʻohana i nā loiloi he nui e pili ana i ka palupalu a me ka laumā o ka huahana, he nui nā mea e hoʻohiki nei i kēia manawa ua hoʻohana lākou i kahi Best, Periodt. kīʻaha, "ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻi i hope."

Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka moemoeā a Jones no ka maʻalahi ʻana i ke ola o nā kānaka ma o ke kīʻaha menstrual kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi loa, Manawa. hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ke aʻo ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku, a me ka hāpai ʻana i ka ʻike a me ka haki ʻana i nā stigmas i loaʻa iā mākou a puni nā wā a me nā huahana. ʻAʻole wale ka hōʻailona e hāʻawi i kahi puke kikoʻī e pili ana i ka hoʻohana pono ʻana i nā kīʻaha, akā ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo Jones i nā ala e aʻo hou ai i nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i ko lākou kino a me nā pōʻai e loaʻa ai kahi ʻike leʻaleʻa (*gasp*).

Ma kēlā ʻōlelo, ʻo ka hoʻopili piha ʻana he mea nui hoʻi. "Ke hōʻoia nei mākou i kā mākou huahana he kāne kūʻokoʻa no ka mea ʻike mākou ʻaʻole ʻike nā mea a pau i ke koko he wahine," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻohana i [nā huaʻōlelo] 'wahine' a i ʻole 'kaikamahine,' ʻōlelo mākou 'he mea koko, menstruators, a me nā kānaka.'"

ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana he ʻāpana nui nō hoʻi o kēia ʻoihana nui. "Ke hāʻawi nei mākou i hoʻokahi kālā mai kēlā me kēia kūʻai kīʻaha. Hoʻokahi kālā i ke aloha e kōkua i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke kālepa keiki," wahi āna. ʻO nā mea kūʻai aku i kūʻai i kahi kīʻaha i loko o ka makahiki e koho balota i ka manawaleʻa hoʻokahi - mai loko mai o ʻelima a Jones i noiʻi nui ai a i loiloi ponoʻī - e loaʻa ka makana makahiki. ʻO ka maikaʻi, Periodt. Loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai ke koho e hāʻawi i ke kīʻaha i kahi kikowaena waiwai e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻilihune i ka wā e kūʻai ai lākou ma ka pūnaewele o brand. Makemake ka ʻoihana e hana i kāna ʻāpana e hōʻoia ai i kēlā pau loa i ka poʻe i ka mālama kūpono ke hiki mai i ka menstruating. (E pili ana: No ke aha e pono ai ʻoe e mālama i ka wā ʻilihune a me ka Stigma)

ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka no Jones (he nui ka ʻike ʻoihana ʻoihana i ka hoaaloha), no Best, Periodt. - a ke ulu nei ia me ka wikiwiki, e hana ana i kona māka ma ka mākeke menstruation.

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