I began using reusable products out of frustration. I was spending about half as much per month on menstrual products as I was on petrol, and I didn't like what I was getting for my money. Cute tins or decorative boxes helped, but they didn't overcome the fact that the products were just not doing a good enough job. They were drying, they made me itchy or even sore, and worst of all, they always leaked. One morning, after staining yet another set of clean sheets, I took my sister's advice and went looking for a cup.

Only, I couldn't find one.

It took me nearly a month to get my eager little hands on my first cup. Later I heard my friends, amd women at the Women's Health Information Centre, complain of the same thing ... they wanted a cup, but couldn't find them locally and buying from overseas can cost so much! So, I threw caution to the wind, ignored logic (and my thesis supervisors), jumped in feet first... and so EnvironMenstruals came to be.