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"If I were stranded on an desert island and I was only allowed to bring one product to use during my period, it wouldn&amp;#039;t be the Diva Cup, or Soft Cup, or Undiepads, or even tampons. It would be good, old-fashioned pads. My love affair with le sanitary napkin might be rooted in the first time I ever used a tampon. I was 13, and my friends and I were going over to someone&amp;#039;s house for a swim...but I was on my period. What to do, what to do??? One of my closest girlfriends at the time suggested I use a tampon. A tampon? I didn&amp;#039;t even own one. My period only started two years prior and I religiously used pads as advised by my mother. What followed pretty much made me hate tampons until I was 20. I stumbled upon an O.B. tampon\u2014you know, the one without an applicator, ugh\u2014in my desk drawer and put that sucker up my vagina properly. Or so I thought. I slipped on my lime green bikini, shorts, tank, and headed out. Long story short, the tampon wasn&amp;#039;t in all the way and I bled all over my pretty swimsuit and shorts. Totes embarrassing. I stuck to pads from that day forward. Truthfully, wearing a pad makes me feel more protected while I&amp;#039;m on my period. I am less likely to have a leak, especially if I&amp;#039;m wearing one of the Always Infinity pads. If you haven&amp;#039;t tried the Always Infinity line, then you don&amp;#039;t know what the f*ck you&amp;#039;re missing out on. Some anti-pad people ask me why I enjoy sitting in my own period blood. But this pad literally sucks up the blood and you feel dry between your legs as the rapid red sea flows. To me it&amp;#039;s not like wearing a diaper, as some die-hard tampon users might describe it. Pads have come a long way, and if you have the right pad for your body, it will stay in place and you will forget about it. My pad loyalty only grew when I was 22 and experienced excessive bleeding during my cycle over the course of five months. I found out it was because I had PCOS. I would bleed right through a tampon within the first hour of putting it in (I can&amp;#039;t help it if I&amp;#039;ve got a heavy flow and a wide-set vagina!). When I wore a pad, I didn&amp;#039;t need to worry about leaking. I felt like I could really rely on pads because they came through for me in my time of need. Disclaimer: I don&amp;#039;t entirely hate tampons. I use them towards the end of my period when it&amp;#039;s really light. BUT GOOD GOD, nothing beats an amazing pad. Also, a tampon can sometimes feel like you&amp;#039;ve got a D up your V for hours. And how about, when you&amp;#039;ve had one in for a while and you need to fish for the string because it&amp;#039;s somewhere in your vag? Needless to say, I will forever be #TeamPads. What do you prefer? Pads or tampons? Want more from Dara? Follow her on Facebook and Twitter @dadeeyo. Photo: Always "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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