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Females in boot camp & water training.
My daughter is a DEPer and she is leaving next month for GL. I am curious as to how the females who are mestruating during the water training components handle this. Some monthly flows are heavier that others and tampons alone just don't cut it. This could be a huge problem during the water exercises. I've been searching the various sites on N4M and haven't come across this topic. Does anyone know where to look/search?
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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I suspect it would be handled on a case by case basis. I have no doubt this has happened with more than one female recruit; anyone facing this will need to talk to her RDC to work out details at that time (there will be a female one available).
Besides, boot camp will disrupt cycles. Some girls will have theirs early, others will skip, even if they were regular beforehand. Those not on birth control pills may even begin to cycle together. It is weird as all get out. And you don't get time off for cramps, you have to push through. I don't even know if they're allowed OTC pain relief, we weren't when I went through a long time ago. Maybe someone can answer that; I know they can't bring anything like Midol in with them.
Since they are allowed to keep their birth control pills these days, any female on the pill should talk to her doctor about just skipping her period. Some women can do this by not taking their placebo week of pills, and they have no bad side effects. As I said, ask a doctor.
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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Having a monthly flow doesn't stop anything....training and work keeps going.
If they can't control it with tampons than they go to medical, ONLY medical can decide they will do the swim part at a different date. Otherwise, they change their tampon before they get in the pool and right after they get out of the pool.
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I found a pretty good site for Navy DEPers regarding this. http://www.navydep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=401
It answers some of the questions we had. I'm trying to trouble shoot as much as possible before she leaves. It sounds like some things will have to wait until she gets there and who the RDC is.
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