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  1. Mooncup and period pants. Perfect combination has been my solution for heavy periods! I haven't tried the leotard-friendly ones though as I have a 3 month old baby so that's not really been on the cards lately (neither has ballet for the past three months as I can't leave him for long enough yet! Hoping to take him to an adults workshop in the sling in a couple of weeks!!). But Mooncup and a liner used to work fine so I'd think the pants would be ok. But everyone's different! And teenagers might be less keen on a cup? But they do collect a lot more than a tampon and I find much more comfortable, even pre-baby, and less leakage for me.
  2. Wow, thank you for sharing. I have a friend with scoliosis (who dances) and she doesn't tell many people. I know it's different for everyone, but this is a beautifully made insight.
  3. Thank you to the mods and for such a pertinent new year message. Wishing everybody all the best for whatever 2021 brings
  4. I completely agree with everything you've said. All bodies have a different set point weight, the majority of which lie between a BMI (highly flawed measure!) of 20 and 30/35. Many dancers' may indeed be lower for them to be able to sustain that level of activity at that weight, and as you say, no body shaming smaller bodies either, but like you I suspect that very few bodies have a set point weight of extremely low BMI. Many people end up in hospital with anorexia at a much higher BMI than the number you stated too.
  5. Done for you. Good luck with your project.
  6. Jumping on this a bit late, but I cannot recommend Vanessa Golborn in Alton enough. I began my dance life there aged 12 and danced there for 10 or 15 years altogether. Still miss it to this day despite having moved north nearly 8 years ago! Top notch technique training, and top notch people! http://www.vgdance.co.uk/
  7. Hi Efftee, and welcome. Loads of great advice on here already about really examining whether now is the best time and ultimately nothing can come above her wellbeing. If she doesn't have that she won't have dance either. Between you I'm sure you will get a good idea over the coming months of what her particular recovery journey might look like (never quite predictable and rarely entirely linear but so glad you are getting support for it) and what is best for her and you as a family. Not knowing what support network you have for yourself, but I know that supporting someone with an ED can be really confusing and horrible. I'm sure there are people here who can identify and support you in that, but if it would be at all helpful to talk to someone who is also in recovery from an ED please feel free to PM me. I'm not a parent and didn't study dance professionally (just in every spare minute to keep me a little sane!!). My ED came along a little later but am here and happy to talk if there's any way I can help. Wishing you and DD all the very very best going forward, and it sounds like you're both taking a really positive and proactive approach though it must be scary for you both. The forward planning and openness you're describing from both of you will stand you in good stead.
  8. I know somebody else who goes to Deborah Coultish in Alwoodley for Adv 2 and recommends. I really want to make it but weekday evenings are tricky for me as it's a 45 min-1 hour drive home and I have to be up for work in the morning! And I teach until 6.30 so not certain whether I could get there on time!
  9. Gosh, the reporting leaves something to be desired - fishing for details that would be very triggering for anyone dealing with those issues... Thankfully Jade Wallace dealt with it fairly well, not giving too many of the probed details. Wish people would consider the media guidelines for reporting responsibly on mental health!
  10. Anna, you have said everything I wanted to say but couldn't frame as eloquently! Only commenting to add weight to the excellent points made by Anna and others. Also to add, health is a very important thing to focus on, and it is exactly that: health not weight or body size/shape. If it really came to it (not because it is likely or to scare you, but just to frame perspective) would you rather a physically and mentally healthy daughter who may not have the "100% perfect" (definition of which will differ with every single person you ask) or one who is the "right" size and shape but compromised in a greater or lesser way by achieving that body? Glad she has got a caring and interested parent to guide her and that you are seeking healthy nutrition - sorry I can't help dietician-wise but as Anna says, everything in moderation, wholegrains, nourishing foods that provide the energy and nutrients to keep a body working to its full potential. Educate yourself and her on health (not weight or weight loss or body shape), as you are seeking to do, just don't get stuck on it. Nothing wrong with treats as long as they are not compromising functioning, at which point she may well notice that herself and adjust! As I'm sure you are aware, undue focus on diet can be a lot more damaging than any imperfection in said diet. Care for body, care for mind and care for self. Good nutrition is part of that and so is treating ourselves with kindness and generosity: both together keeps room for freedom and joy which can be found in dancing!
  11. The Bra-Tek from Capezio are useless if your bust measurement is even slightly disproportionately larger than rest of torso! (Unless I also have an unusually long torso which I suppose could be the case ) Good luck - it is a nightmare situation. Currently I can just about get away with nude dance bras if I buy carefully and buy the leotards carefully although they do show sometimes. But for under costumes I've actually gone to M&S and got regular multiway bras before as they tend not to come up too high in front or at the back and of course support without straps. Before my last show I went in complete with tutu and catsuit stashed in bag and took about 10 to try on 🤣
  12. Sadly can't make 30th, but will be looking forward hopefully being able to be there in July in Yorkshire. Have fun next week
  13. ❤️ This hits too close to home for many words, but though I have never met either of you, I truly wish you and your daughter peace and health, in whatever way that comes. I know what these things do to brains and wish all the best in recovery. Her openness and honest writing now bring light to an area too often hidden in shame, and that in itself is a wonderful and powerful thing.
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