Use a menstrual cup

Lessons learnt:

• That sticky-out thing about 3 inches in that I can barely reach therefore have only just become aware of is called a cervix and doesn’t require a significant google search into all matter of lump-related diseases. No joke. I thought it was way up in there!

• It’s extremely important to make sure you break the suction or else it will most definately feel like you’re yanking out your insides.

• Trying to get some kind of C-fold going on when removing it is also key as pulling something that wide (the rim) out of an entrance so small can end up making it a bit irritated, sore and swollen = bad times.

I’ll definately give it another go next month, but I need to work on the removal bit (see bulletpoints two and three). Overall though, the last week has been the more bareable period I can remember having for a long time! If I manage to perfect the whole technique of getting it out, I’ll no longer be dreading that time of the month :)

No leaks! I’m actually falling in love with this thing. I still have to get the complete and utter hang of it but I’m very very happy and highly recommend them! I use to think I was heavy but when you can see the offending stuff, I can see I’m really not :) Happy.

a few days before my last ‘time of the month’, but I was too nervous to use it. Seeing as I was taken by suprise two days early today, I thought I’d give it a go. It doesn’t hurt to put in although it’s a little bit uncomfortable to pull out. The only problem I’m having is with the seal – I don’t think I’m making the vacuum properly, but time will tell. Trial and error I suppose.

I’ve been meaning to get one for ages to see what they were like, and stumbling across them being sold for £14.95 with free delivery was more than enough to make me buy one. The whole concept sounds great so I hope it lives up to the hype!

here goes..

got one today. will try and use it soon

Just not my time, I have more important priorities to focus on now. Maybe in a few years.

I’ve owned a Diva Cup for a long time, but when I first tried it, I couldn’t get it to fit comfortably so I gave up on it. I found it the other day and decided, “I’m going to make this work this time!”

Well, I made it work, and I love it. It’s definitely not gross at all, and clearly much better than throwing tampons and pads into landfills every month.

Anyone who has tried using a menstrual cup and given up because of discomfort, etc. PLEASE go here:

http://menstrualcups.org/

Any questions you have will be answered, and they have a large database of tips and advice that will definitely help you.

this is the BEST invention! it’s way more comfortable, eco-friendly, cheap, easy to use, and you never need buy tampons or pads EVER AGAIN!!

especially if you’re comfortable using tampons, this will be easy :)

WOO HOO!

I use the Diva cup and I love it! I highly recommend it and am happy to answer questions about it.