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Love my cup! Love it, love it, love it! I'm like ThreeFish and had horrendous disgusting periods with much mess and GUARANTEE at least 2 pairs of ruined underwear every month until I switched to a cup. I haven't had a single leak since. I loving LOVE it!
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Hirudo posted:I just bought a DivaCup! I'm actually looking forward to my period so I can try it out. Don't wait! Try it now so you can get the hang of getting it in and out without the OMG, FAUCET IS ON FULL BLAST urgency. Unlike tampons, you can stick the sucker up there any time of the month. I've taken to using mine during my high-fertility days cause, you know, mucous is yucky in my pants.
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Nov 14, 2010 07:17
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Jenova Project posted:How many of you are 1. Not Wiccan. Not anything actually, I'm completely non-religious. 2. My husband doesn't say anything unless I leave it sitting on the sink after my period's over (hand-washed and waiting for me to sterilize it), then he'll ask if I want him to "stick the vag plug in the sterilizer" (he also enjoys calling it my twat glass). I don't think it weirds him out in any way - actually I think he likes it because he no longer has to hear me bitch about what menstrual product failed me this month, we don't waste money on feminine products monthly, he NEVER has to deal with a pair of panties soaking in the sink in a vain attempt to save them after some sort of leakage issue, and the bathroom trashcan is a lot less of a trauma for everyone involved. 3. It will totally help if she gets over her initial ICK reaction and actually tries one. I was convinced it was going to be messier than tampons but it's WAY CLEANER. It's literally turned my periods from a monthly traumatic mess-fest into a complete non-entity. Before the cup, I would get really ANGRY the first day of my period, just resentful and pissed off that I had to deal with this poo poo AGAIN. Now my reaction is "Oh, look at that. Time for my cup." Stultus Maximus posted:How would any of the female posters here recommend bringing the issue up? Fruity Tree posted:Does anyone know if you can buy them in Germany?
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Nov 14, 2010 12:14
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Alterian posted:My mom started crying when I told her I got mine and exclaimed that I am now a woman and then took me out for a prime rib dinner. To this day she still remembers the exact date of when I got my first period. Oh god, my mother attempted to do some sort of celebrating womanhood lunch date with me and I was so loving embarrassed by her excitement I refused to take part. She also didn't know that I'd had my period for several months before she found out. I only told her because I was babysitting and ran out of supplies so I had to call her to have her bring some over. She had pulled me aside when I was 10 to explain everything to me, so that I'd be prepared for it. The first thing I did when she was done was run to my brother and tell him all about what that stuff under the sink was for. It made a lot more sense than my father's explanation - he insisted that tampons were torches for dwarves and we couldn't figure out why we had them considering Snow White and her pals didn't live in our neighborhood.
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Nov 17, 2010 22:47
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Innovative Salad posted:Using my Lunette for the first time today. Putting it in was easy, it's pretty great while it's there. But can I just say that taking that thing out might be the most uncomfortable, queasiness-inducing things I've done this week. Can I ask why? It should NOT be physically uncomfortable to take out. If it is, then you're not breaking the seal on it first. You need to deform it from being perfectly round before pulling out out, otherwise you're just suctioning down on your cervix as you pull. I usually just pinch the very bottom of my cup a bit and it comes right out. Then I flick my wrist a bit once it's out to dump it in the toilet. I will say I had more difficulty getting it out the first few times I used it. Not pain, just difficulty. I think I was nervous about it so I was tensing up my muscles which was making it climb up higher, so I had a hard time getting a grip on it.
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Nov 21, 2010 04:44
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Hypothetical Mcgee posted:Just wanted to chime in that I started using mine in a dorm situation too. I had access to a microwave, so I would get a mug of water and microwave it as hot as I dared, then dunk the cup in there for 5 minutes or so. Probably not as effective as actual boiling, but it seemed to work pretty well. MeLuna sells a sterilization cup specifically designed to put your menstrual cup in the microwave. I should also mention that anyone in a dorm or roommate situation can also check out Target's baby section or Babies R Us to get some of these:http://www.amazon.com/Medela-Quick-Clean-Micro-Steam-Bags/dp/B000096QQ5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=baby-products&qid=1290426097&sr=8-1 They're designed for sterilizing bottle nipples and breast pump parts, but I imagine they'd work just fine for cups as well. You get like 5 bags in a box and each bag can be used multiple times before you need to discard it.
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Nov 22, 2010 12:44
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Lealoo posted:I think I'm going to go ahead and get one. I have a paragard, and my period lasts 6 to 7 days. Usually three super heavy days with 3 or 4 light days. My heavy days I end up using a tampon AND an overnight size pad. My light days are too light for a tampon and I find it EXTREMELY uncomfortable when I try. So I end up wearing pads for 6 to 7 days and by the end my bits (external vulva-ish region?) feel awful and chaffed. They're great for both heavy and light flow. Hell, they're even fine for no flow - I stick mine in the morning of the day I think I'm going to get my period. Also, I know of at least one woman who wears hers on her extremely fertile days to catch all her ermmm...discharge.
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Feb 3, 2011 08:26
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Odrade posted:I've been using a mooncup (UK) for about two years and can confirm that they really do improve your life, probably the best product I've ever purchased. A woman's shelter may take them. They'll definitely take any that are in an unopened box, not sure about whether they'd take them after you've opened the box. Or you could just go into public bathrooms and leave them, like a tampon fairy. I found that they gradually just went away on their own when I left them in my guest bathroom under the sink - friends would come over, find they needed one and root around until they found one. I had about a half a box of them when I got my cup and it took about a year, but eventually they all found homes apparently.
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Feb 13, 2011 18:17
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Anya posted:So, I totally avoided the first thread because I thought the idea of Diva cups/etc totally gross. But, after reading this whole thing, you all have kinda persuaded me into looking into cup. Where can you get one in the US? Are these mainly online things, or can I go to my local CVS/Walgreens/generic drugstore? Amazon carries DivaCups. Aside from that, try your local WholeFoods type grocery store.
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Feb 27, 2011 02:25
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Dazerbeams posted:I'm very interested in trying one, but I'm a little worried about how secure they are. I used Nuvaring for a while and more often than not it would slip out whenever I went to the bathroom. Earlier in the thread someone mentioned how the cup would accidentally slip off in the mornings when she went to pee, but only because it was full. Unlike other activities, the bathroom incorporates the body pushing everything out. So does anyone else have this problem or should it not be an issue? I've never had it be an issue at all. When my cup gets VERY full it tends to ride a little lower, but it's never in any danger of falling out. It gets low enough for me to start feeling that it's in there and then I know it's time to empty it. It's still up inside though, just a tiny bit lower than when I placed it, so I'm still reaching up and in to grab it and pull it out. For the record, I have had tampons basically squirt out while I was going to the bathroom, but I've been using a cup for 3 years now and haven't ever had a problem.
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Mar 15, 2011 02:54
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spatula posted:Oh my god, they have glitter MeLunas now? There is no way I can justify a third menstrual cup, no matter how sparkly it is. You act as if you have to justify making your vagina feel like a pretty pretty princess.
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Mar 25, 2011 03:34
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Giant Boy Detective posted:Speaking of, when the Mooncup arrives, I'm positive I'll have to shorten the stem to fit. How does one go about shortening the stem? Will scissors cut it? Nail clippers? What's the minimum recommended length to leave behind? Just whatever you can get a solid grip on with your fingers? You don't really use the stem to insert or remove it; I left mine completely intact and I still don't use the stem at all. You can just use regular scissors to hack the whole damned thing off.
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Jun 18, 2011 03:58
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Chicken McNobody posted:I'm 10 weeks pregnant, and plan to breastfeed once the baby's born, so it may be a good long time before I have a need for my Diva again. Does anyone know how to store this sucker long-term? Should I even bother, or just chuck it and buy a new one afterward? I just bought a new one a few months ago, and since I turned 30 I chose the bigger size, so I'd hate to have to repurchase if I don't need to. Just wash it as you normally would, stick it in its little bag and shove it in your medicine cabinet. Everyone I know who took a baby break from their cup did just fine afterwards - the only ones who needed to buy new ones were the ones that forgot where they put them.
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Jun 21, 2011 23:33
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You say you used it a few times with no problems but now it's oversuctioning? I suggest that after you do get it out, make sure the little holes up at the top are clear - sounds like you've lost venting.
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Jul 4, 2011 15:40
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I've used the Medela steam bags to clean mine and it still works fine. I figured they were intended to breast pump parts and baby bottle nipples, so it's gotta be fine for my cup. I also used to run mine through my steam sterilizer for my kid's bottles when I was still using that. At one point, MeLuna used to sell microwave containers intended for microwave sterilizing their cups(they might still, I haven't looked in a while), so I'm pretty sure it's fine.
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Nov 19, 2011 22:30
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NaturalLow posted:
I use a DivaCup, so yeah, silicone. Those Medela bags are made for sterilizing silicone parts. I imagine they'd also work on whatever MeLuna is made from. I checked MeLuna's website and they are still selling microwave sterilizing cups, so if you wanted something more permanent than the bags (which are only supposed to be used 3-5 times before being replaced), that's an option.
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Nov 20, 2011 04:55
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Chiba City Blues posted:I've been looking into one of these for a while, but I have a few questions: I am a heavy bleeder and I sleep with mine in. As for sanitizing, there are several methods. I don't put mine in the dishwasher ever. I either boil it in a pot of water on the stove or I use microwave sanitizing bags from the baby section at Target or Amazon (They're made by Medela and they're called Quick Clean Micro-Steam bags). Also to be quite honest, I don't sterilize mine every month. I hand wash it very well with Diva Wash (it's the cleaner that the Diva Cup company sells) right after I am done using it for the month and then again right before I use it the next month. I only sterilize it every few months.
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Feb 23, 2012 08:53
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Bewildrbeast posted:Do you ladies keep a small stock of tampons at your house for other lady friends in case they have an emergency? At this point it's happened a few times where a pal has needed one. I switched to a cup 5 years ago. I still have the box of tampons and a package of pads under my sink from before that, so if anyone really needs one they can use those. I don't think I'll go out and buy more when they run out.
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Mar 25, 2012 17:27
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Julet Esqu posted:It's high enough if you can stand up and walk around and not feel it. You'll get a feel for how far that is after you've done it a couple of times. I generally do the stirring method too. Funny enough, if it feels perfectly round to me, I know it's wrong. There's a specific little dent I get in mine due to the shape of my vagina that indicates to me that I have a good seal.
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Apr 24, 2012 21:18
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Rondette posted:The only problem I've had so far is once I dropped it on the floor when it was full. Oh hey, I did that once. Right onto my brand new sage green memory foam bathmat. Now I have an even newer sage green memory foam bathmat.
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Feb 20, 2013 03:58
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Autumncomet posted:On my period and trying my DivaCup for the first time. I've got no trouble putting it in and it doesn't leak, but when taking it out (pinch the bottom, rock side to side and pull out gently), the suction sometimes 'catches' and it hurts a bit, although it comes out right after. Is this normal or am I not breaking the seal well enough? Sounds like you aren't breaking the seal enough. Try pinching a tiny bit higher up.
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Feb 27, 2013 23:25
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I'd never used a tampon before (relatively conservative family, long story), so I was worried for a bit, but I eventually figured out a good fold to get it in there.
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Vespa Mandarinia posted:I just started using the Diva Cup. gently caress yeah, no more tampons or pads ever again for me. I'm on more than 5 years with the same Diva Cup, probably close to 5 1/2 by now. It's to the point now where it's stained and peroxide doesn't remove the staining anymore. But it's still completely functional - no crumbling, cracks, or breakdown. There's no odor; it's stained but otherwise fine. I'm planning to just continue using it until I see some breakdown or it starts leaking. I seem to remember that when i bought it, the packaging said up to 10 years, but they've now changed it to 1. I don't know if that was due to some sort of external regulation or if it is really just the company looking to sell more cups.
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Mar 3, 2013 09:57
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compshateme85 posted:I just started having my period again after ~14 years of avoiding it, and I've been using a menstrual cup for the last two days. I have a few questions and if they've already been answered previously in the thread, I apologize, 41 pages of info is a lot to go through. I think it sounds like you need to buy a different, smaller brand. If you've cut down the cup from the top, that's part of the reason it's not popping open upon insertion, it needs that structure that the little rim gives it. As to question 3, I think it's just a matter of time and practice. I also have a tilted cervix (actually, my whole uterus is sitting wonky) and I used to dig around in there forever, making sure it was where I thought it needed to be. Now I just sort of know when it's right.
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Oct 4, 2013 19:22
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Julet Esqu posted:Any ideas on how it compares in size to a Diva Cup? Divas are the longest cups, but that one looks pretty big. 
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Aug 25, 2014 23:13
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Portals posted:I didn't know that the Diva had a hollow stem, that's kinda bizarre. Yeah, it is. I don't really understand the purpose of it, it gets really gross and it's hard to clean. It's really hollow, not closed up at all. I don't know if they've changed the design at all. As I said, this one is 10 years old. 
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Aug 26, 2014 01:55
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JibbaJabberwocky posted:So I finally got fed up with using tampons and bought myself a Diva cup. I was running out of tampons and I figured now was as good of a time as any to try it. I hardly bleed with my periods, it's a super light flow. I can just barely manage to fill up a light tampon on my heaviest day. It seems to fit alright but I think I'll have to snip off the entire stem since the end of the cup is sticking out and I can't imagine having trouble removing it. How are you folding it? Like a C or a U fold? I am a fan of the 7-fold or the Punchdown - both very tapered and pointy for easy insertion.
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Aug 26, 2014 23:21
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Mathematics posted:Hey, I'm not sure if you guys have seen the Evacup on Amazon but it's fairly cheap. I think like $18. Yeah, I find it much easier to clean than my Diva, and with no staining at all (the Diva was horribly discolored every month). I actually found it popped open easier than my Diva, although that may be because my Diva was somewhere around 10 years old and reaching the end of its lifespan, not sure. Slightly more difficult to get out because it feels smoother, less grippy than the Diva...which is probably why it's easier to clean. I'm very happy with it.
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Sep 29, 2014 22:49
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My Diva went for about 9 years before I replaced it. There wasn't really a *need* to replace it even when I did, I just really wanted to try the Anigan EvaCup and wasn't sure the price was going to be permanent or if it was superlow as a special introductory price. I figured the Diva would need to be replaced eventually and I'd regret not buying the EvaCup when it was cheap if the price went up.
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Nov 30, 2014 21:34
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Bad Sneakers posted:Two questions - No IUD for me but I do generally have a heavy flow and I have a tipped uterus. A cup works great for me - I can go longer between changes than I used to be able to with tampons and getting a good seal is pretty easy after some practice. After a big, you know what it feels like on insertion if it's right. When it doesn't feel a certain way going in, I just pull it out and start over.
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Apr 29, 2015 19:51
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Kase moch posted:This thread has gotten me to take the plunge and buy a meluna sport (in particular the possibility of less cramping and fewer days bleeding omg). I find that during my period, if the cup *doesn't* have that sort of horizontal bend in it, then I don't have a good seal. That's basically what I'm feeling for when I reach up there: round rim, dented body. Everyone is different; what you're feeling is my personal ideal, YMMV when it's go time.
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Jul 17, 2015 19:19
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