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Menstruel Cup discussion in the Lifestyle Discussion!

On the 'too far, not far enough' thing, have the bottom where the stem pokes out, resting on the inside of the v****a.

And when it says turn, not turn 360 degrees, but just to where it wont leak.
So stick it in, and turn about half a circle.

Trust me, the first time i did that thing, i was sitting on the lavatory thinking...' Oh my gosh i will never get this thing in, what am i going to do? Oh my gosh...'

Well I got the size 2 one and I feel better using that one. Still trying to get used to it, but now I'm just having problems with it traveling up and up and....up. I am determined to make it work!


Divacup.com doesn't take returns and I highly doubt the store does either since it's a personal hygiene product that you put inside your body.....although maybe I'll give them a call. But I'm ok with losing that money if in the end it all works out.

You're too cute.

That thread link was really cool. I was totally amazed with the size comparisons. I certainly didn't think a tampon would be the same length as a cup. Very handy thread. :3

Okay so I tried the cup for the first time last week! xd

Day one was a lil...well I was extremely paranoid about not having it in properly. The girl who sold it to me, said I should hear it pop open, which I didn't, and that I should be able to grab the stem and turn it 180 easily, which I couldn't. Not just by the stem anyway. I kind of got a grip of the whole bottom part and spun it. I used back up, just in case, while I get used to it, and headed off to work. I biked to work, and my job then was fairly physical (so is my job now lol, I like jobs where I can move around xd ) Anywho, no leaks, didn't feel a thing.

Putting it is is fairly awkward for me. A tampon I can do standing up in a second, this I have to kind of squat down, and play around with it, hoping it's in right. Wondering if it's too hight etc.

The second day is my heavy day. I think my main problem may have been that I wasn't emptying it as often as possible. On this day I would normally use the biggest tampon you can get and be good for maybe 4 hours. I think I may have emptied it 5-6 times during the day. Anyway, overnight (between the first night and second morning) it leaked. Then I could feel it leaking when I went to the book store. So I ran to the bathroom to reposition and to my surprise it was completely full. So I tried again, and within a couple minutes of leaving the bathroom, I could feel the cup, which I know you're not suppose to. At that point I said screw it, I have my backup, I'm just gona buy some books and worry about it later. So maybe 2 hours later, I went to fix it, completely full again! Plus had leaked. Tried it again, that time I think I was leak free. By the time I got home, maybe 4-5 hours later, when I emptied it, I made a lil mess cause it's freaking difficult to empty when it's COMPLETELY full. Back in, but still using back up. That night there were no leaks. The rest of my period was leak free.

I really liked using it towards the end on my light days, when I would normally have a bit of difficulty and be sick of using tampons, but I really don't like pads. With the cup, I can leave it in all day, and not worry about having every size tampon. On days that are too light for a tampon I can still use it. So besides having them as back up, I might be able to be completely pad free soon. xd

I don't know if it didn't work on the second day cause my flow was just way too heavy, or cause I didn't have it in right, hopefully next month I will have it down.

Oh, and as to what people were discussing, the Diva cup is GUARANTIED. Or so I was told. You have 1 year, and if you're not satisfied you can get your money back. They're not about to sell it to someone else, probably they discard of it, but I was told, if after a few months, I still couldn't get it to work for me (and they have phone support lol) that I could call the company and they will reimburse me. Cause obviously people are worried about spending that kind of money on something they aren't sure will work for them. This way they allow people to try it, who would normally be too paranoid, so the money they loose on the few who return it, doesn't hurt them at all.

Well you definatley have to get the hang of it.
But it sounds like its going well for you, dont give up!

My first 2 months were really rocky too, but after that i pretty much can put it in, in like 1 minute or so XD

I wonder how much money i saved from buying tampons.....

I agree, there's definitely a learning curve. It took me about 2 cycles to get the hang of things. Now, I never leak and I've had mine for a few years.

Congrats on getting the menstrual cup! I wonder how one says yay to that, confetti?

I'm such a menstrual cup dork. emo I still can't get mine to sit right or anything.

When searching for information, I found this nugget, which I felt the obligation to share with you folks. As bad as condom hair bands?


It's just crazy enough to work
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