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So far I love it! I instructed him to get size one, the small one. It took me 3 tries to get it in right, but I believe it's right now. I can't feel it, but I'm definitely aware that it's there, in a similar way to you're aware of a tampon, except those are a lot more noticeable.

No leaks yet, I really wish I had it earlier this morning to put it to the test, lately I've only been really heavy on my first day. I am psyched to have it for tomorrow, because wearing tampon or a pad to the aquarium would be sooo uncomfortable! It's a lot of physical work there, and I usually only have time to use the bathroom once or twice in the 8-10 hours that I'm there, which makes tampons a bad idea.

I will post updates if anything changes. I love the fact that they rely on word of mouth for their advertising.

Zeepers, you could have killed yourself like that! I posted a status on my facebook saying I got a Diva cup and I highly recommend it to all of my female friends. I got a really rude comment back from one of my friends...."I was going to get one, but then I would have to stop shaving my legs. I heard there's a disclaimer on the box that only really butchy bulldykes use them" This coming from a girl who claims to be bi and my best friend. Wow.

Loads of people are ignorant. Just ignore it. I love saving money and doing things that are better for the environment. I don't care what people think of my decisions when I know they are right. Let her throw money away on tampons and risk TSS, it's her loss.

That's pretty much what I told her. I love it and ome of my other friends were interested, including one who was on the fence about it because she wasn't sure if it would work.

That's too bad Ellavemia. I'm finally getting my DivaCup to work. (I have to stand to put it in or might as well not have it at all.)

I like the Lunette because the nib thing is really long and I find it quite difficult to remove the DivaCup with the stubby little nib. I will probably purchase a Lunette as my second cup in the next few months.

i have the post childbirth divacup because as my name suggests, i have kids, i do get a little leaking problem the first 2 days, but that's because of how heavy those days are, i have to change it literally 5 or 6 times a day and still get a little leakage. im considering investing in cloth liners for my undergarments for those days.

but i learned the hard way to ONLY discuss cups with like-minded people, because you WILL meet hostility from "the outside world" very strong hostility. on one of the mom message boards i saw a poor mom get ripped to shreds for asking how other people delt with cleaniing them if caught in a public restroom. all she got was people screaming about how disgusting it was, and how we cup users were giving them all aids because "OMG blood haz aids! nomatterwat! even if u does not has it, u still givs it to the norml pplz!" (i think they where asleep in elementary school where they explain it has to be fluid-to-fluid contact to get it). i tried to help the poor lady by telling her how i'd hop into the handicap stall and work as quickly as possible soas to not keep it from someone who might need it, that way i'd have access to water privately. big mistake. i never said i rinsed it out in the sink but that was enough to get them on me, blaming me as a source for why they dont use public restrooms, and giving me the same round of how disgusting i was, how i should just be normail, blah blah blah. i retorted with a "it's better that wearing diapers sitting in the blood all day (read:pads) or having a piece of bleached, chemically treated cotton up my *expletive starting with a t meaning v****a*

lol sorry to rant, humans just frustrate me so much. it gets to the point i only talk to other "crunchy" people or my fellow otherkin because normal humans just make my head esplode! hell, i dont even use the normal forums on gaia at all, i only really post here.

I hate it when it suctions! I yelp from surprise each time.