mooncups

[stitchthezenmaster]

what if the government strted handing out a freea mooncup to eavaerya waomn in england. would it be better for the environment?
ive heard ti said that sanitary towels are worse than disposable nappies.
discuss please

[Spidermama]

I think it would be great. MN has done it's bit. Time now to reach out to a wider audience.

Why are towels worse than nappies I wonder. I would have thought they'd be pretty similar.

[stitchthezenmaster]

i think its because of the duration of use. naappies are used for maximum three years of a life. towels afor forty years, give or take. so more towels thrown aaaaway constantly than nappies

[parkinpud]

Does anyone mind if I jump in here and maybe you could help? I have read up on mooncups & as a committed saver of the environment did think about trying them but... it sounds icky to me! Very childish I know but just curious if people do use them & if they are as good as supposed to be?

And maybe that's part of them problem of them not having a wider audience? Any thoughts?

[Spagblog]

They are fab, less icky than lilets!

[HuwEdwards]

I would ask for 2 and use them as knee guards for when I'm gardening....

[PrettyCandles]

Parkinpuds, just search MN for mentions of Mooncup, and you'll see how excited we get about them!

[NannyL]

Mooncups are wonderful

the best £ i have ever spent and will NEVER go back to anything else! got mine in july 2006 and loved it by august 2006!

[NannyL]

Mooncups are wonderful

the best £ i have ever spent and will NEVER go back to anything else! got mine in july 2006 and loved it by august 2006!

[thewoodlandfairy]

just about to commence month 3 with mooncup. Took a little getting used to but i love it and how many women do you hear say that about any alternative way of dealing with periods? Truly fab - you won't look back. Boots on line delivered mine. Just do it!

[Furball]

HuwEdwards - either you've got a really big fanjo or really small kneecaps

[rocketupbum]

Just wanted to add that i love my mooncup. Whenever i try to explain it to pals they always look at me in horror but I can honestly say it is soooo much easier than faffing around with pads/tampons. And you get to feel good about yourself even if your womb feels like it is falling out!

[morningpaper]

I tried to discreetly remove my Mooncup yesterday when DH and the children were in the bathroom (all bathing)

Dropped it, completely full, into my tights, then tried to throw it into sink and a large string of blood went from me to the sink and a massive splat of blood went up the bathroom wall. Had to change ALL my clothes AND get in the bath as well as scrub the wall and sink.

Also had to answer MANY questions about menstruation from my 4 year old, starting with something like "Mummy WHAT ON EARTH have you found UP THERE?"

[sunnywong]

TITTER!

you just must have an ensuite to sort out your cup

[bumperlicious]

How do you deal with them in public loos at work?

[NannyL]

i only ever empty mine once a day in the evening before bed

ok i know they recommend 4 times per day (IMO to cover themselves against the risk of TSS, but as of yet there have been no cases of TSS with mooncups so im not that worried either, its my risk and im prepared to take it!)

should u need to change it you can use a little bottle of water, or even just wipe out with loo roll and wash properly next time (it says you can do that in the instructions anyway

you may want a wet wipe for your hands (is advice lots of people say) but my hand always stay clean anyway.

[Spidermama]

I have to empty mine twice or three times a day on the heaviest days.

Mooncups rule.

[Chandra]

I just want someone to convince me to try again. I got mine, put it in no problems but no matter how exactly I followed the intructions it was sooooooooooo painful to remove, at some point, having tried everything the leaflet suggested, the only thing that stopped me from taking a pair of scissors and removing the mooncup's base was the price I had paid for it...

[Dior]

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[MarsLady]

So I was a complete sceptic. I always get things like this and it proves to be a disaster and a total waste of money.

This time.......... IT'S BLOODY (pardon the pun) FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!

Quite apart from all the saving the environment and money..... I was at a birth and I didn't have to keep popping out to change my pad. I used dread a client going into labour when my period started... but not anymore. I have really heavy days at the beginning but I pop a thin pad.... a thin pad (I've never been able to use one of those light flow/normal flow things) on to catch any spillage and I can stay with my lady throughout the labour. It's amazing.

It was uncomfortable the first time, but that's cos I wasn't used to it I think. The more I use it the easier it becomes.

Chandra... you have to let yourself relax when you remove it. Think about yourself opening. I found it a bit of a pig to remove in the beginning but once I started visualising myself opening (which is what I tell my ladies to do when they are giving birth) I found it came out easily.

Why didn't I know about these before? And when is my DD old enough for one?

[Chandra]

MArs... but it took me 27 hours to give birth to my baby, would I be acussed of monopolising the toilet in the hours it would take for me to give birth to the Mooncup?

I confess last week I even went through my breath in breath out exercises to help the thing out and... nothing... perhapas what I nees it's a forceps!

[Dior]

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[Skyler]

I love my mooncup too. I have to bear down to get it out though and have not cut any of the stem off. I think perhaps you might be a bit tense if it hurts??

[Skyler]

Oh and PMSL at MP. Sorry

[twinklingstar]

In my local Boots Mooncups are tucked away on the shelf nearest the floor, LOL - do you suppose that is tactical, so they keep selling all the other sanpro they have there???

Would all the Mooncuppers out there care to check next time they are in Boots to see if this is a one off or a trend - I am intrigued to know

Did you guess yet that I LOOOOOVE my MOOOONCUP?!