Am I a Mooncup minger?

This. I eatmeat, so my pans have been in contact with the blood and flesh of various animals. In fact they're less likely to be in contact with my blood from boiling a washed moon up in it. And importantly, I wash pans well after each use, regardless of what was in it last. I wouldn’t want to use a pan if it still had the remains of baked beans or chicken in white sauce or oxtail soup or whatever was last in it. A cleaned pan where I'm heating stuff up to boiling should be fine.

It’s also the same hands you’re using to insert a moon cup, wash the moon cup, wipe your bum and then prepare food with.
What’s the different between washing a saucepan thoroughly and washing your hands thoroughly?

Amen to this. Only if your fingers are dirty would this pose a problem.

I think you win, you cook your beans in the same pan you wash your moon cup in 🤮. I mean since having kids I can shrug pretty gross stuff off, this is just all kinds of minging. Imagine an episode of come dine with me where the host takes her mooncup off the hob, gives the pan a swill before getting on with the white sauce in the same pan 🤣. Buy a cheap pan ew

But... WHY?
If the pan is cleaned afterwards what difference does it make? Do you think period blood can magically cling to pans in a way that survives the dishwasher/washing up?

You mean, you don’t wash your plates in the toilet? 🤣

Well I MUST be a minger, because I don't tend to rinse it every time I empty and reinsert it! I might if I was at home but I certainly don't when out and about.😆 Menstrual blood isn't minging, it's not germy or foul. I just tip it in the loo, put back in, it's fine. OP is massively overthinking this.

To be honest I wouldn’t do this with anything I planned to wear on the outside of my body either. Or just anything at all. The toilet flush rinses the toilet bowl. Nothing else.

A mooncup goes inside a woman’s vagina to catch menstrual blood. I wouldn’t recommend rinsing anything with toilet water that you then plan on inserting inside yourself. Even if you do rinse with tap water after 😂

You’re being daft. You use the sink to wash your hands with the same bodily fluids on without any thought. Your moon cup is no different.

If your husband shaves and cuts himself & gets blood in the sink, isn't that the same thing? Agree with an earlier poster that your overthinkng it. Clean any bloods stains off the sink and sure it all be fine.

Why the puke emoji. Surely you can acknowledge that while it might not be something you'd choose, plenty of women are happy using them.

Personally I prefer my blood being collected within rather than on a towel outside my body and I definitely find a cup more comfortable and practical for all the sports I do.

me too I could never use one 🤮. no idea why modern sanitary towels have to contain plastic so bad for the environment I don't remember them being like that 30 odd years ago.

I've never boiled mine in a saucepan.
Mine has never got stuck.
I've never carried a bottle of water around.
It is a little messier than a tampon, but it's not enough of a bother to outweigh the advantages for me.

The big advantage is that I can use it when I'm not sure when my period is going to start. Also, I use it when doing sport to help with pelvic floor issues.

My bathroom is off my kitchen. The sink is used for all pounding of personal stains and deep-soaking of soiled laundry before it goes in the washing machine... Which includes rinsing out of menstrual blood from regular underwear and from those special period pants. Mine doesn't even get to go down the toilet...

I would think wiping with a tissue increases the risk of introducing problems (little bits of tissue), rather than just re-inserting it not quite clear of blood.

Presumably you wash the sink?

I don’t think many people have to change them during the day. They hold more liquid than a tampon and don’t take in/absorb naturally body fluid (like a tampon)

When I tried a mooncup, they were full to overflowing in less than 20 minutes. I don’t think they’re any good for a heavy/clotty flow.

Thankfully, I now have a Mirena.

Sink here, or sometimes in the shower whilst I'm in there. I have a microwave steriliser thingy. I am close to evangelical about cups, they're so great. Although my brain worm every time I rinse it out is if I went missing would the forensics people find traces of my blood in the sink and think DH had done away with me somehow... Too many true crime podcasts I think!

On days 1 and 2 I would need to change probably twice at work. I would wash hands first, empty cup, wipe with tissue and reinsert. Then wash hands. And wash out properly in the sink when I get home.
I'm not sure why emptying a mooncup (or other brand) is worse or more gross than anything else related to periods? All toilet and period activity is private and would be unpleasant with an audience, so I lock the bathroom door 🤷‍♀️

Just wash the sink out after you have ashes your moon cup in it.
It is just blood & tissue after all.
Think about it this way…if you have a nose bleed you’d hold your head over the sink & not blink an eyelid about it!

Thankyou everyone for cementing the fact i will never use a moon cup lol

Boil in saucepans used for food 😮
Getting stuck.....
Sounds way too messy
way to much stuff around for my liking

Never had huge mess issues with tampons, dont need to carry a bottle of water to the toilet for rinsing, no worry about making a crime scene

As long as you rinse out the sink after it's fine. If you think he'll make a fuss just lock the door.

Sorry, do you mean actually rinsing it out in the toilet. Because that’s really grim and I can’t believe there are still people coming in this thread to suggest this. Do people honestly use the loo to wash stuff?

Use the sink. One weird thing that I think about when I wash mine out is that if anything happened to me and police forensics got involved they can find blood even when it’s visually cleaned and they would think my boyfriend killed me and washed some of the blood down the sink 😂

But it's in the loo. Where people shit. And there's toilet cleaner in there too. Nooo! Stop!