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MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 20:49

So, I run. Having given birth to 3 DC, I have a minor issue with wee coming out when I run. Discovered some time ago that the Mooncup, which I already thought was a fabulous device, could fix this problem.

Tonight I was in a bit of a rush getting ready (in fact, got changed in loos of local soft play centre). Put Mooncup in, got dressed, went running. While running thought things down there felt a little... odd. Wondered if perhaps it hadn't unfolded properly or summat.

Got home, tried to remove the bugger. Couldn't find it! Was literally rummaging around for it. Thought for a few minutes it might have vanished into the Pouch of Douglas (yes, I have been here that long). After much 'bearing down' and contorting got hold of the edge of it and whipped it out.

Had put the damn thing in upside-down Shock

Moral of the story: engage brain when inserting Mooncup. Please share any similar fanjo-related mishaps to make me feel less stupid.

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Fuckwittery · 14/05/2013 21:03

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 14/05/2013 21:03

I don't have periods. Don't hold with them, therefore no need for mooncups.

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 14/05/2013 21:04

Fuckwittery. Yes, I wondered about that.

AtYourCervix · 14/05/2013 21:05

Don't think mine would fit in upside down saggy cervix as well as saggy vadge

MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:06

[Gives QOD a sisterly punch on the arm] See, I knew I couldn't be the only one. Do you honestly think it might still be up there? Bear down and have a rummage love.

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TrucksAndDinosaurs · 14/05/2013 21:07

So does finding it hard to wee with mooncup in = saggy vag wall crap pelvic floor tone? Or does everyone find it hard to wee with a mooncup in?

QOD · 14/05/2013 21:08

Dh doesn't seem to bounce in and out so I don't THINK it's in there?

MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:08

AtYourCervix I would have thought that too until I actually did it! [MissingMooncup worries about tent-like vadge that can accommodate all things]. However, on reflection, upside-down in this case does mean pointy-end first... although am worried I might have had my whole hand in there holding it all folded up! Shock. Am definitely going for a Wine.

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MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:10

Trucks I don't have any problem going for a wee when I mean to with the Mooncup in, it's just the involuntary wee that is affected, IYSWIM.

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 14/05/2013 21:10

I am imagining a Mary Poppins-type scenario where lamps, medicine bottles and Aspidistra plants are able to be pulled out of sack-like nethers

MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:11

ROFL at idea of QOD's DH BOUNCING. Starting to feel a bit better.

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MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:13

Jamie or like Mrs Potato Head in Toy Story, only in reverse: 'and some ham (surely should be sausage in this case?!), and your ANGRY EYES' etc.

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TrucksAndDinosaurs · 14/05/2013 21:13

Oh :( maybe I have crap pelvic floor tone saggy vag

I find it hard to wee with mooncup in when having period.
Especially lighter days. Takes ages, but if I remove mooncup it all whooshes out.

DS was 9lbs and 98 centile head circumference...

WakeyCakey · 14/05/2013 21:15

This brings back very fond memories of that thread where the OP lost her mooncup and managed to have sex with a new bloke before finding it 'up there'
Can't remember if that got sent to classics or not, it had been in for ages.

MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:16

Trucks at risk of TMI I am always worried when going for a poo that Mooncup is about to pop wholly out due to the general downward force, IYSWIM. Do not like to think about the fall-out from this type of explosion.

Realise I am sounding a bit anti-Mooncup. Am not at all, in general think they are genius!

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 14/05/2013 21:17

Yes! angry eyes Grin

MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:19

Wakey I missed that one! He didn't bounce out then Grin.

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MurderOfProse · 14/05/2013 21:20

I've never put it in upside-down! But I did run the London Marathon with it in and not a drop. Given without it, even fresh after a bathroom visit I'd get through the thickest Tena lady over a 5K, it saved my running "career". Magic! Tampons work almost as well, for the record.

A Mooncup is somewhat multi use as I know some people use it when TTC as well to keep stuff in, although the jury is out on how much of a difference that makes..

MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:24

MurderofProse thank God you've joined the thread and proved I'm not insane with the running thing Grin. And well done on the marathon, I am not of that calibre!

Had never heard of the TTC thing - am now wondering if we need some sort of 'random other uses for Mooncups' thread!

In a sort-of-related incident I absent-mindedly left mine in the shower the other day and my cleaner conspicuously moved it when she cleaned the shower. I was a bit Blush and can't stop wondering if she knows what it is or not!

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Melawen · 14/05/2013 21:24

I've given up using my mooncup as its no longer comfortable after only the one DD, but I had an episiotomy so I wonder if I just need to tighten up a bit as I really wish I could use it again.

MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:25

Melawen you might need the other size one now you've had a baby?

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arrrghhhhwaiting · 14/05/2013 21:25

Very disappointed with this story OP.

Mention of play centre was a red herring, I thought the reveal would be that you'd accidentally inserted some sort of small toy.

MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:26
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MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:30

An aside to Jamie I love that the voice of Mrs Potato Head is Janice from Friends...

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MissingMooncup · 14/05/2013 21:33

arrrghhhwaiting apologies. Mentioned play centre only to convey hurried atmosphere; backdrop sounds of distant screaming... but on reflection I guess the risk of small children posting items under the door of the cubicle was very, very real. Phew. [lucky escape emoticon]

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