to be the best mother in the world. i have bought my daughter a............

[AtYourCervix]

Mooncup.

She will thank me for it.

Eventually.

I am excellent am i not?

No more fester-y than it is when inside you and ore-absorption by tampon and way less in your face (not literally) than when is just flowing into sanitary towel.

I like how the idea of having it collect in a cup is beyond disgusting to some people, but having it soak into wadded cotton or plastic is ok

And how fascinating is it to have a look and see what is actually coming out. [possibly far far too far]

I'd be terrified of it loosing suction and making a loud popping noise before falling to the floor and pouring blood everywhere.

I have bad look and embarrassing moments follow me.

I think its a lovely idea. At that age I was v shy about bodily functions, and a conversation out of nowhere would have mortified me, but a gift showing that my mum approved and I could ask her what I needed to would have helped me try and given me the courage to ask her for more details... "Mum, you know that thing you left on my bed?". Although that said, I was mortifie. When she did a similar thing wwith condoms!

Ah.

The reation.

'Muuuuuuum! What the bloody hell?'

You doubters may have been right

At Your Cervix I hope my post didn't come across as a criticism - I didn't intend it that way!

I am clearly very naive when it comes to mooncups. And other sanitary devices.

In foster care they are very much not spoken about. My first foster mum gave me toilet roll when I started, and told me to wrap it around my knickers and not mention it again.

I don't think I'm over that yet, I still reduce to a cringe when I think about them.

I hope she gives it a go :)

I thought a Mooncup was some form of contraception I am 42
I only found out via this thread it was not....
I use Beppe's, its a sponge, its ace...

caja.

I am possibly a little over obsessed with all things womanly.

Anyway. It's there if she ever fancies trying it.

There's a sponge as well?!

"Also slightly plunger looking"

a clunge plunger?

Sorry OP you can't be the best Mum in the world as I had already bought my DD age 16 a mooncup not that she has used it which means I pipped you at the post.

We no longer say we are on our period in our house. We now tell people (not random strangers obviously) that we are mooncupping

Am relieved i am not alone IKnow.

I've just looked at the photos on google. There's one with a mooncup next to a tampon. It's huge! How can you possibly insert that? I struggle with tampons, and those are much smaller.

Yup SP, a mine is called a JamSponge :) here

I found out today that a tin that held yeast is the perfect size to hold my mooncup when not in use.
The former use of the tin did make me smile but it also meant I washed it an extra time

Moon cups sound SCARY.
I'd be worried about the suction part.

Caja My foster mum told me that the sooner I got pregnant, the sooner it would stop, but until then, I was to put bits of cotton wool in my pants and she wouldn't talk about it again as it was disgusting .

Jam Sponge?

That's put me off jam sandwiches.

They have little holes near the top to prevent too much suction

Primrose - think Norway.

Norway is quite a small country and its coastline is sll squiggly, in and out. If you stretched out the coastline it would cover a much larger area.

Your vagina is the same. Very stretchy. Think how big a baby's head is. That's how stretchy.

I will never eat a Victoria Sponge again.

Its just getting weirder.

I presume posters who are worried about putting a Mooncup in, dont put ANYTHING else in..... Ahem

In fact Norway has a longer coastline than the USA

I will be doing the same (though DD1 is 6 so a way off yet).

Mooncups are fantastic I cannot praise highly enough. The smuggery of turning ones back on the sanpro aisles

Cant believe how precious some people are about them. Much less grim than loo bins full of used sanpro