To hold the tampax string out of the way (or not, as the case may be)!

[pasanda]

Chatting to my bf the other day and one of us holds the string out of the way when we have a wee, the other doesn't! Each of us was as incredulous as the other that we would do it 'our way' (iyswim!!)
What do you lot do?

Oh on sizing - I’m a size 10 and Small fit perfectly.

I change it every time a long with the pad but everything for me even mooncups as mine are so heavy

If a doctor told me that moon cups increased the risk of endometriosis I think I'd change doctor. How ridiculous.

I agree that the increased risk of endo sounds very strange - I also find that tampons worsen the awful period pain I get with endo. I haven't tried a mooncup though, I like to be able to chuck whatever I use straight away.

Why has this thread been hi-jacked by the mooncup crusaders?

Guys- start your own thread.

This is a bit like someone starting a thread asking the cheapest place to buy petrol and a bunch advising to buy a bicycle.

It's not really relevant.

Indeed Speakout. It was meant to be a bit of lighthearted fun.
I have never tried a mooncup and probably never will so it's all totally irrelevant to me.

You're not allowed to have fun on MN. Tis against the rules.

A mooncup would not hold one of my egg sized blood clots during a period. Jog on with your advertising!

pasanda exactly- it made me laugh, something I had thought astute and funny for you to point it out.

Made me laugh.

This is not the place for mooncuppers to give us their save the planet lecture,

Redberries, how would a tampon deal with a large clot?

Mooncups are a hassle imo. I prefer tampons and pads.

Never crossed my mind that there was a need to hold it out of the way

I don't hold it out of the way.

I have to wear tampons and towels anyway so if it gets wet it just goes on the towel.

I did use a mooncup for a long while. Then it either made me feel like I needed to pee all the time or it did the complete opposite and I couldn't wee with it in despite having a very full bladder. I played with the position and after being able to use them for a long while I suddenly couldn't.

Moved to tampons again and wouldn't go back to a mooncup now. I just find them easier and more comfortable.

My periods are super heavy, I really don't want to be dealing with a mooncup at work that often. Plus, I found they leaked a lot at night.

waterlego its combined with pads and gives me some extra time before everything leaks out.

Ah. I get quite big clots sometimes and the cup has dealt with them fine, but I appreciate it doesn’t suit everyone.

In the days when I used to use tampons, I would hold the string to one side if I remembered to!

The thing is, I’m not sure there’s any point. If I remember correctly, the urethra is in front of the vagina (please let that be right...I don’t want to have to check or Google 😂) so you would really need to hold the string in a backwards direction, towards your butt. Which would be awkward and potentially worse hygiene-wise in case of transmission of matter from bum area onto the string.

I wanted to try a mooncup because of the sheer amount of tampons I was using - but then I did not want to start having to empty it as a novice whilst my periods were so heavy.

I didn't move the string, it usually fell out down the toilet when I sat for a wee anyway! (Arrrrrggghh)

No problem anymore - womb gone!

I'm with Husky.

Not in 35 years of periods has it crossed my mind even once to hold the string out of the way. And somehow I and all my bits have survived just fine 😆

There are honestly so many other things to spend my time worrying about. A bit of my own wee on a string isn't one of them!

My gyneacologist has advised against mooncups- we are a family of grown women with several endometriosis sufferers. He has told me it can increase the risk of endometriosis

pretty sure that is utter rubbish.

How on earth would a mooncup or indeed anything else inserted cause the creation of uterine tissue outside the uterus??? (if I'm correct about what endometriosis is)

Anyhow, back in the dark days of horrible drying tampons, I pulled the string to the side. I think I must have a low build as my mooncup sits low, and it was a nuisance trying to get tampons up there anyway. I never got on with applicators.

Yes you are right - endometriosis is the existence of uterine tissue in places it shouldn't be. So within the abdomen, adhering to intestine and other organs within the abdominal cavity. These misplaced cells however react to the hormonal environment within a woman's body and during menstruation will shed and behave as if they are inside the uterus- causing irritation and pain.
The other thing to remember that the path between the ovaries and top of the fallopian tube is not sealed- it is in fact an opening into the abdomen with clever frond like structures that wait to "grab" an egg as it is released and guide it down the fallopian tube into the uterus.

I think his thinking ( and many of his colleagues) think that the mooncup exterts a positive upward pressure on a menstruating uterus and cause menstrual fluid to back up and travel upwards instead, possibly finding its way back into the abdominal cavity where these cells may establish and stay.

Tampons are different because they are so absorbent that they can cause a wick effect and "pull" fluid downwards.

OK may sound rubbish to you , but I have 4 close family members with endometriosis, and seen the heartache it can cause.

My gynaecologist may be talking shit, but I am not up for argument with him on that point.

If he thinks a mooncup can push menstrual fluid up and into the abdominal cavity I wouldn't let him anywhere near my body. Does he know basic biology?

Retrograde menstruation is not flaky theory.

And a mooncup adheres by suction- the thinking makes perfect sense to me.
You think the top of the fallopian tube is sealed?

Perhaps you need the biology lesson curry.

Emily I don’t understand this: God - I remember a PE lesson at school once when I didn't have my PE kit and had to do the lesson in my knickers and panicking about what to do with the tampon string!
It would be in your knickers, wouldn’t it? Why would it show more than in, say, a swimming costume?