To not understand the moon cup love

[Kangar00]

So, if you use a moon cup, do you work? I just can't imagine wearing one at work.

It's scary to put in. I have the smallest size and I've had a child but I still find it scary and it reminds me of childbirth!

I just don't get it. I don really want to as it's more environmentally friendly. Did it take you a while to get used and adjust to using one?

I am a big fan, I have a FemmeCup. Very useful on my 3 week cycle tour around Central America, saved having to cart around a load of sanitary products. I used to get away with only having to empty it once at work. Unfortunately over the last year or so I have had really heavy periods and on my heaviest days have to empty it every hour at a minimum, and wear a towel just in case it overflows. Been prescribed Tranexamic Acid & Mefanamic Acid and Ferrous Furmate as my periods so heavy I can never maintain enough iron. Anyhow now that I i’m pregnant i’m really looking forward to having no periods!

Love my sckoon cup. I believe it's softer than a moon cup, so doesn't put pressure on your bladder at all, but can be trickier to open inside you. Pros and cons for each make and model, but when you find your 'goldilocks cup', you'll never look back.

I've had one for about 10 years and it took some getting used to but wouldn't use a tampon or towel now.

I can remember being stuck in theatre at the end of a busy 8 hour shift where I hadn't had chance to change my tampon and can remember that feeling of leaking into my pants. By the time I finished the shift I'd leaked through my pants onto the crotch of my scrubs.
That has never happened with the moon cup despite moving to 13 hour shifts and managing to go straight through without a break or chance to empty.

Not massively convenient when in public, but you can usually wait to get home to empty in most circumstances.

I've been using one for 12 years and yes they are a game changer, for work, sports, swimming, everything.
Yuckiness? Really? No different to a soggy tampon or pad.
Relax, it's your body, just put it in - up and 'around the corner' towards the small of your back, then you shouldn't be able to feel it at all. By the second period you should get the hang of it. There is a knack to it.

Cut off the stalk if you want to continue with a bit of how's yer father . Follow Autumns advice to remove it.
It is very strange how something that works so effectively does not make it into the shops. I wonder why?... Not!
Most useful thing I've ever bought, and saved so much money. Win win.

It took about a week to get used to it. I couldn't be arsed to go and buy more tampons, I'd bought the cup already so just forced myself to use it. It was a bit fiddly difficult and weird at first, but after I'd got used to it I was a complete convert. It doesn't leak, it lasts for hours, longer than the work day, it's cheaper and more environmentally friendly. I'd hate to use tampons now. On occasion I've been caught out, normally if I've gone away for the weekend and forgotten to take my mooncup and have had to use tampons. Tampons just don't feel as 'safe', they leak more and have to be changed far more regularly. Well for me anyway.

Yuckiness? Really? No different to a soggy tampon or pad.

.An applicator tampon isn't messy to insert, you just push the inner tube and the applicator does the rest

Pull a string and straight into a wodge of loo paper, at no point am I having to go rooting around inside my vag, it's much much less messy than a menstrual cup. Soggy tampon doesn't get blood on my fingers or under my nails (eww), so I would say very much different!

Pads however are absolutely grim.

I've been using mine for 15 years - it took 2-3 months to get completely used to it.
It is a game-changer - SO much more convenient.
There's only 1 day in the month when I need to empty it during the day. If I'm not at home, I just empty it down the toilet and wipe it with tissue.

There's some rather bizarre reactions about the hygiene of the sink! Once you've got the hang of using it, there really is no more mess than there is when you change a tampon.

I think the message from the converted is that you won't want to go back. They really are that good, convenient, easy, (once you get the knack), far far cheaper in the long run and good for the environment. Even at a festival using the dreaded thunder box loos, it isn't a problem!

It really depends on you. I use a menstrual cup and I adore it, but it's not right for everyone.
If you struggle, try a softer cup. The mooncup is quite rigid in its material, so it can be uncomfortable if your pelvic floor isn't overly strong. Might I recomend checking out the Meluna classic or, if you're quite weak in your pelvic floor, a Meluna soft. It's the brand I use and honestly, they're amazing. Also they come in lots of pretty colours.

Banana- but a full up tampon is soggy on heavy days, a menstrual cup keeps it contained. Use a wodge of toilet paper if necessary. And yes you need to wash your hands after, to a greater or lesser extent.

Banana- but a full up tampon is soggy on heavy days, a menstrual cup keeps it contained. Use a wodge of toilet paper if necessary. And yes you need to wash your hands after, to a greater or lesser extent.

I don't have heavy days, so don't get soggy tampons. I only changed my tampons every 8-10 hours because of TSS, not because it was soaked and needed changing. And that would be super light tampons. There's no blood in contact with my hands when changing a tampon. Not the case with a cup where I'm having to stick fingers right up my vagina!

Banana - Super light tampons?
Then you probably don't need a menstrual cup. Lucky you (in a good way) : )

I used a Mooncup a few years ago and then recently, after DD2, bought an Organicup. I'm using it for the first time this week and it's quite uncomfortable. I've had 3 VB, but it feels a bit big still. I will trim the stem and try to push it a bit higher up. I've also had a couple of small leaks. Maybe I'll try a different brand. I don't understand how it can be too big (sore and uncomfortable) and too small and doesn't hold enough volume (leaks)...?

I got a mooncup for the first time a couple of months ago. In the first month I had a massive panic that it was never coming out! But it was fine, I just needed to relax a bit and I second a little bit of "pushing" to move it closer to the entrance and then you can release the suction with a finger. To be honest, I trust it more than I do a tampon, which always leaked a little so I'd have to wear a pad as well. All in all, I think it's a better option, although it did take a little bit of getting used to.

As an aside, a friend of mine, her mum was a teacher in South Africa and she used to buy them for girls who couldn't afford sanitary products. When it comes to women who can't afford SanPro, I think a mooncup is a far better option.

And yes you need to wash your hands after, to a greater or lesser extent.

Appalled by the talk of whether you need to wash your hands after a tampon change or mooncup empty.

Surely you wash your hands thoroughly after using the bathroom no matter what.

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This thread is also a pervs dream come true. The ones who post asking how you wipe your bum shortly before being deleted and banned are probably drooling over this.

Banana - Super light tampons?
Then you probably don't need a menstrual cup. Lucky you (in a good way) : )

Yeah, Tampax started to sell extra light ones a few years ago.

I have to monitor my menstrual flow (or lack thereof) because of gynaecological problems - otherwise I wouldn't use a cup. Unfortunately not quite so lucky, as my light periods are due to a problem with my womb that means I can't have children, sadly. Would go back to tampons for the first day or so (and a pantliner thereafter) if I didn't have problems with my uterine lining!

But is it right that you shouldn’t use them if you have a coil?

But is it right that you shouldn’t use them if you have a coil?

Not to my knowledge.

I have a copper coil to help me menstruate as prescribed by my consultant gynaecologist - and I use the cup on his recommendation. So think you're OK!

I found inserting and removing fiddly as fuck initially but, once you get the hang of it, it’s much easier and more convenient and much less likely to leak.

I can’t imagine going back to tammies now. Such a faff!

I hate mine with a passion.
I wanted to love it because it was so expensive of the environmental aspect but I just couldn't buy into it. I occasionally dig it out of the drawer and give it another go to see if it's grown on me- no luck yet

Rarely empty mine at work but when I have, I am very careful! Tip into the loo then wipe and reinsert (rarely remember to take water in to rinse) then wash hands well afterwards. Tbh I don’t find it any messier than tampons.

I bought one last month after hearing so many good reports... but it made me feel weird. About 45 minutes after I’d faffed about putting it in I had an awful headache and felt really foggy and weird. Anybody else? Or an I just strange? It’s put me off trying again a bit.

Banana-
It just shows how different we all are, I didn't mean to offend.

I bought an Athena Cup last month (£12.99 Amazon and came with a lovely flowery bag) and love it. Since having children I've found tampons uncomfortable so thought I would give the cups a try and it was brilliant. On heavy days I only needed to empty it once at work and on lighter days I went 12hours between emptying and inserting again with no difficulties

I can see how if you haven't used one it seems quite off putting removing and emptying but i soon realised it was a lot less messy than I first thought. There was no blood bath or major clean up needed. Tipped down the toilet, wiped with a tissue and then popped back in. The cups keep everything contained (mine holds 25ml) so I didn't get much blood on my hands, no more than a tampon anyway.

It's a bit much to say they're disgusting if you've never used one. Periods are a natural part of being female, people chose their San pro due to a variety of reasons. I've never used sanitary towels and don't really like the idea of them but don't find the need to call them disgusting or the people who use them.