Am I a Mooncup minger?

[MooncupMinger]

I use a Mooncup (actually a Boots copy one, but that’s beside the point). When I empty it, I pour the contents into the loo, then wash it out in the bathroom sink next to the toilet. Whenever I wash it out I think to myself that DP would probably find it gross that I’m washing it out where he washes his face/brushes his teeth etc. He could also walk in at any second, as we never lock the bathroom door, so there’s always the fear that I’m going to be outed as a Mooncup minger. Tbh he might think it’s a non-event.

I COULD turn the other way and wash it out in the bath, but that seems a bit overkill. Also… what do people do in their downstairs loos (which I don’t have)?!

So…

YABU - you’re a minger and should wash it out in the bath.

YANBU - it’s a normal bodily function (/fluid 😂) and it’s fine to wash it out in the sink.

How do people get the pool of blood to flush?! Every time I’ve used one I’ve ended up with a glob of blood at the bottom of the loo and end up having to flush and swoosh it about with the loo brush to get it to bugger off.

Only time I've used a soft cup which is pretty much the same as a moon cup is to get pregnant. But yanbu x

How do people get the pool of blood to flush?!

I usually put a layer of toilet paper in the bowl first so it lands on that.

I bought a denture pot and Milton steriliser tablets to soak mine in after my period to sterilise it, couldn't get my head around boiling it in the kitchen.

If I accidentally drop my cup in the loo I bleach it before using it again. There’s all sorts of germs and bacteria in the loo, other people’s poo and wee, and probably bleach or chemicals too

So you are aghast at the thought of bleach accidentally getting on it, so you have to bleach it before using it again? That makes no sense.

@BadNomad

your first comment surprised me more than any other pist on this thread. For some reason I thought you were a make poster (I think my addled brain matches it with Bad Lad?!?!

please tell me you don't flush thise wipes though?

just because they SAY they're flushable, doesn't mean it's ok. They still block the sewage system up & end up on beaches.

How the hell do you get it in? I've been trying for years and given up.

@Barleymilk

i haven't seen anyone else saying they do that?

I've only seen people explaining to you why it is a really bad idea!

I have to say that I'm bemused at so many posters behaving as if period blood is somehow dirty never mind posters going on about infection risks. As long as nobody is sloshing it about all over the place, I don't see a problem with rinsing in the sink, boiling it in a saucepan or putting it in the dishwasher (assuming it's been rinsed first). Rinsing it in toilet water is rank, though.

I loved my menstrual cup, not a Mooncup, but held my considerable flow. It was life changing tbh. Prior to using I was changing super plus every hour!
Meno now so not needed.
Those women who have leaked might need a different size/make.
At work, I took a bottle of wAter to the loo and rinsed. No mess.
At the end of my cycle I used Milton fluid and stored it on its holder until the next month.
Just wondering whether the solution to OP's problem might be to start locking the bathroom door and quickly wiping with an antibacterial spray?

Yes, I do. Have you seen them? They're made from plant fibre, they're plastic free, they're certified "fine to flush", and they tear just by pulling them out of the packet. I have zero faith in these things surviving to make it to a beach. You should go dig my mother up and yell at her though. She's from that generation that used to flush pads.

I'm really struggling with the notion that anyone would rinse out their menstrual cup in toilet flush water.

I'm not normally squeamish, and I'm unbothered about using saucepans and dishwashers, but the toilet??!

People wash poo contamination off their hands in the sink. No one has a problem with that.

@BadNomad

yeah, you wonder how anyone ever thought flushing pads was acceptable. My mum who turned 80 this year, said she had to fold hers up then put it on the fire. Given their fire heated the water too, I'm assuming it was going all year around.

Re flushables, having watched the program the sewage company made, I still wouldn't flush them myself.

I would pour down the toilet or the shower

Why are people boiling their mooncups? Do you boil everything else that goes in there?

Wash it thoroughly and rinse well after your period. If it has staining then pop it in some Miltons for a few hours or leave it on a sunny windowsill.

I just do it in the shower once a day.

a decent bloke would check in early with a GF about how the lady deals with her period

if it was good enough for me at 16 to check ...... etc etc

Sink here. It's also where I've washed out cuts after being attacked by a rose in the garden, where i spit out toothpaste after brushing my teeth. It's grim if you leave blood spattered about after, but I'm assuming you don't. The sink gets cleaned frequently anyway, at least in my house.

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.

Baby bottle bleach isn’t the same as toilet bleach. If you can put a rubber teat in Milton then in a baby’s mouth, I assume it’s ok to use on a moon cup. You wouldn’t bleach a baby’s bottle (or a moon cup) in Domestos though.

It's not going to grow anything if you clean it before you put it away. The silicone is biologically inert.

I give it a rinse under the tap before I put it in for the first time next cycle. That removes any lint or dust and the water slightly lubricates it.

Oh don’t be ridiculous. The mooncup would be cleaned before being put in the pan. While in the pan it is in boiling water which would sterilise it. No one is eating bloody beans. 🤦‍♀️

Nothing else goes in there….

I find boiling gets rid of the discolouration more than soap.

There is a difference between "clean" and "sterile". Clean just means free of dirt. Sterile means free of bacteria. You want anything you put in your vagina for a prolonged period of time to be free of bacteria.