Is it okay to use a mooncup for Lochia, rather than sanitary towels?

[EachPeachPearMum]

I know tampons are really a no-no, but does anyone know about mooncups?
Thanks!

will it stay up so soon post partum?? do you want to be fiddling with that are post partum, what if you have stitches...I'm not answering your question am I?

will it stay up so soon post partum?? do you want to be fiddling with that area post partum, what if you have stitches...I'm not answering your question am I?

I thought that you couldn't use them for 6 weeks after birth.

Your fanjo wont be able to keep it in i'd imagine! No offence an' all

ouch

Oh gawd last thing I would want to do is be putting anything up there after childbirth. Unless you have a c section of course?

Mooncup website confirms you shouldn't use anything internally for 6 weeks.

Oh thanks- sorry- had a emcs last time.... hadn't really thought this through had I?
(am crossing legs now at the thought of wanting to use a mooncup-eek)

I wondered if you'd had a c section last time!!
if you're wanting to be all eco, I can recommend fairy hammocks instead, although not sure if they would cope with lochia

will ask flame, thanks!

What the hell is a mooncup?

God, no! Even after c-s I was bleeding very heavily. My mooncup sometimes struggles with normal period so post-partum wouldn;t be good idea.

at idea of yanking at it to pop the suction off just after giving birth. Your insides will come out with it!

lol at you even considering it!

Hey- come over here to laugh at me will ya?

definitely wouldn't recommend a Mooncup until you are sure that your pelvic floor is up to scratch. Any worries about any prolapse issues and I'd suggest leaving your Mooncup until you've got it sorted. I found that the suction was not helping my slight bladder prolapse, caused(?) by episiotemy and forceps.

And I won't have a bad word said about Mooncups

Lord no!
The very idea of putting one in and, worse, taking one out after childbirth . Makes me shiver.

Gah- I blame pregnancy brain- dunno what I was thinking when I asked this!

(Aren't babies delivered by the fairies, whilst you slumber gently on a bed of moss?)

No they aren't - the ladies on the August thread all know that they slide gently out into the world accompanied by gentle harp music and the cooing of doves!

whatever happened to storks?