Ferti lily cup

[rimx]

Hey guy,
I am just wondering if anyone has used the ferti lily conception cup.
I used this once cycle over a year ago and now have a 15 month old son. I then feel pregnant after 2month TTC.
This is my first month ttc back again.

I have used the ferti lily cup again but cannot remember last time if there was any leakage of semen/sperm? I feel like there may have been some leakage but not a great amount. I did have a vaginal birth with my son and he is my first birth.

The reason I tried the ferti lily cup was I felt that all my hubby semen was leaking out of me when we dtd. Does anyone else experience this or am I just going mad. I do feel extremely wet (apologise). This is the reason why I purchase the cup.

Please if anyone can share there experience it would be amazing.

Hi been TCC for 6 months now I had no idea this cup was a thing!! I'm going to give it a go

I kept mine in overnight the second time we used it 🤷🏻‍♀️ didn’t have any issues

but yes the instructions do say not to!

Hi @Rayofsunshine22 I take 150mg every day all throughout the cycle and everyday now I am 13 weeks. Good luck! X

This is my second cycle using it and hoping the last 😅😂

Do you all find there’s a lot left in the cup when you take it out?

I thought I'd post1 not used the cup- but biologically the cervix lowers and sips into the semen deposited there when the woman comes. I don't come during penetration so I, on my back after, masturbated to ensure that my cervix lengthened and do its job. If you don't come during the act it is worth bearing this in mind otherwise you are only doing 50% of the job so to speak to get the semen reserves into your uterus.

Sorry for typos

Hi @Amyjones86 150mg of aspirin ? Every day or just certain times in the cycle? X

Hi all how is everyone? I used the Fertility cup for the first time. I really don't think Ive done it right but I think it's a practice thing. I found it hard to get it to turn back into the cup shape & then it came back down loads! Hopefully I'll get better at it & hopefully not need it for too many more months. Hope all doing okay X

@Rayofsunshine22 I tried to use it last cycle and wasn't too keen. Found it hard to insert and not sure I even did it properly. It felt uncomfortable so gave up and removed it soon after inserting it.
This month I will be trying the soft cups instead. They are meant to be better than menstrual cups as closer to cervix.

Aw sorry you have both struggled! I think I did it right but it didn’t work 🤷🏻‍♀️🙁 I’m on to next cycle and planning to keep using it though, as I assume it can only help! Xx

@Jennifer89 how are the soft cups different? Which do you think you'll try? Yeah I just felt the it was maybe on a side + not in straight?? God knows. But I'll keep trying. @Sierra26 sorry it wasn't your month :( hang on in there & stay positive Xx

@Rayofsunshine22 It is worth giving it another try. They aren't cheap so seems a shame for them to go to waste..
I just struggled with it for some reason.
The brand I purchased from Amazon is called softdisc, they are disposable and meant to be pretty easy to insert/remove.
@Sierra26 good luck for next time! It's ovulation time next week for me so fingers crossed..

I tried this for a few cycles but didn't like it and found it sore to remove.

I also worried about leakage but there was always lots of sperm in there when I took it out.

I did fall pregnant a few months after I stopped using it!

@Jennifer89 thank you I'll keep those in mind if I don't manage to get on with the cup! Good luck for you next week 🤞

@Rayofsunshine22 thank you, good luck to you too 😊

Hi everyone, so i've tried the cup again & it felt like it was more in the right position this time but again really hard to pop back the other way round. But when I came to take it out it had slipped right down. Has anyone experienced this? It did have some liquid in when I took it out but only a very small amount & it wasn't high up inside at all.

I haven’t used the cup but when you said - I felt that all my hubby semen was leaking out of me when we dtd. Does anyone else experience this or am I just going mad. - I have this all the time after I have sex. Isn’t this completely normal? I read in a book it’s a good thing as that means he has a lot lol. I’ve been pregnant with my husband 6x times (4 miscarriages inbetween) and the longest it’s taken for us to conceive in each of those pregnancies was 2 months. I always thought it’s bcos he has a hell of a lot of sperm

It's reassuring to here that you feel the same.

I do feel like my husband has a lot of semen and when it was leaking I thought that my body just couldn't hold the semen and that it would just leak and then I wouldn't get pregnant. I felt as though all of it was coming out and that there wouldn't be any left for me to get pregnant.

When I had my son I fell pregnant after three month TTC. Two months I didn't use the cup and felt as though all the semen was just leaking and then on the third month after just using the cup once during my fertile window I fell pregnant.

I am TTC again now. It's month 1 for me. We have used the cup and I am 5dpo.

Hopefully it's my month xx

It's really hard to pop the cup the right way once it's in. I get scared that I will tug it to hard and then the cup will just come out. So I just leave it in. My hubby does push the cup quite high and I only had a small amount of stem left out. When I do take the cup out, I do have a really small amount of liquid.
I've had a baby son while using the cup so I suppose what I'm doing does work.

Once the cup is in you shouldn't really feel it. You'll know it's in there. But it shouldn't be painful.

You can leave soft cup in for 12 hours. I did and it was fine

Definitely helped me to conceive plus preeseed 😊

The ferti-lily does say not to leave it in more than an hour. I'm glad it worked out for you but it clearly caused me problems which was the last thing I needed when we already have fertility problems. People just need to be aware.

Yeah I feel like popping the cup the other way is bringing it right down. It doesn't hurt me or feel uncomfortable at all. To be honest I'm leaving it in for about half hour max as we always DTD late at night so I'm shattered & just want to go straight to sleep. So I just stay awake for a bit & then take it out. Just feels like it's not in the right place as it is so low down once ive got up & walked around etc. I'll keep on with it & hope I'm lucky really soon 🤞

Fair enough but didn't use that. The normal soft cup you can.

I'm sorry it caused you problems. X

Morning everyone,

Would like to join if I can, I'm at the 12 month ttc mark now, so I've officially booked a GP appointment for me and oh. I feel like we've tried everything we can. The ferti lily is my last thing to try now. So I'm going to be ovulating very soon. I've practiced with the cup a couple of times now. It was a complete failure the first couple of attempted but I didn't bend my knees up. Doh.
Finally got the hang of it now. Really hoping it helps as I'm starting to lose hope that it will ever happen for us. I've kinda become emotionally numb to af arriving now.

@rimx, @Rayofsunshine22, can you keep us updated on how you get on. 😊