The grossest Mooncup-related question ever: really, do not read if averse to TMI and a bit squeamish

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Look, there are women who play ping-pong, I'm clearly just an amateur in these stakes.

see:

Using only her Vagina, One of the ladies can:
Smoke cigarettes
Pop open a bottle of beer
Write a letter (with an impressive cowboy illustration as well!!)
Blow out candles on a birthday cake
And she can pop balloons using only a blowgun and her vagina!

I fear women opening bottles of beer with their vaginas.

NQC I have asked you not to link to my home page on here

I didn't link! I just quoted! I thought that was ok?

Don't you turn into a pumpkin about now?

Yes but not before I have pureed it using only my lady bits

Have you ever thought of retraining? An alternative career? After all, you have a rare skill.

No, seriously, I'm impressed. I've often tried to 'expel', but it doesn't seem to work for me. (Why? If I can expel a placenta, then why not?)

OK, can someone tell me whuch size you order if you are 40, but had two children by caesarian? Average/ medium build....??

Over 30, you take the larger size.

Amusingly, the DSes were the one thing that would have been useful to expell, and I didn't even vaguely manage that.

ooh - NCQ - I'm a bit like that! Have really heavy periods, so have learnt to hold it all in (mostly) until I get to the loo - very handy in the mornings! Still need Always night time pads on all the time, but tend not to flood because I can hold on until I get to the loo.

Still can't face the thought of a mooncup though

Can't seem to find it on www.boots.co.uk is the mooncup website the only place to get one online??

I introduced some nany friends to the mc and they have all had postive experiences.

I have endo and clotty 10 day loss and it has helped as it was pads only before the mc.

Several friends with light loss but cramps have seen a loss or reduction in cramping on switching from tampons to mc.

I have scuba dived in mine with np problems.

T M I ALERT ^

As to loss, at the start when i know it is due, the mc is often filled with a mucusy liquid, that then becomes red blood and tails off to brown liquid and finally back to the mucusy stuff with a tinge of brown.

Couldn't help but laugh at the idea of ant trouble

Overrun, I'd second the advice to get a referral to gynae (I'm just waiting for mine) but in the meantime on the contraception issue, why not try a family planning clinic? might even be open in the evening so you could leave kids behind? they do vary a lot but the good ones are triff IMO

foxinsocks. same here re gyno. come from France. where do you come from?

nicnack2 - yes you can use it with a coil.
NQC - seriously impressed. Will be trying that in future...

Post baby use... I'm hoping bf will delay af as long as poss.

I was born in the UK but spent around 10 years studying and working in S Africa

Not read the whole thread, but can I ask..... do these things spill over if you lie down in bed at night?

No because they form a seal. And when you stand up again it is all caught back in the cup.

Mope no spillage as they maintain consistant contact with the vagina.

They have airholes, the size of a pin hole just under the rim and sometimes a little moisture will appear if mc is full to the brim.

As to public wc, either get a RADAR key from centre management in shopping centres at around £4 each and use disabled that has a basin or just empty and wipe and reinsert.

Some take water to swill it but i forget more times than i remember.

Also remember to wipe fingers before exiting cubicle!!!

Ok, so you've all inspired me have just ordered mine and hope it'll be here in the next coupleof days as I suspect I'm due soon.

How tricky was it to fit?

it took me some getting used to, glass. second time better than the first. i trimmed the stem down some and that helped.

I found it easy the second time i tried, the 'folding' instructions are good, it takes a few tries, and if your dry down there it will be a little harder work.

You will get the 'feel' for whether it is in correctly or not very quickly, i even now [15m on] once it's in rotate it to ensure it has unfurled all the way round, but then i'm a bit of a funny shape in there i'm told.