Tmi question for Mooncup, Keeper etc users: How much blood do you lose on average?

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I'm only asking because I'm just finishing my first period using my new mooncup. I always suspected my periods were quite heavy, but it's hard to judge with pads.

I know it's only been 9 weeks since my miscarriage, and this is the second period, but I'm up to 100 ml already, which seems rather a lot.

So how much do you think is "normal"?

Ah well, my tubes weren't even honeymoon-fresh on my honeymoon, Pruni, as we had our two-month old son in tow... ;) Come to think of it, I've spent most of my adult life with a wrecked pelvic floor... (which I have to say is the only thing I really regret about having the children)

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I wear my mooncup up high and normally empty it nearly full approx 2 times per day on days 1-2. Periods were never like this before DS ! It used to be just a bit of spotting and thats all! As for the blood loss issue - although it is different from woman to woman, I think the average is an eggcup of blood - the rest of the volume is just (TMI ALERT!) other gunk and fluids.

I don't think sections make that much of a difference. I have a local friend who is a fanny trainer, and she says that if you have sections, by the time you have three, your pelvic floor will be as bad as having had three natural deliveries. My pelvic floor is certainly not as good as it was pre-kids.

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Yeah, it's the weight of the baby that does it, apparently.

And yes, she's really a fanny trainer. She's a physio specialising in fanny issues. Mostly incontinence, of various sorts. Apparently nearly everyone can be fixed with physio, though, rather than surgery.

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Well, you'd think that. But it's slightly stressful going boozing with a fanny trainer, as you feel anxious about going to the loo too often .

Actually, she told me that if you get in the habit of going to the loo whenever your bladder is only half full (after cystitis, or the stress of pregnancy), you become unable to tolerate having your bladder entirely full.

I have the small size moon cup

i dont even think i get one whole moon cup full in the whole period!

i never empty it more often than 24 hours... and sometimes forget amd it becomes 36 hours ish...

NEVER more than 1/4 full and normally only a little bit at the bottom

nannyl if only - good for you though. Mind you I sure I read somewhere that you should take it out about 4 times a day not sure why though as surely the more you mess with it the more chance of introducing infection etc.

I read that too.... i think its to do with TSS...

But as yet there have been no incidence of TSS with a mooncup (ok i could be the 1st) so im guessing they are putting it there to cover themselves, so they arnt sued later...

also there are loads of people who have left tampons in for days+ who dont get TSS

So, to recap- all the way from "hardly any" to "bloody loads". Hmmm... Perhaps that study was representative of all women