Mooncup and coil - dodgy combo?

[Rosie111]

Hi, have been researching mooncups all day and really want to give it a go. I had all but ordered it when I started to research the archived threads and found stories of sucking out coils by mooncups....slight panic starting to form! Any advice out there? I have a copper coil and have had for about 2 years and the old AF is pretty hedious each month- the mooncup sounds ideal apart from the thought of vacuming the coil out

Mooncup and coil not a good combination. Partially pulling a coil out is v painful and potentially really dangerous. Quite a few women have accidentally vacuumed out their coils with a mooncup.

thanks emma, i had a feeling it might be something best avoided but it's a shame because i really wanted to give it a go! At the end of the day, the coil is more useful than the mooncup so i suppose it's back to the drawing board

I have used a mooncup with a coil for over a year with no problems. Check the mooncup website, I think they tell you it's perfectly safe. The trick is to always break the seal when removing, so that you've no risk of sucking it out.
Go for it, I say! I think the tales of pulling it out are probably overexaggerated or due to misuse of mooncup.

damn it, that was the response i wanted to hear now i'm confused! I'm such a worrier....how do you break the seal? Is it easy to get it wrong?

damn it, that was the response i wanted to hear now i'm confused! I'm such a worrier....how do you break the seal? Is it easy to get it wrong?

sorry for double posting...not quite with it yet

you just have to run your finger round the top and push in the rim a bit to break the seal. Can also be done by gently pinching the whole thing. Takes a bit of getting used to doing it without spillage but honestly I never had a problem.

info from mooncup site

thanks hairtwiddler, that's really useful i think i might give it a go