I was on the third day of my period yesterday and it was a really heavy one. My mooncup is shit on very heavy days and always leaks but I cope with using it and an Always towel. After day 2 I can usually just use the mooncup. I've tried different methods to get it 'water-tight' but it doesn't seem to ever cope.
So as it was extra-awful yesterday, I bought some heavy duty tampons and used one in the evening instead of the mooncup. When I went to bed I took the tampon out but strangely it was quite dry with not a huge amount of blood, so I decided that the worst must be over and I would put the mooncup in for bed. I stood at the sink to put it in and pulled pjs up but as soon as I moved I felt something 'go' so I shuffled over to the loo and tried to take the mooncup back out.
(and this is the gross bit, so sorry...) It was absolutely FULL to the brim with blood and clots, so much so that it spilled out over my hand and arm. It felt like my insides had come out with it and I went all shaky for a bit so just sat there on the loo. I cleaned myself up and put a tampon up for bed. This morning I hadn't leaked but the bleeding was still on the heavy side. It's been okish all day now but have stuck to the tampons.
what was all that about then? Did the mooncup create a horrible suction effect and clear me out or what? still a bit freaked out by what happened.