Has mumsnet set me up by asking for a Mooncup in Superdrug?

[QE2]

I had never ever heard of mooncups before mumsnet, but I am keen to be environmentally friendlier and save money.

I went into Superdrug this morning and when I couldn't find any Mooncups on the shelves, I asked the sales girl if they had any.

She looked completely baffled and called her colleague over to see if she knew what on earth I was talking about. So there I am explaining in great detail exactly what a Mooncup is for with a queue full of shoppers behind me and two giggly, perplexed Saturday workers in front of me.

So, do Mooncups really exist or has mumsnet set me up here?

BTW QE2, what did you tell your son when he asked..? ..

Hmm, I can see a use for mooncups during the early stages of bf'ing! Could look a little strange under your t-shirt though.

I didn't get on with it cos I couldn't get the hang of releasing the suction and felt like I was pulling my insides out every time I removed it. So got very tense about it and made it worse. And gave up. Decided that pregnancy was a better solution...

what do you do if you're out in a restaurant or pub toliets and have to wash it out in the sink? seriously anyone who uses them, people next to you must wonder what the hell is going on!

Just told DH about it and he said "Eww. That is disgusting!" Then I said about my worry about getting it lost and he said "Well, I won't find it for you! You'd have to go to A&E - Dr Jones, another mooncup casualty - turning to patient You dont go on MN by any chance do you?"

ha ha !!! I have just consumed half a bottle of wine to help me cope with this thread!!!!!!

In answer to me23..I suppose if you were in a fancy toilet you wouldn't be bothered by those "purfume/makeup" women offering you top up's for a small tip (those that seem to be appearing in every toilet now!!!)...The shock would make them leave you alone!!
Don't mind me while I clean my mooncup . God the name sounds bizarre..Mooncup..Answers on a postcard.!

must've been some hippie who thought it up!

No one is coming forth to spill the beans..... come on ladies - own up WHO USES THEM?

dh asked what was I on about - I told him he really didn't want to know. I told him anyway and he said, "I really didn't want to know that did I?" pmsl

Lol at the 'discreet' bag with MOONCUP written all over it!

I thought that as well pixel..! You can see the tv advert for it...Mmmm is that a bag of sweets (ie tampax advert)..No it's my descreet (sp?) mooncup ..!

I take it you store the moon cup in it when it's not in use? LOL!

To answer PIAL's question, I DO NOT and WILL never use one!

I'm tempted to try one though......

Dare I?

You will never know until you try QE2. Imagine a whole life lived without a mooncup....

dh and me have this plan that when we are sat side by side in the nursing home with matching blankets across our knees, we will reminisce about our life together and shock all the others with tales of debauchery and such like.

Imagine how sad it would be for me to say that I regretted never trying a mooncup when I was a young 'un!!

PMSL

And I will give you all 3 guesses of what I dreamt about last night .........

MOONCUPS!!!!!

ha too funny..!!!! I never dreamt about 'em BUT I must admit they were the 1st thing I thought about this morning! .

TBH I am surprised there hasn't been some billboard campaign or TV advert about 'em....These companies usually feel the need to embarass us women even more by showing such embarassing adverts about products WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT.!

I can see the advert now.......Woman smiling so happy because her mooncup gives her the freedom she craved..

Go on QE2 give it a go and come back and tell all..I am actually intrigued but not so much as to buy one,although................I could always return it afterwards (the sound of shhhh throwing up can now be heard in the shhhh household).

QE2,cheapest seems to be on ebay about £13.95, sadly it can't be returned ..!!!!

Go on be our tester .

ok, my first period since ds was born started this morning (TMI? well, this is a thread about mooncups...), so I went to Boots today and bought one.

And it's really comfy .

Too soon to know if it'll leak though...

Boots were advertising mooncups at our local shopping centre there were posters all over the place, DH couldn't inderstand my giggles.

fb, I had never heard of them till this thread and defo never seen them advertised. Maybe I have but didn't understand/realise what they were..?!

cm, lol at your name!! Ohh our 1st tester...how have you got on.? Come on QE2 we need your opinion soon...You seem to have gone quiet.??

Strange thing is, we could end up happy mooncup users within a few mths .

ww, when you lie down does it not tip up and empty..? I imagine a cup on it's side?

I ended up having to explain what one was the other day, to a gay college chm in an otherwise silent Buddhist Monastery.

I mean!!!!!

I was PMSL!.

DH was looking through our list of "favorites" the other night,trying to delete a few.
I'd saved the wesite all about mooncups,I heard,"Jac, come and look at this,"I then had to explain,he was very intrigued