If you boil your mooncup to sterilise it...

[Pendulum]

did you allocate a "dedicated pan" for its exclusive use as recommended? I cn't bring myelf to spend on a new pan but equally feel a bit squeamish about using one I also use for food, even after washing it thoroughly.

alternatively, how else can you get it really sterile? I usually use boiling waer and a bit of milton but don't think that's good enough.

I use a normal pan. Am not squeamish.

However. I used to have a little mini microwave sterilizer from Mothercare that is meant for teats and costs about £3. If you had one of those you could use it for the Mooncup.

i rinse it then stick it in the microwave in a jug, cup, whatever i've got to hand.

hadn't thought of microwave. how long do you put it on for (I have 800w one)

not a mooncup, but I do jcloths and suchlike in mine, 5 mins at full power (I think its 800w), surely that's sufficient-
do you really need it sterile?
reminds me of the old days when we used to look at each others cervices...one woman reported her GPs disapproval, she asked how best to sterilise a penis!

I think it needs to be cleaner than I am currently getting it- have had cystitis following my period for the last two months and am wondering if the mooncup might be partly responsible.

dishwasher then i boil it up in my adorable teeny tiny butter melting pan.

but even if there were 'germs' on your mooncup, how would they get to your urinary tract?
maybe it's a physical thing- rubbing, pressing?
or co incidence?

normal pan - its boiling to sterilise it, that's the whole point surely?

OMG yuck!

ffs, what is yuck?

do the people who used 'general' pots and pans ever have people round for dinner - how happy do you think their guests would be if they know?

But surely if the mooncup is sterilised by being boiled, so is the pan? And your kitchen cupboards are probably not sterile either.

quite plantsitter

nothing 'yuck' about it

Sal your priod is just BLOOD - as in the same stuff that you cook when you cook raw meat in your pots and pans!
What on Earth do YOU think is in your mooncup???

tis funny. I am boiling mine up in a "normal" pan as we speak

I use a cup - I figure that in a pan it has to boil for 10 mins so I stick it in a cup full of water in microwave for 10 mins.

i wash mine with fairy so its quite clean before i put it in my chucky egg boiling pan . I ony boil eggs in the pan so they are encased anyway - that said i think i made some white sauce in it the other night - oh well anyway yes i use a normal pan. When the pan goes on (its always last minute)hubby always comments how there will be no action tonight then

ilike to deglaze my pan after use for stock making.

But, Pendulum, you could buy a tidgy pan very cheaply if you're bothered. I think I bought one for 3 quid on our high street. The handle melts a bit every time I use it but, well, it was 3 quid so I don't care!

goat

But surely if the mooncup is sterilised by being boiled, so is the pan?

erm - so what? would you tell a vegitarian who objects to eating animal flesh that they should just because its boiled

I dont wanna consume another human being's blood - cooked, sterilised human blood is still human blood, just as cooked, sterilised meat is still meat to vegitarians

I dont think there is any excuse for this - you can buy pots and pans for a few quid in wilkos, or if you're really strapped, a few pence from charity shops
Maybe YOURE fine with YOUR OWN cooked blood - but using the same pan for unknowing guests is not okay IMO

But Sal, there is NO BLOOD on the mooncup by the time it's being boiled.

I'm sure that all we ladies make sure that there is NO BLOOD on it everytime it's rinsed under the tap/washed with soap etc.

THERE IS NO BLOOD ON IT BY THE TIME IT'S IN THE SAUCEPAN.

Flesh is not the same as blood. I am vegetarian and if I asked people who were kind enough to cook for me to use pans that flesh had never touched I would expect them to tell me to f* off!

I'm presuming people WASH the pan afterwards which is what you do after everything you cook in it anyway. If that wasn't effective every meal would have rotting food detritus as an ingredient.

ok well if you all think its fine, drop it into conversation next time you have friends round for dinner that the pans you cooked your food in double up as your moon cup steriliser and see what happens to your guests appetite

good grief sal, the thing is clean when it goes in the pan you know