i've said it before [re: my cup]

[MimiGrace]

and now i'm saying it again...







I LOVE LOVE LOVE MY CUP!!!!!!

wow, i didn't realise how bad my period pains used to be, until i had to use a libra pad yesterday because i went to the baby expo, and didn't want to change my cup as often as i knew i should (cause i'm stoopid), and just put a pad on as well. and then didn't think about taking it off until i got up this morning.

and OMFG, i have been doubled over in the foetal position all morning in tears. and then when i realised that the pad might be the problem, i took it out, and it took maybe half an hour to an hour max, for the pain to just *poof* vanish


just thought i'd share that, cause it just made me love and appreciate my cup a little more

[MsMummy]

I need to look into these cups, as I think my period may be finally coming back. Worst luck.

I worry about them getting full and leaking.

Maybe I'll try the cloth pads first. Baby steps.

That's really interesting about the difference in pain thing. How do the pads cause the pain? Is it the chemicals?

[AM]

Can I say...


I LOVE MY CLOTH PADS!!!!!

Awesome the cup is working so well for you!!

[brogeybear]

Ooh Ooh...I LOVE my cloth pads too!!! I have just started using them and it hasn''t reduced my days of AF, but the flow is HEAPS lighter and the pain is hardly even there! They are awesome and sorry for TMI....


but they dont stink!

[Bellini]

I am SO buying a cup. I was going to start with cloth pads, but I am a tampon user through and through, so I think the cup is for me. That is if my period ever decides to come back

I'm thinking of getting some cloth panty liners though.

[MimiGrace]

I am SO buying a cup. I was going to start with cloth pads, but I am a tampon user through and through, so I think the cup is for me. That is if my period ever decides to come back

I'm thinking of getting some cloth panty liners though.

you won't regret it

also, can i count you as one of my converts? i'm keeping a tally of people i manage to convince to buy them. (i'm around 5 already)

[MimiGrace]

That's really interesting about the difference in pain thing. How do the pads cause the pain? Is it the chemicals?

I believe so

if i use cloth or cup, i get little to no cramping - whereas if i'm using 'sposies (pads, i can't use tampons at all), i'll be doubled up and completely useless.

maybe i'm adding a+b=c and it should equal d? but its the only thing that i know i changed between this period and the last

And i think that the cup is actually a little less confronting than cloth pads. because theres no evidence of it left once i leave the bathroom, kwim? i tip the contents down the sink (cause i wanna rinse it out anyway), and so i leave the bathroom, and unless i managed to spill it in the toilet, you cannot tell its that time of month for me
but cloth pads are awesome too i still use them on days where i'm going to be too lazy to change my cup as often as it needs it

[Guest1234]

I'm curious about the cups. Are they easy to insert and the likes? I hate pads, well I hate having to change them, and them leaking, and tampons are so uncomfortable!

[MimiGrace]

I'm curious about the cups. Are they easy to insert and the likes? I hate pads, well I hate having to change them, and them leaking, and tampons are so uncomfortable!

personally, i think if you can do tampons (at all - even though i can't), then the cup will be no problem.

'cause its plastic, it literally just slides up (well, there's this annoying little thing called the perenium to get it past first - but most mums are aware of its existance...i wasn't ), whereas tampons literally soak up any moisture in the vagina, which is why they can be so uncomfortable to insert.

Here is a really good page about the cup in general.
and this one explains how to insert it - there are several methods, so experimentation is key to figuring out what works for you.


on 'heavy' flow days i probably have to change it every 2-3 hours because i start to leak. but if i just put a cloth liner on, i can go longer its naughty, but i personally hate changing it in public toilets, so i try to wait till i'm home when i can.
on lighter flow days i can go up to 12 hours without changing it (at 12 hours i start to feel like its a bit of an icky health reason to change though) - there's no risk of toxic shock syndrome

[Izy]

I have a friends who's muscles instantly strt to contract on tampons and expell them so they fall out. Has anyone heard of this and know if a cup might still work for her?