Does it really hold more?

Due to my impressive, impressive flow, I'm considering getting a larger menstrual cup to make said bleeding more manageable. A menstrual cup doesn't hold any particular convenience advantage over a tampon if I'm filling it in less than an hour every day for 5 days. For comfort reasons, I also need a cup that's at most 50mm long from rim to base. (I currently have a small Mooncup UK, and it's ...

Cup wearers in hospital?

A few weeks ago someone posted this http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/1951817.html - it was about wearing a menstrual cup if you were in hospital and how would the staff know that you were wearing one. I have been thinking about this and wondered if something like this would be appropriate http://www.totalmerchandise.co.uk/products/details/Two-and-Four-Tone-Silicon-Wristbands I...

Becoming a Diva: the conclusion

Following up on my somewhat effusive post from last week , a few more newbie thoughts on using the Diva Cup. Well, I may have spoken too soon in regards to this being a "moderate flow" cycle for me. Last Friday and parts of Saturday proved me a liar, and thank goodness my years of immoderate bleeding have taught me paranoia -- I wore an overnight pad as back-up with my cup every day and it ...

apple cider vinegar and YIs

... is because I use a menstrual cup -- and because I'm new at it, stupid, and didn't do a good job of washing my hands before insertion -- I started looking for remedies first over at  menstrual_cups , because I also needed a way to get the yeast off my cup before using it again. Anyway, I'm pretty familiar with the common home remedies from reading VP for ages (and reading every single ...

a couple of questions

Hey everyone. I'm a new user of this community, I found it after being on the  menstrual_cups   community. I'm eagerly awaiting my first cup in the mail, but its taking frustratingly long! Anyhow, I guess what I wanted to ask here was a couple of things - Firstly, I'm 22 and have recently (and kinda angrily) realised that i know far less about my body than I should. for example, my ...

Comment on About.com running article

...silicone. Others, such as The Keeper, are made of natural gum rubber. In the LiveJournal menstrual_cups community, there is a very informative post about what cups are, the different brands, sizes,...those already using them, and those who just want to learn more. http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/1285963.html . More than anything, I really liked her positive response. She didn't say...

Maybe I should just start reading every single post at menstrual_cups for awhile and see if it helps me figure out what's right for me.

Meluna questions on removal and comparison to Lady Cup

I own a small Ladycup which I love. It's leaked once or twice in the year and then only due to user error. It is a little tricky to remove sometimes, not prohibitively. But I do wear my cup all the time, not just when I'm on my period. Meluna caught my eye because it has cups with a ring or a ball at the end. I thought maybe this other cup would allow me to be more spontaneous with removal. It ...

Help Please

I have gotten to step 5 YEY.  http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/1243131.html So anyway here goes the next dilemma, I have no idea how to order online. I have done it before but that is when my parents had a paypal and a credit card. But now i have no way. I decided to get a prepaid credit card like whatever you put on it u get to spend i remember when I was in elementary school ...

beautiful cervix project

Some of you may have seen this before.  There's a post about it over at menstrual_cups right now that can be seen here . If you're squeamish, this may not be for you - only click on the link below if you want to see real pictures of a real cervix. www.beautifulcervix.com shows pictures of the cervix throughout the menstrual cycle and has pictures of the cervices (is that ...