mooncup (Merged Discussion Thread)

paula7924

I got a mooncup as i'm allergic to the chemicals in sanitary products (for years i thought it was recurrent thrush, but no). I can get it in ok as its folded up but it's agony to get out - so much so that i don't want to try it again.
Has anyone else found this?

ruthiejane

paula7924 wrote: »

I got a mooncup as i'm allergic to the chemicals in sanitary products (for years i thought it was recurrent thrush, but no). I can get it in ok as its folded up but it's agony to get out - so much so that i don't want to try it again.
Has anyone else found this?

Hi Paula it sounds like you are not breaking the seal before you remove your mooncup. Can you squeeze your finger up inside next to it? Push it inwards slightly so that the rim of the mooncup into the cup. you should then be able to pull it out much more easily. I find pushing down on the cup with your pelvic muscles, almost like when doing a no.2, or apparently (I haven't!) like giving birth, really helps too.

FiscalFanny

Ooh yes I love my mooncup too, had it since last summer, I just feel so much cleaner and more natural rather than having to pull out an absorbed tampon that takes all your natural lube with you.

I only researched it when I had persistant thush and thought that maybe the tampons were irritants to me, so glad I did as well as money saving, it's enviromentally sound and so easy!

Only tricky time I had was first month of using it was on holiday in a hideous stinking French standy uppy public toilet (absolutely no other option and cd1_pale_) , there was me, DH and bottle of water trying to do it without touching anything! :rotfl:I can laugh now....

As for the stalk, don't know how anyone can manage with any of it left on, as the Mooncup is supposed to sit low in the vagina. I do get leakages sometimes, but think it's in OK.

Fanny x

alixia

I have bought a mooncup a couple a month ago from Ethical Superstor (£17.95is) and I love it! I have also bought a few washable liners as a back up.
I dont think I will go back to tampons. Mooncup is much more confortable (you just have to go over that funny noise when pulling it out )

babyshoes

It took me a few months to get used to the mooncup, but now I wouldn't be without it! I have told all my female friends about it, as I wish I had had one when I was a teenager and poor student struggling with heavy periods!

I got the smaller size a few years ago, but the larger one is supposed to be for women over 30. I have just turned 30 - does that mean I need to get a bigger one??? I doubt it somehow, but I was just wondering! I plan to keep using mine until I think it needs replacing for some reason...

Gingham_Ribbon

babyshoes wrote: »

I got the smaller size a few years ago, but the larger one is supposed to be for women over 30. I have just turned 30 - does that mean I need to get a bigger one??? I doubt it somehow, but I was just wondering! I plan to keep using mine until I think it needs replacing for some reason...

No. There's only a marginal difference between the sizes. If yours works and doesn't leak there's no reason to change it.

babyshoes

That's what I thought! Ta.

montymontezuma

Mixed response here - my daughter has been using one for a couple of years with absolutely no problems and wouldn't be without it. She sometimes has to use a pad on the first day of her period as a back up BUT she does have very heavy periods. She raves about hers and actively recommends them to others as appropriate.

With her success I decided to have a go. I persevered for several months (it was out of money back time) but could not get on with it. Getting it in was not a problem, neither was leakage an issue but it was agony getting it out, and I tried a number of approaches. I felt sick and giddy at times and the contortions I had to get in to make it less painful to remove would've been impossible in the averaged sized public loo. I adjusted the length of the stem as recommended, it didn't help, and I definitely did get irritation from it despite it not being latex - but then all sanitary protection irritates me where it counts so that wasn't such a shock and tampons are particularly horrible, I've learned to live with it.

I did speak to Mooncup, and we discussed various strategies but nothing worked and I gave up.

I still think though that if you can use one it's environmentally fantastic and I was glad I'd at least tried to make it work.

jelley100

I've just used my mooncup for the first time and am very satisfied with it

I am left with a rather money-saving quandary however

What alternative use can I find for all my spare/redundant tampons?
Any creative/resourceful ideas?

jelley100

lilmiss

Hi

I used to think these where gross sounding, but now i'm interested in them.

I used to have heavy periods when i was younger, but not now, i use sanitary towels, and i usually stay at home when i have my period, but staying at home and not leaving the house for 4/5 days isnt very good and is starting to p*ss me off!.

I have never tried tampons, and was thinking of getting some, but im still not liking the idea of a big stick of cotton wool shoved up there for 3 hours :eek:

im 27. and.....still a virgin, please dont faint with shock

So, is this ok for me to use?. Where does it sit inside, does it go very deep or just at the entrance to the ...... :whistle:

im not much squeamish when it comes to periods. Oh and whats this thing about having to boil it, i cant imaine doing that, i dont live alone, i cant see me with a pan boiling away with this inside of it :eek:

Thanks x