I used the cup thing MAAAANNNY years ago. Or should I say, I TRIED to use it. Couldn’t get it in, couldn’t even imagine getting it out. Doesn’t sound even the slightest bit convenient (but that’s me).
I hate tampons, and hated usuing a diaphram, so I don’t think I will be using the Keeper. Instead I am in process of sewing my own pads. How’s that for TMI.
sigh Three pages of great reviews, but I can’t get past this one. shudders
Hey, Guin? raises hand
OpalCat…when you said it lasts up to 10 years I had this mental image of that thing being inside of you for 10 years! My God, I thought, there must be a shitload of blood in there!
oh blink, the hilarity you have just brought into my life!!!
no kidding, it last 10 years… and you never empty it!
Nobody has mentioned sponges.
The museum of Menstruation: www.mum.org
Jade and Pearl: www.jadeandpearl.com
WIth all these new converts, does this mean I’m no longer the Menstrual Cup Queen of the SDMB?
You’re welcome, Shirley. I promise to restart this thread again at least once.
two thoughts come to mind:
1 - If I ever visit, don’t ever use the sink at Opal’s house.
2 - EWWWWWWWWWWWW!!
I’ve read about the Keeper ages ago and thought, nope, no way, no. I can watch surgery on TLC, I watched a vet do eyeball surgery on a bunny and though “cool,” but I cannot deal with menstrual blood and I get grossed out when I donate blood and the tube is draped over my arm (the warmth of my own blood just grosses me out). I would faint the first time I had to empty the Keeper.
But, now that this thread has been resurrected, I have to say, it gave me a weird dream: I dreamt I was wearing a “menstrual cup”. And in my dream is really was quite the “cup” as in bigger than a coffee mug! Big red, rubber thing that looked like a bowl!
In my dream I kept thinking “geez, everyone is gonna know I have my period!” because trying to sit at my desk at work, I was about 4 inches up higher in my chair – balanced on the “cup” that was tucked in my pants.
When I woke up, it turned out that I really needed to pee and between my complaining bladder and reading the SDMB, my dream was influenced by the power of suggestion.
:rolleyes:
Consider the other common options:
pads. You know what the inside of a bandaid looks like after it’s been on for a while? How it’s a mixture of red, brown, and “undetermined moistness”? Well throw in some sticky, black clots, several pubic hairs, and crotch sweat and you have a pad. This is rubbing against your body the whole time. Then you have to touch them to dispose of them, and they aren’t flushable.
tampons. These are like internal pads. The blood is irregularly absorbed, and gets funky when it soaks into the cotton. The string is usually soaked with blood, sweat, and pee, and you have to grab it to pull it out. Half the time the whole thing does a pendulum swing when it pops out and hits the toilet, your leg, your hand, or any combination. They are either put in the trash can or flushed. And then you have to wash nasty string-goo off your hands. In your sink.
With the cup, the blood is in its natural state – liquid. It doesn’t gunk up, turn smelly, or do anything else weird. The blood doesn’t work its way around the cup, so pulling it out, your fingers just get regular girl-stuff on them, and that is minimal. Rinsing it out in the sink is no different than washing off a cut or dealing with a bloody nose.
err… “TMI alert”
bumpety bumpety bump
for all the ladies who are dying to try a cup, but are allergic to latex, www.mooncup.co.uk are offering a version identical to the keeper made from silicone rubber.
the price is £27 (£29 for outside the uk). i think this is about $40.
they say you can use sterilising tablets or put it in the dishwasher, rather than just vinegar and hot water…
seriously considering it…
PUT IT IN THE DISHWASHER?!?!?!?!
:eek:
What is wrong with that? If you are really squeamy you can put it in without any dishes.
I’m gonna get one of those mooncups when I get some more money. Silicone holds up better than rubber.
Oh, my sides are aching as I pick my self off the floor!
Count me in as a satisfied user of Instead! I bought some on the basis of the recommendations here, and so far so good. The only place it is sold here in Tulsa is Walgreen’s, I think. I got fourteen to a box, and it wasn’t expensive. The cup is comfortable, easy to insert, and doesn’t leak.