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girderednerve replied to your post “icantbearsedtothinkofone replied to your post “lalabob11 replied to…”
the recommended removal method (cf lena cup instructions) is to grab the stem and tug gently and kind of rock it side to side so you shift the cup closer & can reach higher up on it. this has always worked for me reasonably well without hurting, but i alternate with pads because i get sore
Yes– this is what I do. To both things. Sometimes, though, I just– can’t deal with rocking it, there’s too much pressure and it hurts to push on it and it’s six of one half a dozen of the other, so I just yank the thing out and it’s gross and that also hurts. So.
(more menstrual cup discussion including why i’m keeping on discussing this at such length)
Yes, in general, menstrual cups are sunshine and rainbows by comparison with the gross disposable shit that’s standard, but. I honestly *always* use pads too, because even if the cup doesn’t leak, per se, there’s still mucous or moisture, sometimes tinged with blood, that still comes out, especially overnight or if I have to move around a lot. So I use the cup until the flow is light enough that I won’t have to change the pads much, and then just use pads until I run out (I never have enough washable ones no matter what, because the more of them I get the lazier I get about washing them right away to reuse), and sometimes toward the end I go back to the cup because on really light days there’s no leakage or excess fluids.
(And pads give me basically diaper rash, so it’s always a balancing act– on heavy flow days, the pressure from anything internal like a cup or tampon worsens the cramps, but if I don’t use anything internal, then the moisture upsets my skin and I’ll suffer for days, so. It’s all a balance. Options are key.)
sugarspiceandcursewords replied to your post “icantbearsedtothinkofone replied to your post “lalabob11 replied to…”
For the record, as a woman who has worked with mostly men her whole life and never even heard the term “menstrual cup” spoken aloud,this whole discussion has been really informative.
You know what? That’s precisely why I decided to have this discussion on here, and respond to all these comments. Because there’s plenty of people who like to be cup evangelists and just say “go forth and get one! it’s so great!” and that’s fine, but there’s all these details– like, you will get blood not only on your hands but possibly everywhere, so if you’re in a multi-stall bathroom, bring a damp paper towel into the stall with you for cleanup– and it’s not always clear where exactly things are supposed to go even if there’s only one place it’s gonna work– and I’ve never seen anyone else point out that it can make your cramps worse! So I figure– tag the discussion well, and then go on and have it, because we just don’t talk about this stuff enough.
(Another one: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HOLD ONTO THAT STEM SO YOU DON’T FLING THE CUP INTO THE TOILET. If you’re a novice, maybe do your business and flush, and THEN deal with the cup? because if you drop it into an empty bowl that’s still traumatic but way less bad than the alternative!)
(Ooh here’s another question: does anyone else have trouble actually emptying their bladder without removing the cup? Sometimes I can just go and it’s fine, but other times, I have to take the thing out even if it’s not full, because otherwise there’s just too much pressure on things and not everything comes out! Like, yes of course I know that that entire process is entirely separate from the vagina as an entity, but they’re really close neighbors and most of those structures are pretty soft and susceptible to pressure from one another. Hence the pressure issues and confusion about where to put a menstrual cup.)
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girderednerve replied to your post “icantbearsedtothinkofone replied to your post “lalabob11 replied to…”
the recommended removal method (cf lena cup instructions) is to grab the stem and tug gently and kind of rock it side to side so you shift the cup closer & can reach higher up on it. this has always worked for me reasonably well without hurting, but i alternate with pads because i get sore
Yes– this is what I do. To both things. Sometimes, though, I just– can’t deal with rocking it, there’s too much pressure and it hurts to push on it and it’s six of one half a dozen of the other, so I just yank the thing out and it’s gross and that also hurts. So.
(more menstrual cup discussion including why i’m keeping on discussing this at such length)
Yes, in general, menstrual cups are sunshine and rainbows by comparison with the gross disposable shit that’s standard, but. I honestly *always* use pads too, because even if the cup doesn’t leak, per se, there’s still mucous or moisture, sometimes tinged with blood, that still comes out, especially overnight or if I have to move around a lot. So I use the cup until the flow is light enough that I won’t have to change the pads much, and then just use pads until I run out (I never have enough washable ones no matter what, because the more of them I get the lazier I get about washing them right away to reuse), and sometimes toward the end I go back to the cup because on really light days there’s no leakage or excess fluids.
(And pads give me basically diaper rash, so it’s always a balancing act– on heavy flow days, the pressure from anything internal like a cup or tampon worsens the cramps, but if I don’t use anything internal, then the moisture upsets my skin and I’ll suffer for days, so. It’s all a balance. Options are key.)
sugarspiceandcursewords replied to your post “icantbearsedtothinkofone replied to your post “lalabob11 replied to…”
For the record, as a woman who has worked with mostly men her whole life and never even heard the term “menstrual cup” spoken aloud,this whole discussion has been really informative.
You know what? That’s precisely why I decided to have this discussion on here, and respond to all these comments. Because there’s plenty of people who like to be cup evangelists and just say “go forth and get one! it’s so great!” and that’s fine, but there’s all these details– like, you will get blood not only on your hands but possibly everywhere, so if you’re in a multi-stall bathroom, bring a damp paper towel into the stall with you for cleanup– and it’s not always clear where exactly things are supposed to go even if there’s only one place it’s gonna work– and I’ve never seen anyone else point out that it can make your cramps worse! So I figure– tag the discussion well, and then go on and have it, because we just don’t talk about this stuff enough.
(Another one: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HOLD ONTO THAT STEM SO YOU DON’T FLING THE CUP INTO THE TOILET. If you’re a novice, maybe do your business and flush, and THEN deal with the cup? because if you drop it into an empty bowl that’s still traumatic but way less bad than the alternative!)
(Ooh here’s another question: does anyone else have trouble actually emptying their bladder without removing the cup? Sometimes I can just go and it’s fine, but other times, I have to take the thing out even if it’s not full, because otherwise there’s just too much pressure on things and not everything comes out! Like, yes of course I know that that entire process is entirely separate from the vagina as an entity, but they’re really close neighbors and most of those structures are pretty soft and susceptible to pressure from one another. Hence the pressure issues and confusion about where to put a menstrual cup.)
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