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RE: Menstrual cups! Whee! - 7/22/2007 8:20:00 PM
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uponeagleswings
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I'll echo ezri's refrain that we're all built differently but...
I have never trimmed the stem on my Diva cup, and it doesn't bother me. My theory is if it works as is, don't trim it.
Can you feel around the bottom above the stem? If it feels all rounded out it probably opened all the way. If it feels caved in on one side, then it probably didn't.
Can you reach up a bit past the stem and rotate it? I'm not sure I could rotate mine using the stem. Then again, some ladies here never rotate theirs and apparently get a fine suction.
The other things I've found that help with getting a suction- make sure the little holes in the top edge (assuming the mooncup has them) are cleared out. I've also found it helps to put a little water around the top rim of the cup. It seems to seal better wet than dry.
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RE: Menstrual cups! Whee! - 7/23/2007 1:06:18 AM
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thisistheday
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I never cut my stem. It bothered me a little for a few cycles, but then I got used to it, or maybe it got softer from wear. Like Stacy said, if it doesn't feel caved in it should be completely open. I don't move mine around once it's in unless I think it's not completely open.
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RE: Menstrual cups! Whee! - 7/31/2007 1:53:09 AM
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this is just a menstrual cup joy rave.
i took my cup with me to Jamaica for a month and had two cycles (lucky me right?) But it worked so amazingly beautifully I could sing! It was so hot and sweaty I think I would've just died on the spot if I'd had to wear pads through the whole thing. It was hard to start out on but four cycles in, I've made the switch and i am never ever ever going back!
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RE: Menstrual cups! Whee! - 7/31/2007 7:38:12 AM
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ezri
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ORIGINAL: Anoc
I need some virtual cookies and hugs *puppy dog eyes*.
After three or four times in and out without any problems my body decided it likes the cup so much that it wouldn't let it go. I got my fingers into a cramp to try and get it out. One finger goes in fine but not two. After much bearing down the cup slowly worked its way out and just when I thought everything was hunky-dory: OWWW! I hurt myself, there was a bit of blood on the outside of the cup  . Need some more practice, I suppose... at the moment I feel a bit weepy. I'm not planning to go back to tampons, though.
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hang in there girl! We mentioned those little holes- check them... if they are blocked two things can happen. #1 it wont seal and you leak. OR #2 It'll seal and pull a suction that'll make you feel like you are pulling your eyeballs out through your vagina.
To clean the holes try forcing water through them. one of the sites says to put water in the cup then cover the open end with your hand and squeeze the water out the holes. I fill a small container with water and push the cup against the bottom until I see bubbles out each hole.
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RE: Menstrual cups! Whee! - 8/1/2007 1:12:29 PM
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ezri
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I just ordered the smaller of the two Lunettes for my 17yo today. As I said the girls knew about my cup but one day last month 17yo asked if I had any peroxide for a canker sore in her mouth I knew I had some on the top shelf behind my cup because I do that 50% peroxide 5-% water soak every other month to clean the staining So I told her where it was. I knew She'd have to move the container the cup was in to get to it. The next grocery trip she said that they needed more Pads and then asked me about the cup. I gave her a run down- as I said before they know about tampons... Well 17yo said she'd like to give it a go. SO we are going!
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RE: Menstrual cups! Whee! - 8/1/2007 11:43:49 PM
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KarenElissaB
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Well, thanks to you lovely ladies, I have gone from "Why would anyone want to do that" to "That is a really odd idea" to "That is an intriguing idea" to "Hmm, maybe I want to try one" to "I bought one today."
Yup, I finally decided to buy one. I found a local store that sells them, so I went and bought one. I tried it out in the shower today. The first time going in wasn't too bad, maybe a little awkward or uncomfortable, but it didn't really hurt. It did hurt some coming back out though! I read some more online and tried again and this time coming out wasn't too bad either. Now I'm curious to try it out for real and see if I have it positioned right and everything. I should have the opportunity in the next couple of days... I'll see how it goes. But I really like the idea of not having to run to the bathroom every couple of hours!
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RE: Menstrual cups! Whee! - 8/2/2007 12:06:21 AM
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ezri
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ANOTHER CONVERT! YEAH!
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RE: Menstrual cups! Whee! - 8/2/2007 12:17:12 AM
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Jenny-Fair
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I found a local store that sells them
Really?! Are you in the USA? Are they a chain?
I lost mine for several months and wanted to buy a new one.
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RE: Menstrual cups! Whee! - 8/2/2007 12:29:53 AM
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KarenElissaB
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yup, I'm in the USA and I have no idea if the local store is a chain or not, I'm guessing no. I went to the diva website and they have a place where you can put in your city/state or zip code and it will show you any local stores that sell them. There were two in my city, and a couple more further away.
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RE: Menstrual cups! Whee! - 8/3/2007 11:29:23 AM
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GraceyGirl
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Well, my peditrician's take on the cup is he loves them. Abbey still has a few years before we have to deal with all of this. I asked him what he thought of the cups. . .and whether Abbey would be able to use one as a virgin. He said he recently had an 11 year who began her cycle, and she uses instead with no problems while she waits for a Luna to come in.
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Christine 
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. For the last trickle of my period I went back to tampons because I was suffering from cup and finger burn from all the poking and prodding and catching the skin with my fingernails in my sensitive parts 
. But it'll definitely be the cup for me from now on.
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. Since I started off suspecting that this was simply not going to work it has really been a lot easier overall than I thought. Thanks for all you encouragement and tips and cookies *hugs*.
