Comments on: A Menstrual Cup Can Change Your Life!

By: Simone Holt

Simone Holt — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 06:15:02 +0000

Hey, I agree with you on some points like tampoons are really irritating. They hurt a lot.
Now as you say about the menstrual cup, I have a little different opinion in that. According to my personal experience, I felt that these cups are much better than tampons than not as good as leakproof underwear. These period panties are very comfortable

By: Eva Taylor

Eva Taylor — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 06:14:22 +0000

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 21:12:33 +0000

I came across this whole searching for something else, and thought I’d give the other side. I read everywhere about how the cup would change my life for the better & decided to try it. It took a little bit to getbused to inserting it, but I got there. I expected great things after all of the positive reviews.
I have a very heavy flow, and I had to empty it every hour or 2. Not easy or fun at work or in public. Not convenient at night, I ended up wearing huge pads anyway. I stuck with it for a while hoping to reap the benefits of lighter & shorter periods, but I finally, happily, threw mine in the garbage after deciding to give it another go after a few months break.
Its messy, it’s hard to use when you’re not at home, and I hated being hand deep inside my own bloody vagina multiple times a day.

By: Brie

Brie — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:31:27 +0000

I started out a couple months ago with disposable cups. I just bought my diva cup yesterday. It didn’t fit, wrong size. Today I went back for a different size and perfect! It went into place super easy.

I am happy with it because I don’t have to buy tampons ever again. Tampons never really worked for me. They would get lost and I would never feel good with them. Pads gave me a nasty rash and my cramps were out of control.

I noticed with the disposable cups no leaks. None at all. Cramps also went away. I felt free and extremely comfortable. The downside was that I had to throw them away and we all know where those end up. I decided to try reusable options for our environment.

I love my diva cup. I am only hours into it but it’s just like the reusable cups except I don’t have to throw it out. I also find it more comfortable than the disposable cups. The major difference however is that the disposable cups are way easier to get in. They are thinner than a tampon. The reusable cup is bigger than a tampon but it still goes in fairly easy.

I am glad to finally be saving money, helping the environment and reducing my cramps. Gone are the days of rayon and other nasty and harmful toxins!

By: Marti

Marti — Tue, 02 May 2017 04:21:06 +0000

OK – I’m 60 yrs old and don’t need them any more, but they had these when I was a teenager…advertised as ‘new’ then. So I tried it. When I purchased them, the girl at the checkout who was probably in her twenties asked me if I had other protection available at home, because she said that everyone she knew that tried it, said that they leak.
I don’t remember if there were sizes available for sure, but I would guess, yes. I do remember that they were soft and flexible, and had ridges on the outside, and a loop at the bottom to grasp.
And I remember that they were difficult to position so they fully opened and did not create a wrinkle or indent in the outside of the circular cup. Also, the salesgirl was right, mine leaked. In school, more like a small gush. But I think it was gym, and I had other options.
So, yes it still makes sense, but do have a back up plan.
(I don’t understand why it would shorten a period….every collection product is passive, so why would any of them make a difference?)

By: MoonCup

MoonCup — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:50:33 +0000

I totally agree! Menstrual cups really change the lives of women! Since I started using them, I’ve felt comfortable that I sometimes don’t realize anymore that I have my period. Why? Because there are no irritation and discomfort feelings! My worry about my safety with the chemicals is gone either!

By: Diva Cups

Diva Cups — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 03:46:03 +0000

I have very, very few life regrets but one of them is not figuring out about menstrual cups way sooner than I did. Anyway, better late than never!

By: Cristina

Cristina — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:20:57 +0000

Thank you for this!!! I have used one for about a year. I use the lunette size small, because I haven’t had children yet. So convenient! No leaks, just change it at night and in the morning before work. Also you get used to it being there, just like tampons. It’s sort of weird to bring it up to friends, but they need to know about this!

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:44:19 +0000

I switched to menstrual cups about a year and a half ago. Though I was coming off being on The Pill for what had to be at least 15 years, of almost contrast use (hardly ever used the placebo pills), so I’m sure my story is not typical at all.
At first I think my story was like yours, short and sweet. And the cup made it oh so convenient! I still wore pantiliners though as there is always a little bit of blood that comes out, especially upon emptying and reinsertion. There of course has to be unless you wash yourself out!
Though more lately my periods have begun to resemble how they were in high school, horrible and long, with bad cramps. Heavy flow days have gone from 1-2 to 4-5 and with my smaller size lunette cup (bought since I’ve never given birth and previously had fairly light periods), it has overflowed if not emptied in 8 hours, not 12. So more than once during my last period did I wake up to bloody underwear as it filled to capacity during my sleep 🙁
I’ll never go back to tampons, have always hated them anyway, just hoping my body will figure itself out eventually as I know I did a number on it taking The Pill for so long!