Menstrual cup users: Which do you use? - Page 2

[True Blue]

I don't see the link to the coop on blessubabuy...can anyone help? Thanks!

[YiddisheMama]

b'h

i have no experience with this. i use disposables. but i'd like to try it. is it easy to use, comfortable...? or do you feel it inside you? also, does it leak-like to i need to be concerned and wear a panty liner...?

thanks

[nutmeggmama]

However, I find it rather uncomfortable for the first day or two of my period - I get this dull aching feeling coming from about where the keeper sits. The aching does go away thankfully, but I can't for the life of me figure out why this happens every month. I've tried repositioning it once it starts to ache, but that only brings temporary relief, at most. Towards the end of the day it starts to hurt to stand... very annoying. I'm starting to think about just using tampons for the first couple days, then using the keeper. I hate to do it, but this aching is driving me nuts!

This sorta makes me wonder if you have a latex allergy, or if you are developing a sensativity to it. Or, it's just part of your body's reaction to having AF.

[sapsygo]

Interesting thoughts, nutmeggmama... I hadn't considered the possibility that it could be the beginnings of a latex sensitivity. Hmm. I know it isn't because of AF though, because if I take it out and use something else, I'm fine. Anyone else develop any latex sensitivities w/ the Keeper? How did you know that you had developed it?

Thanks,
Amber

[nutmeggmama]

I feel achy when we used to use latex condoms-sorta like i was having slight cramps, amost like a "kegal cramp," and I thought they burned a little bit, but that could just be the spermicide too maybe. We just decided to cut out latex, and everything feels much better.
But I've never used the keeper, and Im waiting to get a divacup, from Jodi's co-op.

[sapsygo]

Oh wow, I just had a lightbulb moment here!!! (I write, as I smack my forehead against the table) When hubby and I used to use latex condoms, I would burn and ache afterwards, sometimes for hours. I could never figure out what the problem was... it only went away once we started TTC'ing and when I was pregnant w/ my daughter (I never made that connection until now!). After we had her we switched to a diaphragm, which, funny thing, makes me feel rather achy and sore - especially if I don't take it out first thing in the morning.

So, duh, I think that is what is going on here - the thought really never occurred to me in the least. Latex allergy even runs in my family - my mom, sister and grandmother all have it. They all found out when they were in the hospital and would start getting rashes and sores from latex contact. I always figured that's what a latex allergy looks like, but I suppose it makes sense that you would have a different reaction from internal latex contact than external contact...

Well thank you very much, netmeggmama, this is great to know!! I really appreciate your response. Now to figure out what to do about BC... perhaps it is time to take the leap and totally follow NFP *grin* I've been charting for 8 months now, I just haven't gotten up the nerve to take the jump Sounds like I should get a Diva cup too. Wow, I can't wait to tell my hubby about this!

Amber

[RWhite]

I have been using The DivaCup for 3 months and I love it. I was going to purchase The Keeper but The DivaCup was less expensive and had a full year guarentee. I really love this product and would recommend it to all other woman. Visit the web site. @ www.divacup.com.

Rachel

[marilynmama]

I use the mooncup

I bought the Mooncup mainly because I wanted one that I could boil and it was teh cheapest. I got it online and with shipping and everyting it was only $28 (and I live in oklahoma). The Divacup was a lot more with shipping because it is out of Canada (I think) and with the exchange rates it ends up being $40 something.

Here is the link I got my Mooncup from:

www.mooncup.co.uk

I can't say enough good things about it! They are tricky to figure out at first but once you get used to it you will NEVER go back to tampons! I LOVE mine!

Marilyn

[TurboClaudia]

I think the Keeper has been discontinued...

... and replaced exclusively by the DivaCup.

This is what my sister told me and it looks that way when I went to the Keeper site.

Warmly,
Claudia

[ja mama]

I have been using the disposable cups called Instead, but now that AF has returned and I'm not having any more babies, and I know there's something else, I have to get one that's nondisposable. Which one is the only question. I'd never go back to absorbant methods. I love this!

[jdelilah]

think the Keeper has been discontinued...

This is what I was wondering...I couldn't find anyone who sold the keeper on line, so I decided to just get the diva cup. It came really fast (less than a week from Canada to the states) and looks HUGE to me, I kind of gulped when I took it out of the package... but I'm going to try it out in a week or so here. Never used one of these, but I've really never heard anything bad about them, and I feel like I've at least somewhat tried to research them. I so much hope that I like it as well as I think I'm going to, that is if I can get it in!! Egad! (I don't really think it's going to be a problem...bodies are amazing things, right?!?)

[marilynmama]

They look kinda scarey to get it and honestly the first few times I tried to get it in, it was tricky. The very first time it took me about a 1/2 hr to figure it out! But once I did figure it out it takes me no longer to get in really than a tampon! It only took me about 2 days of using it so that it was easy and by the end of my first cycle with it, I was a pro.

So don't give up with it if it seems frusterating at first (because it probably will be) because I LOVE LOVE my Mooncup, I couldn't live without it.

The reason I did not order the Divacup is they say that they donate part of their proceeds to womens charities and when me and 2 other friends emailed (seperate emails and I emailed them 2 times) them asking what charities the money went to they never responded back to *any* of us....made me kinda leary of them and I want to know where my money is going to- what if its a cause I dont belive in or can't support morally ya know?

I can't say enough how much I love my Mooncup, I tell everyone about it.

Marilyn

[Melaniee]

http://www.thekeeper.com

I couldn't find anything about it being discontinued...why do you think it would be? I've not been brave enough to try to get mine to work again after the "great july disaster..." I keep meaning to try to uh...check things out, but I forget and then AF comes and I'm just reaching for the tampax again (yes, I know they're unhealthy, too).

[marilynmama]

The Keeper is not being discontinued.

The problem is that all 3 companies (Keeper, Mooncup and Divacup) have been "fighting" and stealing domain names, (just type in www.keeper.com and see that you do *not* go to the Keeper site but to Divacup site).

Ridiculas really.....

I would recommend the Mooncup or Keeper to anyone, both are great products!

Marilyn

[chiromama]

I have been using the Instead for a couple of years - they say you are supposed to toss it after every use, but I will use one for up to a year. They look a bit like a diaphragm, and are very comfortable, with little leakage! I had to use a tampon a while back when af came a couple of days early and I was at work - and holy cow, those things suck! I'll NEVER go back!