How to sterilize Mooncup?

[Fujiko]

I bought a mooncup (the one made by the keeper company) a couple weeks ago and I just noticed that I'm getting AF. I need to use it, but it hasn't been sterilized since I got it.

If you have one, how did you prepare it for it's first use?

TIA.

[DaMajha]

I've just started trying one.. not sure I am going to like it. But, why does it need to be sterilized? I washed it with warm soapy water and that was it. Our vaginas aren't sterile environments and we don't sterilize other 'items' (such as your husband) that go there.

[Fujiko]

Originally Posted by DaMajha

I've just started trying one.. not sure I am going to like it. But, why does it need to be sterilized? I washed it with warm soapy water and that was it. Our vaginas aren't sterile environments and we don't sterilize other 'items' (such as your husband) that go there.

Yes, but I know where my hubby's penis has been. This mooncup arrived in the mail from who-knows-where, covered in lint. I have nightmares that it is a recycled return. :Puke

[DaMajha]

Originally Posted by Fujiko

Yes, but I know where my hubby's penis has been. This mooncup arrived in the mail from who-knows-where, covered in lint. I have nightmares that it is a recycled return. :Puke

LOL, now that is recycling! What about tossing it in the dishwasher???

[DanishMom]

I washed mine with soap three times before using. (Mild hand soap and rinse very well). Why don't you put it in boiling water and let it soak for a minute or two - that is what the company advices.

What terrifying images I got in my head - sterilizing a penis!

[Jojo F.]

Although I don't have a mooncup- diva cup- I boil mine after every AF. Of course I don't boil it everytime I change it, just warm soapy water for that.

[yvonnemlv]

You just put it in boiling water for 5 minutes and voila!

[spiderdust]

Is this the one made from rubber or silicone?

[Meiri]

Mooncup would the silicone one.

I just wash mine with warm soapy water, though I haven't used it nearly as much as I thought I would.

BTW, recycling something like that would be a major violation of laws. Some things are simply not allowed to be reused in such a way.

[sandy'smama]

I have been using mine on and off for the past 3 years. I wash it in soapy water at the end of the day (do not like it for night time - use mama cloth instead) and boil it after my AF is finished, ready for the next month. I do not have a problem using a small cooking pot for that as obviously it gets sterilised as well as the mooncup while it is boiling.
I have the silicone mooncup and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! would not go back to other stuff if they paid me to do it!!!

and on that personal note let me introduce myself to this forum!

Ania

[prairiechild]

Boiling it is fine and I do that sometimes. My favorite way to clean it is to scrub it with alcohol preps. It removes every trace of staining that boiling and scrubbing won't remove.

[spiderdust]

Ah, the silicone one can either be boiled or washed in the top rack of the dishwasher.