[sweetbasil]

I read through Calebsmama03's post on the same subject from 2 days ago (we're sisters in Divahood, apparently, because we're going through this for the first time together, Lynne!)...and had a few more questions.

Do most people have to use backup (like pantyliner, etc.) with the DivaCup, or am I just going to have to master this learning curve?

Also, and this one might be over the line of TMI- I've occasionally been feeling excess pressure after placing the cup. Like after DS#2 was born, there were several months where I just felt pressure in the uterine area, with no real explanation (though it was very noticable during sex). So I'm feeling that on occasion when placing the cup. Almost like a huge air bubble in the middle of my belly....Is this something anyone else has experienced?

Thanks a bunch!

 

[tracymom]

I felt almost like a crampy feeling for a while, which now I don't notice. Wasn't sure if that was the size of the thing or what. Maybe that's similar to what you describe? Mine didn't feel like gas to me though.

I usually use a pantyliner with the Diva but that's just from long years of leaking with tampons, LOL. TMI alert: I also tend to get drips of blood here and there and if any cling the pantyliner catches that.

 

[lmonter]

eta: the whole post is tmi, beware.

My first af w/ the diva cup I did use a panty-liner (cloth of course

), just because I didn't know what to expect.
Second af (which just finished on Saturday) I didn't use a panty-liner to catch any drips. The diva cup caught everything, and I even slept naked the entire week - yay!
There definitely is a learning curve. 1st af I had to try at least 2-4 times to get it in, 2nd af, I only had to take it out and reposition twice. It will get better.

I'm also digging the lack of cramps; dh didn't know I had af until I told him the next day. Before, he'd know from the moaning and my not getting out of bed unless absolutely necessary. Plus we're saving a buttload of money from not buying ibuprofen.

I *so* know that bubble feeling; it's stopped me in my tracks before. It's just the cup expanding after you put it in. Usually mine expands before I leave the bathroom, but sometimes it suprises me later.

I haven't found any real solution other than to expect it occasionally. Also, do you have the cup positioned high enough? I probably stick it higher than other people might (like almost the length of my index finger) so I don't feel it, and so it stays put.

HTH!

Lanna

 

[Elana]

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Originally Posted by lmonter eta: the whole post is tmi, beware. I *so* know that bubble feeling; it's stopped me in my tracks before. It's just the cup expanding after you put it in. Usually mine expands before I leave the bathroom, but sometimes it suprises me later. I haven't found any real solution other than to expect it occasionally. Also, do you have the cup positioned high enough? I probably stick it higher than other people might (like almost the length of my index finger) so I don't feel it, and so it stays put. HTH! Lanna

After I insert it I give it a few pinches and twist it around, till I feel it expanding, that way I'm not surprised later. I can feel mine sometimes, depending what I"m doing and how I position it at first. I was so used to a tampon, which you insert pushing up. With the diva you have to push it backwards. If you don't that d8%# stem can do quite a bit of scraping!!!

(hope I haven't repeated anything that's already been said, I'm too tired to check out the first post)

I'm on to the diva for af #2 and it's amazing!!!!

 

[sweetbasil]

Not tmi at all, mamas...I don't know how I could get a better understanding of this without hearing all the personal details, YKWIM?

I met MIL for some shopping and lunch w/the boys today and mentioned the DivaCup to her- she called me an hour later (she's a psychotherapist) with a couple of interns in her office; they're studying WIC in TX and how to make it better, and wanted to research this as an option. Already getting some converts, and I've not even used it for a full cycle yet! LOL!

Thanks for your help, everyone! Hopefully liners will be a thing of the past soon...but until then, I'm just thrilled to not be using tampons!

 

[lmonter]

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Originally Posted by sweetbasil I met MIL for some shopping and lunch w/the boys today and mentioned the DivaCup to her- she called me an hour later (she's a psychotherapist) with a couple of interns in her office; they're studying WIC in TX and how to make it better, and wanted to research this as an option. Already getting some converts, and I've not even used it for a full cycle yet! LOL!

That's awesome! One more tidbit now that you all know more than you need to about me - the diva cup has already paid for itself for us in just two months.

In two months before all this, I would have gone through an $8 bottle of advil liqui-gels (take effect quicker than caplets), about three $5-$6 boxes of tampons, and the additional box of panty-liners (maybe $3). Oh, and maybe one of those little boxes of heat patches you stick on your underwear - I think they're $5 or so.

Lanna