So I'm nearly 15 weeks post partum and had some spotting so thought I'd practice using my cup again. Pre baby I was using the large Fleur and it was great, but now my cervix seems a lot lower! I had already trimmed the stem almost totally off and using the cup when fully in it's almost sticking out when I sit down ( Read more... )

Hi all! I posted here once before and talked about my experience with my first period after having a baby. I've had two more cycles since posting. The first one, I didn't get the hang of using my large fleur cup until my period was ending. I didn't get another period for 2 months. I had never been so dissapointed to skip a period ( Read more... )

Let me first start by saying I tried a menstrual cup a couple of years ago. I got the small Diva cup, but it always leaked so I gave up completely before one cycle was through ( Read more... )

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Lurked a while but never posted. Been using a DivaCup 1 owner for about 4 years, user for 3 (took a year off when I had my son). I'm 33 years old and I started off with the DC1 and it worked pretty well for me despite feeling a little too long sometimes. I mastered the punchdown fold, got it to pop open pretty easily and there were only a few ( Read more... )

Hello everyone, I am very happy I came across this little gem of a page. I have heard about cups in the past and have always been curious so today, as I sit here on my period using a disgusting tampon because I'm out of disgusting pads, I decided to order my first menstrual cup. I've read over a few posts, looked over some pictures and did some ( Read more... )

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Hi there, hoping you all can help me find a new cup--there are so many choices now! (This community was my source of info when I first bought a cup ( Read more... )

I love my cup (large Fleurcup) so much that when I was pregnant with my daughter, I could hardly wait to get back to using my cup. I used pads for lochia. Lucky me, despite breastfeeding, my periods came right back. I did notice that for the first couple of months I had to change where the fold was for insertion as some of the tissues at my ( Read more... )

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