Mooncup leaking help!

[merlinkitten]

This is my second cycle using the mooncup. My first cycle I used it on my lighter days to get used to it and this cycle used it right from the start since I figured I'd got the technique right and knew what I was doing. Wrong! My first light day was great, and I used it overnight with success. However, I used it yesterday on a heavy day and had a

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[rebecca2525]

It sounds as if your cervix is taking up space in your cup so that you can't use the full capacity. I can only ever get my large Lunette about half full before it starts leaking.

The Meluna XL is the cup with the highest capactiy out there, I think. Since you say your cervix is medium to high, it might fit you.

Trying to do a little calculation, decide for yourself if it sounds reasonable:

The large Moon cup has 15 ml to air holes, 25 ml to rim. If you only get your cup half full to the rim, your cervix takes up about 12 ml of that capacity, leaving you about 12 ml capacity of the cup.

The Meluna XL has 30 ml to air holes, 42 ml to rim. Substract the 12 ml room that your cervix needs from the 42 ml, that should leave you with 30 ml capacity, which is 2.5 times the capacity of what you get with the Moon cup.

[kuradi8]

The UK Mooncup has a low capacity and your cervix is "dangly" (perfectly normal) so it's taking up room in the cup, reducing the cup's capacity even more. Compare the cup that you have to other brands using any of the size and capacity charts found online. This one http://sizecharts.livejournal.com/ also has a link to Answers to Common Questions that might prove to be helpful.

Keep your Mooncup as a light days cup and consider a second higher capacity cup for the heavy ones. Only you know how much shorter/longer, wider/narrower you'd like your next cup to be. Also consider shape -- pointy, blunt, bulbous, etc.

This post http://menstrual-cups.livejournal.com/3473209.html has good comparison pictures of 3 popular high capacity cups. Maybe one of them would suit you?

Edited to add: My user-pic shows an old (yellow) Mooncup next to a large Lunette, which is one of the cups in the comparison.

[kitegirl24]

this is pretty much what I was going to recommend - but with more, detail, which actually helped me figure out my own recent issues too lol :) thanks

[merlinkitten]

Thanks, good to know that it's most likely my cervix stealing the room in the cup! What would I do without this community?
I've had a look at the super jennie and the meluna xl and notice both the large SJ and the meluna xl mention its for women who have given birth or with a heavy flow, but the smaller ones say for women who have a light to medium flow. Would you recommend the xl even for women who haven't given birth? Thanks!

[rebecca2525]

The "have given birth" is a bit weird as a criterium, I don't know why all the makers insist on it.

Fact is: you need a higher capacity. The question is if a longer and wider cup is going to fit you. You say you have a medium to high cervix so the length of a bigger cup is probably not going to be a problem. And unless you have the feeling that the cup you have now is already a tight fit, or that you have very strong pelvic muscles that are prone to crushing the cup, a wider cup isn't going to be a problem either, usually, because the vagina is very flexible. Especially since you already know how to use a cup and don't mention any troubles getting it in and out. (Unless it turns out a bigger cup is pressing on your bladder etc, but that's something you can't know in advance, birth or not.)

Since you already have a cup, you can better guess how the measurements of other cups may work out for you, just compare them to your cup.

[merlinkitten]

Thanks, I think I'm going to give the super jennie large or the fleurcup a go on my next cycle. The mooncup fit okay, I had to trim most of the stem because it was irritating but I do struggle to reach it sometimes due to it migrating upwards so I think a larger cup won't be an issue.

[merlinkitten]

Thanks, good to know that it's most likely my cervix stealing the room in the cup! What would I do without this community?
I've had a look at the super jennie and the meluna xl and notice both the large SJ and the meluna xl mention its for women who have given birth or with a heavy flow, but the smaller ones say for women who have a light to medium flow. Would you recommend the xl even for women who haven't given birth? Thanks!

[kuradi8]

Yes, their dimensions make them some of the larger ones. If you think they'll be "too big," then go with your gut and pick something a little physically smaller. If you think you like the pointy shape, then a large Lunette has a high capacity for a medium length cup. The large Lunette happens to be a fairly stiff bodied cup. From personal experience, I can tell you that it pops easily and seals securely, but it can also feel like it's "there" on sensitive BLECH days. The large Fleur has very similar dimensions and has just a couple more ml of capacity. It is blunt based and is noticeably softer. I've never tried one but I wonder if the softness wouldn't make it more comfortable. Would its wider shape also feel like it's "there?" I don't know. But so can a full tampon.

TL;DR -- Jumping from one end of the spectrum to the other far end doesn't always work out.