I have a friend who uses tampons, and was living
in Guatemala teaching. She did not get on with the ones she found over there,
and so every time someone came to visit, she would ask them to bring tampons
from home. It got me thinking about when I return to Guatemala for a longer
time, and so I decided to finally invest in a moon-cup. This is my experience of the moon-cup. I won't go into all the
specifications because everything can be found at mooncup uk's website And obviously everybody
is different; this is just my personal account.
I ordered the moon-cup from the official website
as I was wary and unsure of the cheaper brands, and noticed that the official
moon-cup website offered a lot of customer advice and support; something which
I thought I may well be making use of! The website also explains which size to
choose, how to insert, etc, which is worth paying an extra few pounds for.
When my moon-cup arrived I could not wait for my
period to follow; I really have never been so excited for mother nature to hit!
When my period did appear; one morning before
work, I rushed to sterilise my moon-cup in a cup (which I use solely for that
purpose now) of boiling salt water. I rinsed it off, and frantically tried to
insert moon-cup following the manufacturer's instructions (fold in half then
fold again).... It was not happening and I was late for work, so to my dismay I
had to use a sanitary towel that day. But I was not to be put off; the next day
I lay on my back to insert, and instead of folding, simply squeezed it in (it
opens up once inside); result!
When in,
the moon-cup is fantastic.... you can leave it in longer than a tampon, and you
do because it holds more fluid, and you simply do not feel it there. The
problem is getting it in - and even worse for myself was getting it out.
Without going into too much detail it is can quite literally become a blood
bath! Now I bought the larger size, as instructed (as I have had a natural
childbirth), but I am quite small, so I'm going to give it one more cycle, and
if it's still so hard to take out I think I may have to try the small size
afterall.
So my advice is to ease yourself in; don't throw
out your sanitary towels just yet (in fact for the first period, for your own
assurance you may want to wear pads with the moon-cup), and if you can, try and
make sure you are taking it out, rinsing and re-placing, in your own home, or
at least a toilet cubicle which has a sink in !
and if you plan on using it for travelling, please
give yourselves a good 3 periods to get used to the moon-cup.
and please make use of the website as it is full
of good advice..... and their fun mooncup rap!
Enjoy Ladies!
