Comments on: Friday Flops: The DivaCup

By: Littleoddme

Littleoddme — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:31:15 +0000

I know this comment is old, but I just wanted to weigh in. Try using the Instead disposable menstrual cup. I have relatively light periods, so I use one for twelve hours or so at a time. Intercourse is perfectly possible with these, and I’m not all dried out like I would be with a tampon.

The Diva cup is lower in the vagina, so intercourse with it is not practical.

By: steph

steph — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:23:15 +0000

Hi, Love the comments – the most important thing to include is that tampons are soooooo toxic for your vagina – and keep in mind the vaginal walls (oh yes – I said it) are the MOST absorbent area in your body – the last thing you need is to introduce bleach and other crap in the form of cotton tampons in there.

It does take a moment to get used to – like 3 mos as was mentioned – but that means during the first period you will be adjusting a bit and then be like – oh this is nice and then like oh I think I need to adjust it type stuff.

Byt the 3rd period you could be a pro – but seriously – less cramping – vaginal health up 100%, and a happier enviro! Can’t beat it

Try try again luv – thanks <3

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:38:34 +0000

I have never ever heard of such a thing… I think I must live under a rock or something.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:01:45 +0000

I’m chiming in with another “got it, love it” comment. I got one a year ago because I moved into a place with a very, very sucky toilet/cesspool and my habit of tossing the tampons down the john (terrible habit, I know) had to stop, I refused to go back to pads, and it’s fantastic. Like it’s been said further up, it doesn’t need to be changed as often as other period supplies – I do it in the morning and before bed, and I’ve never had a leak problem, and I’ve got a nastily heavy flow on my first day or so.

I don’t know if I’m just lucky, but I’ve also never made a mess in my bathroom with it when taking it out. I can only seem to get it out while sitting on the toilet, so I just empty it in the toilet and reach across the counter to rinse it in the sink.

By: thaidyed

thaidyed — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:41:32 +0000

Check out menstrualcups.org for LOTS of details. It’s not unsanitary and TSS is a load of…well, you know.

By: Native Born » Blog Archive » Recycle this…

Native Born » Blog Archive » Recycle this… — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:22:45 +0000

[...] do not, however, have one of these. And, frankly, it will be a cold day in hell before I get [...]

By: Mel

Mel — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:45:11 +0000

It’s been a life saver to me, at least I don’t have to worry during my heavy days anymore. And I don’t get the feeling that it’s going to fall out before I get to the bathroom.

By: Faiqa

Faiqa — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:02:43 +0000

Oh. My. God. The OCD person in me just had a heart attack. Followed by a seizure.

By: DaDuck

DaDuck — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:21:10 +0000

@Miss Britt, yeah, I am thinking about getting one. I just had a bad experience with the ones you buy in the store. Working, white shirt, in a hurry. Needless to say the bathroom at work looked like a murder scene.

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:18:57 +0000

I have to admit, I have never heard of this before. And I’m kinda grossed out about cleaning it. I think I will put this in the “good idea, but not for me” bin now!