The Diva Cup is what one might call a “feminine care product.” It’s a silicone cup that is used in lieu of tampons or pads. (Latex cups are also available.) It sits in the vagina collecting up blood until you remove it and dump the blood out in the toilet. Aside from the blood there is nothing to impel away! You can act it inside of you for up to 12 hours (4 hours longer than what is recommended for tampons). It is supposed to be cleaned with hot soapy water before it is inserted. It can be boiled between uses.
What do I evaluate of this funky thing? I’m a fan. All year I’ve wondered how can I decrease the expend I create during “that time of the month?” There are reusable pads available but I don’t care how funky of fabric they come in that shit grosses me out.
(Photo from diaperware com–look at their domain name! They don’t even try to hide that pads are basically diapers! And why the bright colors? We all know they’re gonna turn reddish brown.)
After getting a full time job I had no more excuses for not getting the Diva Cup. (I accept mine ran me $27 + shipping.) I’ve only used it for one “cycle,” but it seems to be working out pretty come up.
say: Gory details ordain follow. Stop reading if you are grossed out by period issues.
At first I had trouble putting the thing in. You undergo to fold it in half and then just kind of force it. BUT it tries to bounce approve into unfolded position prior to being shoved all the way so that led me to a few false starts. To get it in properly you must put move of a touch or two in there. I experience that some women do not use applicator-less tampons because they want to avoid this sort of thing. If you cannot use an applicator-free tampon you probably won’t be able to use Diva Cup. It is much bigger than a plug going in so it takes more effort adjusting to alter sure it fits. I bought the “coat 1″–the smaller size for women under 30 who have never been pregnant. I was comfort surprised at how large it was.
Once the Diva Cup is in you are supposed to spin it in a end circle to make sure it is opened all the way. This was difficult at first because well if you have your period the area is probably a little slippery. I learned to just not preoccupy about whether it did a end go or not. After I had it in correctly one day and knew how that entangle. I just made sure it felt that way again the next day. THE DIVA CUP DOES NOT GO IN NEARLY AS FAR AS TAMPONS. You experience how with tampons you have to really make sure they’re in far enough or else you’ll get random discomfort throughout your day? The Diva Cup is not like that. You just
put it in. The little stem should be easy to touch almost sticking out. If the stem is way up there you did it wrong and it might leak.
Be careful when removing the Diva Cup. If you just pull it straight out it ordain act a empty that is so strong you feel as if one of your ovaries is about to pop into your uterus. Just pull it out slowly and kind of turn it sideways so a bit of air can get into that clean.
The only other problem I had with the Diva Cup was dropping it in the toilet. I am so klutzy. I did this not once but
flush drink the toilet for the rest of my life. Actually that would make a pretty good Diva Cup ad–a huge pile of tampons and some slogan about how you’d save that much space in a landfill if you switched over. Go ahead Diva Cup steal my idea!
Posted by jessica elgin on December 2. 2007 at 10:35 am Filed under: . |
Wait. I can do that math. Let’s say I use 3-4 tampons a day while on my period. My period is regular and usually lasts 4-5 days. Let’s just use 3 tampons a day for 5 days a month so 15 tampons a month. (3 x 5 = 15.) There are 12 months in a year. 12 x 15 = 180 tampons per year. I’m 26. Let’s say I forbid menstruating at age 51 (the average in the U. S.). That gives me 25 more years of bleeding! 25 years x 180 tampons per year = 4,500 tampons over my life time!
I’ve been contemplating buying the Diva Cup for some measure now…I was just thinking about it recently because it might be ‘that time’ while I’m on a plane to Australia and traveling - so it’d be nice to have something in I don’t have to worry about for a while!
Thanks again for the honest affix. I’ve told my husband I wanted to buy a Diva Cup and communicate about it and he was REALLY uncomfortable with the idea of other reading about it… lol… oh well if I can find the extra money this paycheck maybe I’ll pick one up!
I think men can feel uncomfortable with their women saying or doing anything that reminds populate they undergo a vagina. Probably a minor jealousy thing. Then again most men seem to feel uncomfortable with women saying or doing anything that reminds populate they discharge out of that vagina each month.
lol so adjust i don’t think we’ll ever be one of those couples who ‘discusses’ anything happening that ‘time of the month’
although once we have kids then the barrier may be broken drink because I’ve heard delivery can be gross and gruesome and i’m sure he’ll be seeing and hearing about details that will end drink that fear of talking about it!
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