Diva Cup

[mtkitchn]

Diva cup arrived the day before my period! Today it's getting its trial run. Not completely comfortable so I cut the stem a little. Was hard to get out the first time.
Might ride tomorrow and really check it out. If I can find motivation to ride in 110 degree weather.

[lizbids]

I'm so glad you guys like the Diva. I bought one but can't get used to it at the moment. I remember a gyno telling me I had a "small cervix," and when I asked what that meant, there was no answer. Nice, right?

So, do some of you feel that you don't have to turn it while it's inside you? Maybe I just have tighter muscles, but I just can't seem to do that. Like I find it almost impossible to be able to fit my fingers in there to really twist it. I gave up and wore a tampon because I was going to be late for work! I did just trim the stem, so maybe I can try later tomorrow or the next day. I'll keep y'all posted.

[ChickWithBrains]

A few thoughts:

It doesn't matter if your uterus is anteverted or retroverted ("tipped"): the keeper and diva are less likely to work well for women whose anatomy isn't the usual "pointing down when standing up." However, Instead might work really well, since the key is seating one edge of it around the cervix and the other against the pelvic anatomy -- pelvic bone or coccyx. For retroverted and "normal" women, the key is to angle *back* when inserting, and using a finger to tuck the "front" aspect up high enough to get it to catch under the pelvic bone. For anteverted women, the opposite: angle forward to go around the cervix, and with a finger tuck the back edge high enough against the upper and backmost part of the vagina, above the pelvic floor muscles. Slipping out tends to happen most in women with very relaxed pelvic floors (from childbirth, natural anatomy, big partners, or not enough kegels ) or if the cup hasn't been tucked up high enough once inserted. You've *got* to anchor it around the cervix and another anatomical point, or it WILL come out and you WILL leak. It doesn't need to be perpendicular to the vaginal canal, just needs to be anchored right.



Re: birth control pills and PCOS: the pills may make you regular and more predictable, but they don't "help" your body any other way. The periods you get on the pill aren't the same as natural periods. It's withdrawal bleeding, just a bodily response to the progesterone no longer being there. So if unpredectable but fewer periods are appealing to you, ditch the pills! But if the predictability is nice, keep 'em.

[RoadRaven]

Wow, Chick
I didn't know it was so complicated
I must be in my second year using the moon cup and I just pop it in, give the stem a tug to make sure its in far enough and away I go...

I have never thought about fit around my cervix - I assume it is "normal" as I have had 7 pregnancies and 5 live births and I assume some doctor or midwife might've said something

The only time I have "leakage" issues is during 36 hours or so when it is very heavy and if I don't change every hour... well, its messy.

So maybe it anchors itself by luck?

[ChickWithBrains]

It only sounds complicated -- you and I are the lucky ones who just happen to pop it in on the first try

[nafula]

Ordered mine just now. I've never used one before, but all the reviews here make it sound pretty good. I currently use the Instead soft cups, but they really seem to big for me at times. Hopefully because this sits differently it will work a little better.

By the way, I bought mine at luckyvitamin.com for $20 if anyone else is looking into it.

[coyote]

Thanks nafula I just went and ordered one too.