Help me, perimenopausal women!

[OakLeaf]

NBD emptying the Diva Cup in a portajohn. Just have a little bottle of hand sanitizer in your pocket. And maybe another little bottle of KY if you're dry and need to wash the cup just to lube it for insertion. You can get some of those little 1/4-1/2 oz screwtop jars (Walgreen's has them as pill organizers, or The Container Store has them in the travel department) for a pocket- and travel- friendly size container for your KY, chamois cream, facial moisturizer or hair gel for travel, whatever.

You can feel when the Diva Cup is full and starting to seep... just like a tampon. I wouldn't worry about judging that.

The main issue I have with mine is how big it is. I had a much better time with the latex rubber one - don't remember what they used to call it - until the dog ate it The Diva Cup puts a lot of pressure on my bladder. So I wind up having to empty *that* more often than the cup. But I know a lot of women love theirs, and mine's not so bad I don't use it.

Funny how this perimenopause thing works I hadn't had a "real" period in a couple of years - then we take our last trip to Europe and I'm bleeding like an 18 year old. Funky Italian tampons long and skinny, just like the women.