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By: Michelle Schnaars

Michelle Schnaars — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:25:48 +0000

I use cloth. I started after my daughter’s birth in 2000 and have never looked back.

By: saraf3m

saraf3m — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:58:04 +0000

Hope this site gives you more info on cups. There is an entire WORLD outside the Diva….

http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/

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By: Jenne

Jenne — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:37:06 +0000

I’m finding that the Diva Cup isn’t working for me because of mild prolapse as well. I’m also finding that the size 2 for women who had had babies is shockingly big. Are other menstrual cups smaller? Is is worthwhile to try the size 1 even though I’ve had two babies?

I’m really interested in learning more about the sponges. I’m discovering (since cycles are just returning) that my flow is so light and I use very few tampons even and would like to find an internal product that isn’t bulky like the cup or throw-away like tampons. So are you ready to give us more of a review of the sponge?

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:18:48 +0000

Slee: I’ve ordered sponges (and a wet/dry bag from Planet Wise!) so I’ll get a chance to try them next cycle. I’m not planning on using them as my main product, though, more as backup for when I’d like to go padless. But I’ll tell y’all how it goes!

For what it’s worth, here’s my cloth pad wash routine: soak (immediately or whenever I get home) for an hour or two or until whenever someone needs the sink; squeeze out and set aside; wash with a regular clothes load (warm wash, cold rinse). Works excellently.

By: Slee

Slee — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:01:27 +0000

okay, i admit it, i’m mostly loving my moon cup, but it’s giving me overnight issues, and that makes me frowny. i also use cloth pads, and I <3 them, though i'm still struggling with my wash routine.
i've read good things about the sponge, but i've never tried it. Please do update the rest of us should you do so!

By: ChelseaWantsOut

ChelseaWantsOut — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:14:29 +0000

Most recently (until I got pregnant) I was using a DivaCup. Before that, cloth pads, which I’m looking forward to using again (doused with essential oils and aloe and frozen) when the baby comes. Woo!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:42:27 +0000

I used a keeper cup thingy for a while, because I thought they were reusable but finally read the package and determined whatever brand I was buying was not, indeed, reusable. I hence lazily went back to tampons due to myriad partners’ (of both genders) squeamishness, which I’m fairly determined to reconsider, since it is my body and all.

By: keepingmumsane @ what I don't say

keepingmumsane @ what I don't say — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:41:33 +0000

Ive only been menstruating, post partum for about 6 cycles and the last three I have been using a lunette cup. Before I had a baby I tried the diva but it just didn’t work for me, before that it was always disposable pads at night & tampons during the day. I was researching cloth nappies when I had an epiphany and though ‘surely those chemicals an environmental problems come with pads and tampons too’ and that’s when I went reuseable. I’ve always prefered big fluffy bamboo pads. So comfy but I’ve never liked pads and could always smell by blood so got the lunette and it fits!!! I also have a bit of a prolapse and my pelvic floor isn’t too strong so I was worried, but no need to be.

I have noticed that my bleeding is a lot lighter when using cloth or a cup and the pain is less.

I’ve never had a very heavy period so I empty out the cup in the shower in the morning, clean it and reuse and at night empty it into the toilet, clean and reuse. Then when my cycle has ended I boil it and reboil at the begining of my bleed. For the cloth pads I rinse under cold water until the water goes clear and then put in an ice cream container with cold water. We rinse our sons cloth nappies in a cold cycle and then wash them, so I throw my pads in with the 2nd wash of the nappies.

Sorry for the long response. It’s just that I love cloth and cups etc, I can’t believe no-one talks about this stuff in real life.