There’s an amazing community at LiveJournal that discusses nearly every aspect of menstrual cup use: insertion, removal, cleaning, brand comparisons, etc. Hope this is helpful for anyone currently using a cup or interested in learning more!
submitted by loversity.
I got my first period when I was 13.
I used to HATE it and I used to also not understand it at all. I also used to have the worst worst worst pain. I would get fevers and sometimes even throw up.
In the last couple of years I have began using a diva cup and I have began to think of my blood differently.
The pain is still really bad but I have noticed that I don’t have the same negative feelings regarding my period. For the past two years I ENJOY my period! I don’t “like” the pain but I like the whole experience and the pain I can overlook to a degree. I can wait it out and look forward to the great feeling that happens right after the pain has subsided.
I believe that all of this is directly related to me being more aware of my blood and everything that is happening through out the whole month. It is because I can see it and smell it and touch it (which by the way it actually has a good smell!).
I am always telling my friends and female family members about my cup and my period ( I have always been bad about keeping it quiet) and my closest friend just began using a moon cup and she says she cannot believe it existed and is so wonderful and she has not used one until now.
Just makes me happier to enjoy my period!
submitted by JellySansCanIcy
