Question about a GIRLY product.. proceed with caution

I bought one a few years ago, and I could never make the thing work at the time. I wonder if I still have it around.

LOL I'm here for all of your vajayjay informational needs!    Nine months of trying to conceive (I like to think of this month as "If you lived here you'd be home by now!";) plus many many prior years of associating with various Earthmother Moonchild hippies dancing around under the stars naked and doing paintings with their menstrual blood....well, I've been around the block with that entire region a few times.

houndlove

LOL I'm here for all of your vajayjay informational needs!    Nine months of trying to conceive (I like to think of this month as "If you lived here you'd be home by now!";) plus many many prior years of associating with various Earthmother Moonchild hippies dancing around under the stars naked and doing paintings with their menstrual blood....well, I've been around the block with that entire region a few times.

*blinks* That was an interesting mental picture.. Thanks.. 

 If you want to try it again and want help with it, this community covers pretty much any topic you can think of:

http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups 

houndlove

I swear y'all it is not that bad! The only time I ever had "murder scene" problems was with the reusable Instead Cups because they are so freakin shallow. Never ever a problem with my Keeper.  A little blood on a couple fingers? Yes, but you'll have that with a tampon too unless you're ultra-diligent. And that is why they put sinks and soap in bathrooms.

In my experience, if one uses the right size tampons there is not a problem....

I can attest to the "murder scenes" after YEARS of twelve DAY periods. On the heavy days, I wore a super tampon AND a pad and changed every HOUR.

I had an endometrial ablation done a year and a half ago.  MOST people have no more periods--95%.  Guess who is in the 5%?  BINGO! However, they are now about five days long and I can wear a regular tampon and change two or three times a day.  It is heavenly (at least as much as a period can be).

$10 for a 3 month supply of birth control!?  Wow!  I pay $62 a month for mine   I know it's expensive, but it's what she gave me and I guess I figured an alternative wouldn't be much cheaper.

Tampons work fine for me although I have to get the thin ones or they really bother me, so I don't think I'd do well with a cup.  I like the idea of using them to assist in getting pregnant though, very neat.