Mooncup update...
Oct 23rd 2006 | 2:27 am
#46
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Re: Mooncup update...
Originally Posted by annqldau
Was the smaller one easier to get out I have fears of never seeing the things again???
Oct 23rd 2006 | 2:31 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
Originally Posted by annqldau
The in place part is not a problem, or the putting in I think
If that little thing on the end snaps then it's possibly a trip to Emergency to get it removed... unless you can break the seal and have fingers twice the normal length... :scared:
If that little thing on the end snaps then it's possibly a trip to Emergency to get it removed... unless you can break the seal and have fingers twice the normal length... :scared:
Oct 23rd 2006 | 2:33 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
I'm sick of the environmental impact of the other stuff
Yep, you will be able to walk with more of a spring in your step as you know you have done a little bit more to help save the planet...and no soggy tampons to weigh you down!
Yep, you will be able to walk with more of a spring in your step as you know you have done a little bit more to help save the planet...and no soggy tampons to weigh you down!
Oct 23rd 2006 | 8:00 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
Originally Posted by seasprite
try a reverse pelvic floor excercise (aka kegel;no not the bowling!) as you grab the cup, mine sort of moves down a bit . They are designed to sit low anyway and not be shoved up like tampons!
.Must admit not a great fan of tampons/tampax as used to see them on beaches all over in UK bit like plastic bags not made to be biodegradable...
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Oct 23rd 2006 | 9:23 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
[QUOTE=annqldau]LOL ... feels like you'll prolapse then though... .
Ughhh! There is that risk I s'pose...everything feels that way for me in the last 2 weeks of pregnancy! (not that I am at present!) :scared:
.Ughhh! There is that risk I s'pose...everything feels that way for me in the last 2 weeks of pregnancy! (not that I am at present!) :scared:
Oct 26th 2006 | 12:17 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
[QUOTE=seasprite]
The joys of being a woman... .
Originally Posted by annqldau
LOL ... feels like you'll prolapse then though... .
Ughhh! There is that risk I s'pose...everything feels that way for me in the last 2 weeks of pregnancy! (not that I am at present!) :scared:
.Ughhh! There is that risk I s'pose...everything feels that way for me in the last 2 weeks of pregnancy! (not that I am at present!) :scared:
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Oct 26th 2006 | 1:49 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
ok,..... I'll fess up too - I'm also a mooncup user!
With a bit of a dodgy reaction to all the chemicals in tampons, and with evily heavy periods I thought I was destined for a life of either looking like some kind of internal hemorrhage patient, or being cursed with having to use a tampon and suffering allergic reations - which at 24 is no way to spend the next couple of decades!!!!
I purchased a mooncup and it arrive a week before I was due. stupidly I didn't have the foresight to practice a couple of times before it came along so I just had to get in there (pardon the pun!) and get on with it!
first couple of attempts at getting it in weren't too successful - but I kept at and by the time I reached my third emptying it was no bother at all - no pain or nuffin'!! getting it out was a constant hassle right up until almost the last time.
the technique I seemed to manage to get a hang off was also the reverse pelvic floor thingy, coupled with squeezing the end (not the stalk bit) and it seems to come out with very little problem. removing it is a bit sore, but i suspect that's just my technique and my body not being used to it. it's certainly 100 times better than the current alternatives!
I've kept mine in overnight, and for a full day and there were no problems and no leakage
With a bit of a dodgy reaction to all the chemicals in tampons, and with evily heavy periods I thought I was destined for a life of either looking like some kind of internal hemorrhage patient, or being cursed with having to use a tampon and suffering allergic reations - which at 24 is no way to spend the next couple of decades!!!!
I purchased a mooncup and it arrive a week before I was due. stupidly I didn't have the foresight to practice a couple of times before it came along so I just had to get in there (pardon the pun!) and get on with it!
first couple of attempts at getting it in weren't too successful - but I kept at and by the time I reached my third emptying it was no bother at all - no pain or nuffin'!! getting it out was a constant hassle right up until almost the last time.
the technique I seemed to manage to get a hang off was also the reverse pelvic floor thingy, coupled with squeezing the end (not the stalk bit) and it seems to come out with very little problem. removing it is a bit sore, but i suspect that's just my technique and my body not being used to it. it's certainly 100 times better than the current alternatives!
I've kept mine in overnight, and for a full day and there were no problems and no leakage
Oct 26th 2006 | 1:52 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
Originally Posted by YoSemite
ok,..... I'll fess up too - I'm also a mooncup user!
With a bit of a dodgy reaction to all the chemicals in tampons, and with evily heavy periods I thought I was destined for a life of either looking like some kind of internal hemorrhage patient, or being cursed with having to use a tampon and suffering allergic reations - which at 24 is no way to spend the next couple of decades!!!!
I purchased a mooncup and it arrive a week before I was due. stupidly I didn't have the foresight to practice a couple of times before it came along so I just had to get in there (pardon the pun!) and get on with it!
first couple of attempts at getting it in weren't too successful - but I kept at and by the time I reached my third emptying it was no bother at all - no pain or nuffin'!! getting it out was a constant hassle right up until almost the last time.
the technique I seemed to manage to get a hang off was also the reverse pelvic floor thingy, coupled with squeezing the end (not the stalk bit) and it seems to come out with very little problem. removing it is a bit sore, but i suspect that's just my technique and my body not being used to it. it's certainly 100 times better than the current alternatives!
I've kept mine in overnight, and for a full day and there were no problems and no leakage
With a bit of a dodgy reaction to all the chemicals in tampons, and with evily heavy periods I thought I was destined for a life of either looking like some kind of internal hemorrhage patient, or being cursed with having to use a tampon and suffering allergic reations - which at 24 is no way to spend the next couple of decades!!!!
I purchased a mooncup and it arrive a week before I was due. stupidly I didn't have the foresight to practice a couple of times before it came along so I just had to get in there (pardon the pun!) and get on with it!
first couple of attempts at getting it in weren't too successful - but I kept at and by the time I reached my third emptying it was no bother at all - no pain or nuffin'!! getting it out was a constant hassle right up until almost the last time.
the technique I seemed to manage to get a hang off was also the reverse pelvic floor thingy, coupled with squeezing the end (not the stalk bit) and it seems to come out with very little problem. removing it is a bit sore, but i suspect that's just my technique and my body not being used to it. it's certainly 100 times better than the current alternatives!
I've kept mine in overnight, and for a full day and there were no problems and no leakage
Oct 26th 2006 | 2:56 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
ozziedoc (or anyone else come to think of it) ... are they easy to use if you have a pronounced anteverted uterus?? mine is quite odd ... id hate to buy one then not be able to use it cos i couldnt get it in the right place!
(I can hear kay gippin from here!!)
(I can hear kay gippin from here!!)
Oct 26th 2006 | 2:57 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
Originally Posted by tiredwithtwins
ozziedoc (or anyone else come to think of it) ... are they easy to use if you have a pronounced anteverted uterus?? mine is quite odd ... id hate to buy one then not be able to use it cos i couldnt get it in the right place!
(I can hear kay gippin from here!!)
(I can hear kay gippin from here!!)
translate please for a brummie?
Oct 26th 2006 | 3:00 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
Originally Posted by Clippies
translate please for a brummie?lol ... heaving/retching/about to vomit ...
Oct 26th 2006 | 3:01 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
Originally Posted by tiredwithtwins
lol ... heaving/retching/about to vomit ...
Is it a hard G or a soft G? Hang on I'll rephrase, is it sounded G or J?
Oct 26th 2006 | 3:05 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
Originally Posted by Clippies
translate please for a brummie?Can u use a mooncup if your uterus is "pointing backwards" instead of "forwards" or is pointing "more forwards than usual"?
This is a relevant questions, cos the position of your uterus affects the position of your cervix - they are different in different women.
The answer is likely to be yes, because the mooncup is held in place by the positions of everyones' ligaments and pelvic bones....Im not explaining that very well.
I think that if I were you, I'd still try it. And anyway, they offer a money-back guarantee!
Oct 26th 2006 | 3:20 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
Originally Posted by Ozzidoc
Can u use a mooncup if your uterus is "pointing backwards" instead of "forwards" or is pointing "more forwards than usual"?
This is a relevant questions, cos the position of your uterus affects the position of your cervix - they are different in different women.
The answer is likely to be yes, because the mooncup is held in place by the positions of everyones' ligaments and pelvic bones....Im not explaining that very well.
I think that if I were you, I'd still try it. And anyway, they offer a money-back guarantee!
This is a relevant questions, cos the position of your uterus affects the position of your cervix - they are different in different women.
The answer is likely to be yes, because the mooncup is held in place by the positions of everyones' ligaments and pelvic bones....Im not explaining that very well.
I think that if I were you, I'd still try it. And anyway, they offer a money-back guarantee!
lol ... mine points the wrong way then folds back on itself
confounded a junior doc when i went to have the mirena coil fitted a couple of years ago ... she turned a strange colour and said she wanted to arrange an urgent TV scan for that day (thought i had a huge mass in my uterus).
If she'd just asked, I would have told her that it was my origami uterus, and not a mass the size of a tennis ball in there
The sonographer chuckled when i told her ... confirmed it and duly reported to the poor doctor her findings.
there was an audible sigh at the other end of the phone.
kath - its pronounced phonically - g (as in goal)
Oct 26th 2006 | 3:24 am
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Re: Mooncup update...
Originally Posted by tiredwithtwins
lol ... mine points the wrong way then folds back on itself
confounded a junior doc when i went to have the mirena coil fitted a couple of years ago ... she turned a strange colour and said she wanted to arrange an urgent TV scan for that day (thought i had a huge mass in my uterus).
If she'd just asked, I would have told her that it was my origami uterus, and not a mass the size of a tennis ball in there
The sonographer chuckled when i told her ... confirmed it and duly reported to the poor doctor her findings.
there was an audible sigh at the other end of the phone.
confounded a junior doc when i went to have the mirena coil fitted a couple of years ago ... she turned a strange colour and said she wanted to arrange an urgent TV scan for that day (thought i had a huge mass in my uterus).
If she'd just asked, I would have told her that it was my origami uterus, and not a mass the size of a tennis ball in there
The sonographer chuckled when i told her ... confirmed it and duly reported to the poor doctor her findings.
there was an audible sigh at the other end of the phone.
Is it something that would be noticeable on a smear test?
