Periods can suck less (warning: ulterior motive)
Let me tell you about mooncups. 🙂
Okay, so those of you who read the comic probably are of a naturally enquiring mind. So you probably already know a bit about menstrual cups. You may, if you visit alternativey venues like environment centres and such, have seen toilet cubicles plastered with mooncup stickers. If this is the case, please feel free to stop reading and feel smug. I endorse your smugness.
But if you’re a bit new to the subject, let me just bluntly list the things I love about the mooncup.
- You pay £20-ish for one, and then you need not pay another penny for the next 15 years or so. Say you use 20 regular tampons a month, £1.30. That’s… £15 a year, or £234 over the mooncup’s lifespan.
- You aren’t paying money for tampons made of cotton that is grown in countries that don’t regulate pesticide use, meaning ALL of the pesticides in ALL of the waters.
- You aren’t paying for a semi-degradable pad.
- You’re a LOT less likely to get toxic shock syndrome.
- You won’t end up with bits of cotton fluff up your foof. (Word “foof” stolen from Hannah.)
- If you keep it with you, you’re never caught short. If you’ve already got it in, you need not use those expensive vending machines in public loos.
- No (probably plastic) packaging.
- Actually sterile, unlike pads and tampons.
- You can leave it in for way longer than a tampon without leaks. Also longer than a pad lasts.
- You can’t feel it when it’s in.
- You don’t *cough* dry out, because it’s not absorbent.
- I can’t think of anything else.
So, you could totally buy one, for you or a friend. Genius. To be fair, I wouldn’t be badgering you if I didn’t get a little bit of money every time someone clicks on this here promotional picture and then buys a mooncup. But I love my mooncup so much, and it’s a great company, and it really does help support this site. If you know anyone who might like one, send a link to this blog post.
Thank you. 🙂
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I have a Diva Cup, and I adore it – it’s even better than my fabric reusable pads!
xx Dee
I love my Diva Cup so very very much!
Two more selling-points: I couldn’t use tampons, they never fit comfortably. I have no problems with the cup though- probably because it’s placed differently. A few friends of mine report the same thing (the others were able to use tampons).
Candidal vulvovaginitis is a lot less common in women using cups or tampons instead of pads. Since I started using my cup, I’ve hardly had any candida infections (I’ve used it since 2006)- before that I had them almost once every third month or so, after my period.
They’re amazing! I don’t have periods any more because of the pill I take but when I did, I was using a mooncup. Started using one when I was about 16 because my periods were too heavy for tampons/pads and would never ever go back. Makes for a far happier, far less messy (for me anyway), far less painful period.
I love my Diva Cup! The only reason I bought a second one is because I lost my initial one in my (now ex) partners’ house. (We were stumped since I put it in my purse for safe keeping during sexytime and found it missing the next morning. We suspected their cat might have decided it was a toy.) I’ve had this one for 5+ years. Encouraged my teenage kidlet to have one of her own, but she’s strictly a pad girl for now.
I almost wish I didn’t already have a mooncup so I could buy one on your recommendation! Another benefit to point out is the portability of the mooncup. Spend a couple of months travelling and they really come into their own – if you’re off the beaten track you’d either have to take months’ supply of tampons or try to find a place in the middle of nowhere to buy them! Mooncups just don’t have that problem!