me, treehuggeryMay 29, 2008 12:27 pm
After months of sitting around being nervous, I can finally admit that I have found success with the Diva Cup. I’ve been using rags (that are glad) for about 2 years and every month the entire process of getting in touch with my womanhood is a giant pain in the…well…you know.
Now I figured it out. And it is easy like arduous and crunchy chicken said it was. So yay!
Now I have a giant bowl of vegan vanilla ice cream topped with strawberry syrup to comfort me while I try not to die from the cramps.
I just now looked at the website. Was it easy to put it in? Is it comfortable (or as comfortable as you would expect when something is stuck up your crotch?)
My doc has me on birth control pills for 11 months straight and then I come off them to have period in the 12th month (before my appointment) so I haven’t gone through a single box of tampons in a long while (it’s been a couple years since I bought them), but when I do run out, I might just give this a try.
Comment by Heather at SGF — May 29, 2008 @ 4:58 pm
Its like putting in a tampon, but there is less surface area to hold on to, so for me it was tricky. It also feel like a tampon (like nothing).
Comment by Beany — May 29, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
I’m still digging my cloth pads, but I’ll join you with a bowl of Moose Tracks on my end.
Comment by Going Crunchy — May 30, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
Um….I don’t like where this is going. But…last night I almost had a panic attack when I tried to take out the diva cup and found that it had navigated deep into the recesses of my..hole. I am back to the rag. It took a very long time to get the cup out. Panicking was not helpful.
Comment by Beany — May 30, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
Beany, do your Kegels! I too suffered from the same insane anxiety when I tried to take mine out for the first time. You have to take a deep breath, relax, and then make the same muscle movement as if you were having a bowel movement, and it will drop down. I promise it gets easier.
Comment by arduous — May 31, 2008 @ 7:38 pm
Thanks arduous. I need to think about this diva cup business some more. The last thing I want is to wind up in an emergency room b/c I’m having trouble taking this thing out.
Comment by Beany — June 1, 2008 @ 6:13 am
Sex joke alert! Possibly tacky and/or tasteless.
Diva cupping is the gateway to fisting.
Comment by Beany — June 1, 2008 @ 12:08 pm