Thanks for the post. I finally bought a mooncup a few months back (a while after reading this post) - had to get it specially imported all the way around the world :)
My experience is a little different as I have a Progesterone-only IUD ("Mirena"), so I no longer menstruate. Yay! However, my vaginal secretions are a little more copious than they used to be between periods (my dr. says this is normal), and I don't like the smell, so I like to use some sort of feminine-hygiene product every day. Moon-cups have been great for this. With the Mooncup I can see that I only secrete about 1-2mL each day, it just seems a lot more when it's not contained.
It took about half-a-dozen attempts (over a few weeks) before wearing the Mooncup was comfortable. Removal is harder than inserting, because of needing to break the vacuum-seal. Re-reading the instructions between attempts helped a lot.
I like being able to sterilise the product - tampons are not sterilised. But then I don't live in a share-house, so boiling my Mooncup occasionally isn't a big deal. (I haven't told any dinner-guests though. Yet. :)
The only downside is that it's uncomfortable whilst riding my push-bike, so I still wear a tampon if I'm going for a long bike-ride.
TMI competition :)
My experience is a little different as I have a Progesterone-only IUD ("Mirena"), so I no longer menstruate. Yay! However, my vaginal secretions are a little more copious than they used to be between periods (my dr. says this is normal), and I don't like the smell, so I like to use some sort of feminine-hygiene product every day. Moon-cups have been great for this. With the Mooncup I can see that I only secrete about 1-2mL each day, it just seems a lot more when it's not contained.
It took about half-a-dozen attempts (over a few weeks) before wearing the Mooncup was comfortable. Removal is harder than inserting, because of needing to break the vacuum-seal. Re-reading the instructions between attempts helped a lot.
I like being able to sterilise the product - tampons are not sterilised. But then I don't live in a share-house, so boiling my Mooncup occasionally isn't a big deal. (I haven't told any dinner-guests though. Yet. :)
The only downside is that it's uncomfortable whilst riding my push-bike, so I still wear a tampon if I'm going for a long bike-ride.