Anyone have a Size B (small) UK MoonCup they want to sell?  Preferably not stained much, if at all?
--OR--
Anyone know where I can get one shipped to the US?


*EDIT*

I found this post:  http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/1668704.html, and am waiting for a response from Melissa.

I'm wondering if anyone has a photo to compare a LARGE Meluna with a Size 1 Diva cup?

I've used my Diva for about five or six cycles now and I adore the capacity, but I like the idea of the Meluna's really pronounced rings and the ball stem.

I'm just wondering what the size difference LOOKS like, since I've checked the measurments out, but I'm just a more visual person, you know?

I know someone compared a Medium one to the Diva a few posts down, but I'm specifically interested in a large since I think I'd need the rings.

Thanks in advance and sorry if I've somehow overlooked the answer!

Hey, everyone. Still having trouble with Little Ol' LilacCup. Started my period just before noon today, so this time, thanks to practicing kegels between the end of my previous cycle and this one, I felt more ready. Sat on the toilet like before, and to my amazement my body wasn't going "Owie!" as I placed the folded cup in that region. However, it still didn't seem to want to move further, even when I started doing some kegels to try and encourage it to slide in there a bit more. Alas, it still looks like a pyramid is sticking out there :(. I'll give it a shot again tomorrow once there's more lube down there. Otherwise, it's one more round with the pads :-/.

Hello!

I finally got my ladycup, just in time for my period! I'm just not sure if I'm putting it in right. I used the punch-down fold, and it's in there with the stem just at the base of my vag. I didn't hear or feel any 'pop' or suction at all. I used my finger to feel around, but I can't exactly feel the rim of it. What I can feel of it, it kind of feels.. thinner and longer than when it's just in it's natural state, but I don't feel any folds.

Is it okay?

I just checked the meluna website in hopes that the larges would be available and it looks like all but the large black are. I should be asleep and have had a few glasses of wine, so I may have read it wrong buuuuuut, I'm pretty sure I didn't. Now, the real waiting game for my large red ring stem begins :-).


P.S.
Just so I don't have to make another post about this:what cups, besides the Diva, do all my fellow long vagina ladies use?

Hi guys. So, I'm 27, sexually active, but never been pregnant.

I've had the same Diva size 1 for 5 years and just lost it.

I'm going to buy a new cup, but I think I might need a bigger one. For the first several years I had it, it was perfect. Didn't leak a bit! But about 2 years ago, it started to leak a little pretty consistently on heavier days. I thought it might have been because my new (well, not so new now, but new at the time) boyfriend was, ahem, quite well-endowed genitally, or maybe I've just gotten to the age where stuff widens? I know the Diva says size 1 till your 30, but all the others seem to say 25, and that's when I started having problems.

Basically, since I have to buy a new one anyway, do you think I should go up a size, or maybe switch to a wider brand? I'm also afraid of it being too big, and since these things aren't cheap I only want to buy one.

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks.

Hi, I'm 14 and I was wondering if my cup's capacity would be affected by my low cervix? I can feel my cervix with my middle finger by the time the second knuckle is almost level with the entrance,and during my cycle, my cervix stays in the same place for the whole cycle,so at least I don't have to worry about it moving lower! But I've heard stories about other people's cervices taking up lots of space in their cups.

I got my Diva Cup a few days ago. At first, I love it - no problems, but then when I reach my heavy days it starts leaking. I'm twisting and feel like it's inserted far enough. I won't go up any farther. I can feel it expand but when I feel with my finger its somewhat flattened, but still right up against the wall of my vagina. I have very heavy periods which I why I tried the cup in the first place (tampons just don't cut it - I can fill the cup most of the way in just a few hours) but there's kindof no point in using it if it leaks. It also is uncomfortable to remove - the rim gets stuck at the beginning of my vagina for a few seconds and it does not feel good. Any tips? I don't want to give up on this but I can't deal with the insecurity of leaking.

so yesterday i got a divacup and have been practicing inserting it and removal. everything is fine. i mean its inserting fine, its expanding/unfolding, and  the rim is above the narrowest part (the pubic bone) (at least im pretty sure it is) the only problem is that its really uncomfortable. it doesnt hurt its just really uncomfortable. what should i do to make it comfortable? is it just to big for me? or is it hitting my cervix, is that why it hurts? it might just be  to low so do you know any tricks to getting it to go higher ive tryed exercizing my kegels and pushing it just isnt that easy

so im 13 and for the past year and a half i've been dying to get a cup so yesterday i finnaly got one at whole foods when my dad thought i was at the bookstore. anyways i got the diva cup. im a virgin and my hymen is still intact. when i first was putting it in i was really nervous it would hurt. luckily it didnt hurt that much but it was a bit uncomfortable and it hurt a little taking it out but im not sure if it was all the way open. last night i kept trying to put it in and it just wasnt going very well. i cant get in the c-fold, like many virgins, and the punch-down fold wouldnt open all the way, i tryed pushing it up further but it just wouldnt budge. for me the triangle/extreme 7 fold hurt real bad cause when it was unfolding   it was pushing up against my pubic bone (or g-spot im not really sure) and it hurt really bad. today i tryed the 7 fold with the 7 facing me but that was hitting my pubic bone/ g- spot and it hurt so bad. its really hard to push it up further. its also hard to insert it probably because of my hymen but i think it might just be hitting my pubic bone which makes it  kinda hard. i tryed doing it in the shower that didnt work either. the only fold that actually inserted easily( well easier than the others) was the 7 fold  but again it hurt really bad when it was unfolding. i just really want this to work cause im tired of stupid tampons and pads.


so my questions are:

for the 7 fold should i just face the 7 downwards or to another side?
how do i get it to move up a little more?
how can i get it to unfold a little farther up?
how should i get it to unfold just in general?
for the triangle fold and push-down fold how do i get it to open straight cause when i insert it its inserted at an angle so it opens up side ways how do i get it to go straight?
what are some other folds that open up easily for the divacup


heres a question that i didnt mention in the paragraph

when it unfolds is it going to be comletely in a circle or will your muscles squeeze it so its not completely round cause when when i run my finger along it after its inserted its not comletely round is that okau?



anyway thanks for the help you guys give, its nice to be virtually surrounded by people who know what they are talking about.

Hi ladies, new user here.  I"m doing a dry run to get the hang of things and some things just don't seem right or aren't working as I had hoped.

First I have a large Lady Cup.  Secondly I tried insertion with and without lubrication and had the same results.

I have a hard time keeping my cup folded but I've tried the punch down and the C fold.  I can not get the cup to pop open.  Here is what I'm feeling so please tell me what you think.  I feel the cup itself is squashed inside of me but it feels like the rim (ONLY) is fully opened against my vagina walls.  I even pressed the rim together to allow air up there to see if that would pop open the cup but still I get the same results.  Rim is open but cup itself is all smooshed together.

Secondly upon removing.  Even though I'm getting into the rim and pushing to break the seal it seems (maybe because the cup is staying mashed and not opening) that the suction really isn't breaking.  When I get to the opening and start to take the cup out I have a very loud whooshing air sucking sound.  Why is this?

I tried to do a few other folds and found that my fingers were just too 'little sausage' to pull off.  I have a hard time with the punch down because I get my finger stuck inside the fold and when I pull it out I undo the fold!  I also tried the diamond fold but I am totally hopeless with that one.  I can't figure out how to do that one even with the pics it just doesn't seem to compute with me.

Anyhow, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Mary Ann

I've already purchased a MeLuna medium red with a ball-stem ( waiting for it to arrive), but I'm considering also buying a femmecup later on.


Could someone compare and contrast the two? :)   

Hi Ladies!  I would like to thank this community for all the help - I've been lurking the past few days when I finally remembered to buy a menstrual cup (my two best friends have diva cups).  I didn't realize there were so many options!!  After reading all of the informative posts, I took the plunge with the small Lunette - it came in the mail today and I love it!  The bag was yellow - I thought it would be blue, but it's so pretty.  So easy to insert, so easy to remove (thanks again to all of the wonderful posts)!  I'm not currently menstruating (it ended yesterday), but I'm wearing it to get used to it. 

Never going back to tampons!!  We'll see how I deal with leaking during a real run, but I could feel it pop open, and then I just kegel'd it up.

Yay, menstrual cups!

Hi ladies! Happy new year!

Just a week ago, my small lunette arrived in the mail! I was so excited (I ordered it in a group order wayyy back in August, I think. Maybe earlier!) I felt really lucky because my period was only a few days away. Lo and behold, my period started yesterday. So I excitedly boiled my cup, and inserted it in the shower. Fast forward 6 hours. I just took it out to clean it and reinsert it, and it has this unbelievable smell to it... Like sewage?!

The curious thing is, I purchased a large lunette almost a year ago, and have had absolutely no problems with the smell. I'll put it in tomorrow to make sure that it's not just the blood... What is going on? Is it a difference in material? What could possibly be growing on it that would make it smell like that? Ugh. I really want to love this cup!

Thanks :)

I posted here a while back trying to make a decision about my first cup... I ended up getting a small Lunette Selene, and it arrived safely well in time for use with this cycle. I didn't get to do a dry run, as my life exploded into insanity shortly after it reached me, so when I started spotting yesterday while I was in a huge hurry to get things done before New Year's Eve activities I fully expected my hurrying to lead to things going horribly wrong.

Much to my surprise, it was super easy and everything worked perfectly! I used the triangle fold because it was the smallest I could remember without returning to my computer to look up different kinds, and got a decent seal the first time. No serious leakage yet, and when I went to empty and reinsert a couple of hours ago I was finally able to spin it! I can still feel it, but no more than I could feel a tampon during my entire cycle, and it's not even in a painful way. Removal is a little painful, but I'm starting to get the hang of it already so I'm pretty confident that I'll have it figured out in the next couple of days. I'm so excited, I can already tell that this is going to make things so much easier. I'm already trying to decide what brand I want to try next, lol.

So. :) Just another happy happy success story. Anyone lurking in the comm who hasn't bought a cup yet and is debating on getting one... do it! This might just be the best decision I've ever made.

I just registered to ask a question about my situation. i looked through the posts of yeast infections and I think I might have it. I found out when i went to insert my cup because I got my period (and it's real heavy at the beginning which makes me change it every few hours) and when i took out my fingers, I found this clumpy cheese-like whitish pink substance on my fingers.
As you can see it's the holidays and doctors and stores aren't even open so I was wondering if anyone knew if I really have a yeast infection? And I am using my cup at the moment because I don't know what is going on. I was also itching a few weeks ago and i itched and kindof bled and it hurt...
I also have to go out today because my boyfriend insists that i go out with him to a friend's place for a gathering.
I've been using my cup for about half a year, It is THE GREATEST invention of all time.
Is this a yeast infection? What should I do? :S Please help :(

So, I'm trying to find what cup has the softest and thinnest rim. I'm currently using my Ladycup for this, but I'm wondering if there's anything better than that one? Basically I'm looking for one that will be less noticeable by my partner during buttsecks. I've determined that the Diva is NOT a good choice for this, and the Fleur is the same way.

I think I might be loopy cause I didn't find it buuut....I haven't been using my cup this cycle. I bought a new one because the doctor said I had a yeast infection, but really it could be anything. Better safe then sorry, right? Soooo the past 3 days it's stopped and started off and on. I think "phew it's over" and a day later I'll bleed. Is it because I'm not wearing my cup this cycle?? It's a pain, I miss my cup.

Hi, I'm new to this community *waves*. I've been using a small DivaCup for about 6 months. Things seemed to be going pretty well in the begining--no trouble with insertion/removal and no major leaking issues...but around the third month I started having a difficult time be able to reach the cup for removal. This has gotten progressively worse over the past three months and during my last period, my husband had to assist in removal of the cup almost EVERY SINGLE TIME! The times that he did not help it took literally hours of trying and I ended up having to use the handle of a toothbrush (one with rubber grippies)  to break the seal and bring the cup down...this was still very difficult to accomplish.

I started my period today and I think I'm going to have the same issue this time because when I went to check the position of my cup a little while ago, I could barely touch the end of the stem with my pointer finger. No amount of squatting, kegels, or pushing has helped to bring the cup within grasping range. I don't know if my vagina has gotten longer or what but this is frustrating! 

I really like using menstrual cups for various reasons and don't want to have to give up on them...so today I ordered a large MeLuna with a ring stem. I am planning to tie a piece of ribbon to the stem and use it to hopefully bring the cup to where I can actually reach and remove it on my own. But who knows...maybe the MeLuna will "ride" differently and I won't need the string at all. I will report back after I try it out! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjNm8eoLMLc

so I've been wanting to get a large meluna in green, and the new colors were supposed to come out last month... and eventually they did - two new colors (if you count clear as a color!).  but there's been a message up there about the other colors coming out in "the following days" that's been up there for a damn month.  anyone have any idea what's going on?  I really wanted a new cup for this next round of gushing cause I really need it :\  I've also been waiting to order a medium meluna for a discharge cup and I've just been fed up and still dealing with constant goop while I'm waiting! :P

thanks in advance!

Does anyone have, or know where I could find, a picture comparison of the Diva Cup vs. MeLuna cups? Preferably the Diva size 1 vs. any of the MeLunas.

Sorry to be a bother, but I've been looking on here all day and I can't find one!

Thanks so much,
May

I just got a DivaCup, and while the DivaWash is recommended to use for cleaning I was wondering if other things were suitable. (I would have to order the DivaWash online since I don't live near any health food stores.)

I was thinking... could I wash it with toy cleaner? I figure, you put toys in you washed with the cleaner, so why not use it on something else that goes inside. The toy in question is made of vinyl, so would it still clean medical grade silicone okay? Should I avoid toy cleaner altogether?

What do you all use that doesn't cause irritation?

Thanks in advance!

While watching the cool-but-flawed fleurcup animation on the fleurcup page, where they show it catching tinted water in a wine glass, and contemplating how my large lunette always leaks through the holes at exactly 7.5 ml every time, I thought about this: it isn't only the capacity to the holes, and the concern of a cervix taking up room in a cup (my cervix is almost unreachable, it does NOT take up the entire other 7.5 ml of space in my cup!). It also matters what angle your vagina is. Because the cup doesn't sit straight up and down inside us... so the true capacity is the amount a cup can hold up to the holes while tilted at a 30 degree angle!

given this information, I wonder if any cups will eventually be made with holes on only 1/2 of their circumference? I wish there were a safe way to plug up 1/2 the holes, but I'm not putting any glue/etc on something I'm putting inside my body, no way :)

So what do you think, could this be the answer to leaky 1/2 full cups as opposed to it always being cervix or position?

Hi everyone!  This is my first real post here, I've been lurking for several months now. 

I just got my Lunette Selene in the mail about a week ago or so.  I decided to give it a dry run.  Before my Selene,  I used a small OrangeCup for a few cycles and I LOVE it!  I bought the small Lunette because I wanted a small cup with a higher capacity for my heavy day, just to ease my mind.  I learned so much already from using the LadyCup.  Apparently, I'm really not that heavy.  On my heaviest day two cycles ago, I went 9 hours without emptying and I was just shocked.  I get very paranoid of leaking, probably since I converted from only disposable pads to cups. 

So, the dry run was unsuccessful to say the least.  I used the 7 fold like I do with my OrangeCup and I put it in fine.  It refused to pop open and suction no matter what I did.  In fact, I think it even flipped upside down, making removal reeeeally difficult.  Maybe I just need to practice a little more, or maybe I need a new fold.  (I have seen Melissa's video on youtube.)  I was wondering if you ladies would be able to help me out.  (Just in case you need to know, I'm a 17 year old virgin)  Thank you so much!  =]