TMI!

[soc_puppet]

Socchan: *sticks hand through bellybutton*
Socchan: *rips out still-bleeding uterus*
Socchan: *snatches recently-purchased DivaCup (plus bag and instructions) from near-by shelf*
Socchan: *throws aforementioned into a lockbox and turns the key*
Socchan: AND STAY IN THERE UNTIL YOU CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT.
DivaCup/Uterus: *from the box* ...Was it something I did?


Yeeeaaaah. Just tried to use the DivaCup yesterday! Tried twice. ...Did not particularly succeed at inserting. DivaCup does not want to unfold. The one time it may have unfolded, it was too far up, making removal QUITE difficult. Am quite pissed. $30+, potentially down the drain. Stuck with disposable pads and an unusually messy period.


Next potential options:
* The Keeper; same price, but lasts 10x longer, has longer stem for possibly easier extraction
* Cloth pads; available in town at the same store that carries the DivaCup
* Birth control of some sort that would make the issue a non-issue (shot preferred to pills)
* Bribe uterus/body into going through menopause early

So far, I'm liking the third best, followed possibly by the second, but I'm definitely going to have to do more research. In the mean time, it's back to work in clean pants.

Comments

[soc_puppet]

See, I totally meant to try it out before the bleeding started! And then I kept putting it off. And forgetting. And then the bleeding did start, and I was up the red creek without a paddle, so to speak. But the other suggestions also sound good :|b

[violetsquirrel.livejournal.com]

Doing it in the shower helps with the lubrication issue, and well, at least you know that you need practice now, so even if you don't get it before this period ends it's not like there won't be another one XD That's what kept me trying until I got it right, the fact that I've still gor something like another 25 years of this so it doesn't matter if it takes a while to get it right now XD;;