well for me, 3 large babies later and the tampons don't stay in place right.

Yikes, bizarre auto-correct. IUD! (I did have IUIs to have kids... maybe my phone knows that? Creepy.)

I use an IUI so typically bleed very lightly. I use period underwear, which is sufficient for me 98% of the time. I carry a light tampon in my bag for the once every few months that I need it.

47 and I still use tampons.

Tried up cup and could not get the hang of it, not that I really tried all that hard.

Other than after giving birth, I have not worn a pad since I was a teen.

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Anonymous wrote:We all use cups now.

Do you carry it in your purse?

You can’t predict when you’re getting your period so you always have it with you?

Genuine question, I’m old and curious

I can always predict when I am going to have my period (at least within a day or two). I have a little blood on toilet paper but not enough to need a cup. Isn’t that the same with everyone else?

Yes I can always anticipate when it's coming. And I can put it in safely (no TSS!) in advance if I know it's coming. It's also more comfortable than tampons because it's silicone.

Ugh. I have had my period for 40 years and I am goddamned shocked every month! How???????????

I just now realized that I also have had my period for 40 years. That’s a long time!!

And despite all that, I’m sometimes still surprised.

And I’ve always used tampons. Never had TSS or a UTI. But if the cup had been available when I was younger, I probably would have gone that route.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Do you then poo with the cup in if it’s staying 12 hours? How does it not unsuction when you bend down or pick things up? I saw a video of one that unhooks on the toilet apparently?!

Wait. Hold. Rewind. WHAT?!?!

There are different holes down there and they are not connected. 👀

Does a tampon shoot out when you bend down or pick things up?

What in the world is on a cup OR a toilet that would hook together?

Honestly we have to do better as women. We can't demand the medical community treat us better if we don't take the time to know our bodies. Use pads, used tampons, use cups but at least know your body.

Op here. It’s called autodumping. There’s a few brands including one who make advertisement videos that show when you sit to urinate their disk auto empties. Thus sometimes people experience their discs auto dumping at the wrong time.

Apparently a lot of me steal discs do the same:
https://youtu.be/BEdHd1ofSW8?si=GxWEY-MytY49xN7x

This. And to the PP who was lecturing everyone on how women need to learn how bodies work -- please understand that everyone's body works a little differently. People all have slight variations in anatomy that can really alter the experience of using any method that involves insertion. Plus on top of that people have widely varying flows and duration of their period. And this is before you add in the experience of some women with cramping or tenderness and sensitivity while on their periods. So just for instance:

It is normal for my tampon to come out on it's own while I'm pooping. So I think asking if this happens with a cup that will be full of menstrual blood is totally reasonable. Same with asking if it moves around or becomes dislodged at odd times -- especially for women who have given birth and have weak pelvic floors this is a totally legitimate concern. And the issue with discs autodumping when not intended is of course reasonable to ask about -- no one wants 4-12 hours of menstrual blood suddenly autodumping into their underwear without warning. Even if you were wearing period underwear that could be incredibly messy and potentially very embarrassing.

Perhaps instead of lecturing people on knowing their bodies you could TRUST women to know their own bodies and actually listen to their questions and concerns instead of dismissing them as stupid or uniformed. For women over 40 cups and discs came around long after we'd been menstruating for a long time and for many of us they weren't even widely available until after we'd had children which changes anatomy in ways that makes me gravitate more towards absorbent and reliable period methods. Cups and disks just don't make sense for me. I'm happy for others to use one though.

The amount of misinformation on cups here is astonishing! Seriously, how do you people function. Or perhaps all of you are teenage boys posting BS??

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Anonymous wrote:Team tampon. Asked adult DD and she and all of her close friends are team tampon too. Several tried the cup and hated having to deal with it at work.

Right? I'm an adult working in an office. I bleed like a stuck pig. If I used a cup, I'd walk out of a bathroom stall with a bloody hand, then in front of other women waddle out of the stall while bleeding, to wash out a bloody cup in the sink, then waddle back into the stall to shove it back up myself? Then somehow clean up the blood that came out while I was rinsing the cup? Then come back out of the stall a second time to wash more blood off my hands?

I don't want to do that in front of other people, and am sure they don't want to see my menstrual blood.

Why are you waddling? Do you walk differently while menstruating?

You do not need to rinse the cup! You just empty it out in the bowl, wipe the rim if needed with TP and put it back in. Clearly, you've never used one. I found it less messy than tampons. Get a grip. Period blood is also clean. If you get some blood on your hand, you use TP to wipe it off, get dressed and then go wash your hands.

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Anonymous wrote:Cups are disgusting what pot do you boil them in the same one as your pasta???

Hold. What? Boil?! I thought you were a buying new ones every few cycles.

I boil at the end of my cycle in the container it came in, in my microwave as instructed, for 5 minutes. Buy a new one every 18-ish months

I have had one for 15 years. I clean with hydrogen peroxide once in a while, otherwise just in hot sink water. Never empty it in public bathrooms-don't need to.

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Anonymous wrote:Cups are disgusting what pot do you boil them in the same one as your pasta???

Hold. What? Boil?! I thought you were a buying new ones every few cycles.

I boil at the end of my cycle in the container it came in, in my microwave as instructed, for 5 minutes. Buy a new one every 18-ish months

nasty!!!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Do you then poo with the cup in if it’s staying 12 hours? How does it not unsuction when you bend down or pick things up? I saw a video of one that unhooks on the toilet apparently?!

Wait. Hold. Rewind. WHAT?!?!

There are different holes down there and they are not connected. 👀

Does a tampon shoot out when you bend down or pick things up?

What in the world is on a cup OR a toilet that would hook together?

Honestly we have to do better as women. We can't demand the medical community treat us better if we don't take the time to know our bodies. Use pads, used tampons, use cups but at least know your body.

Op here. It’s called autodumping. There’s a few brands including one who make advertisement videos that show when you sit to urinate their disk auto empties. Thus sometimes people experience their discs auto dumping at the wrong time.

Apparently a lot of me steal discs do the same:
https://youtu.be/BEdHd1ofSW8?si=GxWEY-MytY49xN7x

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Team tampon. Asked adult DD and she and all of her close friends are team tampon too. Several tried the cup and hated having to deal with it at work.

Right? I'm an adult working in an office. I bleed like a stuck pig. If I used a cup, I'd walk out of a bathroom stall with a bloody hand, then in front of other women waddle out of the stall while bleeding, to wash out a bloody cup in the sink, then waddle back into the stall to shove it back up myself? Then somehow clean up the blood that came out while I was rinsing the cup? Then come back out of the stall a second time to wash more blood off my hands?

I don't want to do that in front of other people, and am sure they don't want to see my menstrual blood.

Why are you waddling? Do you walk differently while menstruating?