I have the biggest cup on the market - 41.61 ml, the super Jennie - or at least, it was the largest when I purchased it. I have filled it multiple times in a day at my lowest. I have also needed blood transfusions to survive, so…yes, a big problem should one get to the point of filling such a large thing.

I’m not a ballerina but I do understand the issue. Before I discovered the super Jennie, I used 2 ultra tampons (ob is the largest) at a time plus a backup pad. If your daughter isn’t quite that bad, one ob ultra plus maybe a thong pantyliner might work, but I would echo that no one should go through this and birth control is not terrible.

That said, all PPs dismissing the cup - the cup is a game changer. Get a bigger one. The merula xl might be even larger - it wasn’t out when I made the purchase.

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Anonymous wrote:Not PP but you clearly don’t have the kind of heavy period that’s being discussed here. Let me give you the full picture: after an hour or so, the cup is full to the brim, it’s overflowing. When you remove it, your hands get full of it. There’s no sink inside of your stall.

If you've actually tried a cup and it is full to the brim as you describe after an hour (and for the record mine was full like that after a couple hours, even with the larger cup I used after having a baby), then you need to see a GYN because that is not normal. There are no pads/tampons that can absorb that either. There is something medically wrong. Please get it checked out

Yeah I'm skeptical about PP having tried a cup. If it were truly overflowing like that after an hour you'd be losing like 3 to 4 cups of blood a day which goes well beyond any normal variation in flow. Definitely time for medical attention if you're losing liters of blood in yhe course of your cycle.

Yes, I did try a cup (the larger of two sizes) and what I mention would happen when the flow was at its very heaviest, not during the entire duration of my period.

To the person who said that the largest cup has a 32 ml capacity, that’s just a little over 2 tablespoons. So essentially a couple of “gushes.”

I have an IUD now and thankfully no more periods.

I overflowed menstrual cups like this (due to a medical condition that Drs were blowing off, but that is another story) and ended up with "abysmal" ferritin (a store of iron). I almost passed out and knocked myself out on a brick wall one time. If anybody is emptying menstrual cups like a tampon they need to see a gynecologist and do not let them blow you off

Real ballerinas don’t have periods anymore.

Thinx makes a lot of different options. worth checking it out!

Ultra tampons are very absorbent. I leak through Super Plus size on day 2 but can last 8 hours with the Ultra size. Tampax, Playtex and Kotex all carry them. So much more absorbent than a Super tampon.

My 12 year old could not use a tampon, but a long panty liner plus period leotard and period tights (cut a sit in the bottom if she needs convertible tights) will do the trick. Also, you don't mention which ballet school DD attends, but DD is at TWSB and has never been told by her teachers that she can't wear per period leotard, which has a slightly different style than the Capezio one listed for her class, but is still the same color.

Tampon. Change as needed, if that’s every 30 min, do that. This isn’t rocket science and you don’t need to ask the instructor what to do.

Anonymous wrote:Non ballerinas need to stop replying. You can’t wear underwear in a ballet class past age 4!

I never know about this rule. I thought older kids just wear skin color or whatever color/style that matches the costume during weekly practice/rehearsal.

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Anonymous wrote:Not PP but you clearly don’t have the kind of heavy period that’s being discussed here. Let me give you the full picture: after an hour or so, the cup is full to the brim, it’s overflowing. When you remove it, your hands get full of it. There’s no sink inside of your stall.

If you've actually tried a cup and it is full to the brim as you describe after an hour (and for the record mine was full like that after a couple hours, even with the larger cup I used after having a baby), then you need to see a GYN because that is not normal. There are no pads/tampons that can absorb that either. There is something medically wrong. Please get it checked out

Yeah I'm skeptical about PP having tried a cup. If it were truly overflowing like that after an hour you'd be losing like 3 to 4 cups of blood a day which goes well beyond any normal variation in flow. Definitely time for medical attention if you're losing liters of blood in yhe course of your cycle.

Yes, I did try a cup (the larger of two sizes) and what I mention would happen when the flow was at its very heaviest, not during the entire duration of my period.

To the person who said that the largest cup has a 32 ml capacity, that’s just a little over 2 tablespoons. So essentially a couple of “gushes.”

I have an IUD now and thankfully no more periods.