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SexPositiveLad is AMAZING.
(b) ... I think I've been using a Mooncup for over half my menstruating life. I am a little disconcerted. BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
(At some point, I need to do some serious research into menstrual cups & endometriosis: my gynae consultant claimed cups "might" make it worse, presumably via the mechanism of increasing retrograde menstruation, but he hadn't ever met a cup before as far as I can tell[1], and I can't off the top of my head see any way in which the risk of retrograde menstruation would be increased by using a cup over pads even if you accept that retrograde menstruation is a cause of endometriosis: it's a prevailing theory and one I'm dubious about.)
[1] The experience of having people in the recovery room say "er, is this yours?" about something that was clearly taken out of your cunt is, um, quite special.
(b) ... I think I've been using a Mooncup for over half my menstruating life. I am a little disconcerted. BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
(At some point, I need to do some serious research into menstrual cups & endometriosis: my gynae consultant claimed cups "might" make it worse, presumably via the mechanism of increasing retrograde menstruation, but he hadn't ever met a cup before as far as I can tell[1], and I can't off the top of my head see any way in which the risk of retrograde menstruation would be increased by using a cup over pads even if you accept that retrograde menstruation is a cause of endometriosis: it's a prevailing theory and one I'm dubious about.)
[1] The experience of having people in the recovery room say "er, is this yours?" about something that was clearly taken out of your cunt is, um, quite special.
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Date: 2013-02-03 04:31 pm (UTC)(a) Menstrual cups are generally obscure and something that most people (even gynocologists?) don't know about.
(b) The majority of people whom I've heard talk about such things seem to use them.
I'm not exactly sure why this would be, other than a bias of people being more likely to discuss menstrual containment strategies when they think theirs is special?