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Well, the benefits with a cup is firstly:
1. NO RUBBISH. (apart from if you use a back up pad or the rubbish from washing your cup with a cleaning tablet).
2. Some women find their menstrual cramps are better, not with me, but every woman is different.
3.You can wear them longer than you would with a tampon or pad. ( overnight they are really not that good for me as it fills up completely on the L size)
4: You can use them far more discreetly than you would normally around others, such as visiting others at their home
5 : Less baggage to carry around if you are going camping/travelling etc
6: I have read it is a money saver, but considering they don't last many years and some only last 2 years.. I don't see how that works when they aren't cheap at all.
7: Can go swimming like you can with a tampon
Downsides:
1. Can't have sex
2. Is hard to adjust to for many women
3. It can be very messy
4. The cup is a pain to pop open inside and if it isn't popped up properly, it will leak
5. Cup will leak when it is fill or if you move in a certain way..you can gets leaks through exercise.
6. Hard to adjust if you a virgin and can be very painful
7. Not convient in public or in places where the wash basin is not next to the toilet.
I purchased my cups from shop.menstrualcup.co. Was not cheap at all. Paid about $70 for two Meluna's and some tablets to clean them. For me trying it out last month, I tried it out on the first day and I was really grossed out. For me it was very messy. Every women will have a different experience of course. At first I was disgusted by the idea of using something like this and frightened, but I'm completely comfortable with it now. It is still painful a bit to insert and it won't open all the time, but considering I've only used it once for one day on my period before giving it a break (got a bit much for me to handle), I can't really pass that much judgement on it. Considering us women use hundreds of pads/tampons in our lifetime, if we can find alternative forms we can help landfill. Just think about how big the landfill is of menstrual products with the millions of women in the world!
NOTE: can't edit my original post. Forgot to mention 'washable pads' as another type of protection.
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