cupcakes and divas

[athene]

Just finished baking 48 cupcakes. half chocolate. half vanillia. All based on the Magnolia Bakery's cookbook. tomorrow i will ice them. you should come visit to have cupcakes. they should be good. the batter was.

So, I recently bought a DivaCup and as I got my period last night, I got to test it out. I had a little bit of trouble inserting it the first time, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly.

This morning there was almost nothing in the cup. I had to trim the stem a bit because I could feel it sticking out a bit over the night.

Today at work I removed it around noon (it had been in for almost 6 hours). The blood only filled to a little bit above the second ridge on the bottom. (a large image of a DivaCup)

So I left it in for 10 hours after putting it back in (i'm getting better at both). It didn't fill up even halfway to the 1/4 oz mark. I guess I just don't bleed a lot.

But I'm in love with this thing. No leaks, no string, able to be left in for longer, reusable for up to 10 years, I could go on and on. EVERY woman who is mensturating should have one of these things. No, really. Go out and buy one right now!

Ok, me fall over go boom.

Comments

[kysandra.livejournal.com]

I bought myself some of the Instead cups (disposable plastic things, ugh!) at the beginning of my cycle last week to see if I could get past the "ew, gross" factor, since they were significantly cheaper than the reusable cups. Not a problem. Although it was a little messier than I'd like since I don't really bleed much either, and therefore the emptying the things out process so that I could throw them out without it being nasty was a little difficult.

I was actually hoping you'd review the DivaCup sometime soon so I could decide if I want to buy one. After such a glowing review, I think I'll get myself one soon, as soon as I motivate myself to do so. If I'm out in Northampton in the next month I'll get one at Cornucopia, but I'll probably just end up ordering one online.

Here's something intriguing I learned during my research: the makers of the Instead cups (disposable plastic things Ugh!) claim you can have intercourse while wearing them, since they're just worn over the cervix like a diaphragm (if "clean sex" is something that concerns you or partners). I'm skeptical - sure, it's not completely in the way, but wouldn't it be somewhat in the way? Wouldn't it be uncomfortable for my partner? (I can't feel the thing when it's there, so I can't imagine it bothering me.) But then, I've never worn a diaphragm, either, so I'm not experienced in these things. Unfortunately I have no test victim at the moment, but I'm intrigued.

Anyways, thanks for the info! :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/oubliette_/]

you can have intercourse while wearing the Instead cups - without the other person knowing actually. However - that ability is so not worth the grossness that is the Instead cup.

[kysandra.livejournal.com]

Hm. Interesting.

Out of curiosity, do you have reasons for thinking of them as gross besides the horrible wastefulness?