Review Coming to you at the end of my period this week.
This post brought to you by the letters T.M.I.
Sometimes, girls just need to talk about our periods, or at times, our ‘feminine hygiene products’ (On a side note, why are condoms nearly always in the feminine hygiene aisle? Srsly. I guess it makes sense, somehow. Did someone consciously go ‘ok, all this stuff has to do with cunts. We’ll put it all together. Yeah, condom’s and tampons. Perfect. Right next to the pregnancy tests. That won’t rub anyone with raging hormones the wrong way.)
Since I’m a girl, and I haven’t talked about it much here, I am now. This is your introduction to a post later this week, on my new DivaCup.
See, I actually got something I asked for specifically at Christmas.
I asked my mother to get me a Diva Cup.
See, every year, she gives us mom stuff in our stockings. Socks (which fucking rock), toothpaste, toothbrushes, chap stick, little things that we need and use. She tries deodorant, but always gets the wrong brand for one of the three of us (ex, I use Secret or Ban, UNSCENTED only. My sister Christine uses Secret or Ban, but with a scent. I don’t know what Josie uses. So one of us gets a ton of deodorant.)
She also gets us each underwear, which is not quite a fun or useful, for me at least, because she still buys me HUGE granny panties. Christine gets thongs, Josie gets the cute boy shorts she likes, but just because I like fairly conservative undies, I get granny panties? Bah! I just tell her to take me to the Avenue, so I can pick my own undies, and she can pay for ‘em if she wants.
The other thing she can’t ever choose well for us are tampons. Yep. My mother wraps up and puts boxes of tampons in our stockings. This is never good. You see, when it comes to stuff that goes in my vag that isn’t cock, I get uber uber picky. I mean, I’m picky about cock, but I’m *really* picky about tampons and stuff. I only use one brand. Playtex Gentle Glide, plastic applicator, *unscented*. Christine, while not a Playtex fanatic, like me, also understands that scents on tampons aren’t a good thing. If my pussy was supposed to smell like a garden, it would. I’ve also become very sensitive to scents. If I’m wearing a scented tampon, and I’m sitting, I can smell it, and I think everyone else can smell it, and that they must be thinking my crotch stinks. Honestly? The blood doesn’t smell bad. I mean, I’m sure it’s not great if you shove your face in it, but I’m not demanding my pussy be eaten when I’m on the rag.
So this year, I said “Listen, Mom, I know you always get us tampons in our stockings, right? But this year, I’d really you rather got me a Diva Cup for my stocking instead, since I want to try it out.”
So she went to the website, and Christmas morn, my dad had to sit and watch my sisters unwrap boxes of tampons, while I unwrapped some sort of plastic device that went in my cunt.
Why did I want a Diva Cup? Several reasons.
- Tampons absorb, that’s how they work. They absorb every bit of moisture in your vagina, both blood, and your natural lube. I’ve pulled tampons out and felt SO dry, that I’d rather wait and go tamponless before having to shove another wad of dry cotton in there. I’m actually shivering thinking of it.
- It’s re-usable. That appeals to two parts of me. The eco-friendly part that recycles, buys (some) organics, and uses my own canvas market bags for shopping, which is an awesome part of me, IMO, and the cheap part of me that goes “Dude, this thing can last for like, years. How much will I save on tampons?” Look how long well treated silicone dildos last. Same difference.
- It can be left in overnight for up to 12 hours. It holds, according to the paperwork I have, 1 ounce of fluid. Considering the average flow is around 3-4 ounces, that’s pretty good.
- Cleaning it is easy – between emptying it, you can wash it with soap and water. Since its silicone, you can boil it for 2-5 minutes, or use rubbing alcohol on it. They also have their own product, called
- The idea of becoming a “full moon artist” sort of appeals to me.
So, I’ve been anxiously waiting for my period to try this baby out. I’ve actually been *excited* for once! So, soon we’ll have a review.
12 responses so far ↓
1 Rona // Jan 15, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I LOOOOOOOVE my DivaCup.
Why? Because before when I went to events and had my period I didn’t feel comfortable taking off my pants. I always had problems with tampons leaking and pads… not where people are going to see them.
This year at BR, though, I was finishing my period and I could play in a thong and nothing else and no one would know. It holds in all of the blood, so there’s no odor. It doesn’t absorb, so there’s no irritation, and now that I’ve been using it for a couple of cycles I’ve learned to figure out when it’s going to be a leak risk and empty it sooner.
The only thing I don’t like is that sometimes it’s difficult to get it inserted deeply enough so that the stem doesn’t pinch – some of the more complex folds work well for that, though and I’ve gotten much more skilled. Also, I’m not crazy about emptying it in multi-stalled bathrooms because I really want to rinse it before I reinsert. Other than that though… LOOOOOVVVVVEEEE
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2 Rona // Jan 15, 2008 at 2:59 pm
(Oh, it’s worth noting that I used to occaisionally use the Instead Cup and, although I liked it in certain circumstances, it was MUCH more prone to random leakage. So far I’ve only had leakage problems with the DivaCup when it’s not the cup’s fault)
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3 Nix // Jan 15, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Oh. THAT is why I got my period 2 weeks early.
Thanks darlin’.
When I get home….
4 Wendy // Jan 15, 2008 at 4:06 pm
@Nix – damn. Now we’re going to be on the same cycle.
Well, at least we’ll want wine and chocolate and swet and salty at the same time.
Rona – I’m so loving this thing so far. I’ve been dying to try it for ages. I have a friend who uses insteads (I think – those are the disposables? The ones you can have sex while using?) and thats why she like them, but I figure, I’d just take the cup out when I want to have ragsex. I’m not squeemish, and I prefer my men not be either.
I’ve been dying to get my period to try this, and I’m really loving it so far. Love Love Love.
5 Joy // Jan 15, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Yay! I want a DivaCup. Badly. Want, want. I’ll look into it.
6 Victor Alcazar // Jan 15, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I am a fan of the Diva cup and Keeper and all such things. I think they’re brilliant. And I have had sex with people who had them in, not really a problem.
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7 Wendy // Jan 15, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Joy – OMG, get get get! I’m loving mine!
Victor, Instead, yes for sex. But Diva and Keeper? There’s no way you can have sex with one of these babies in, just from how and where it sits. (there would be way more bearing down than I’d like to do to get it back out) but hey, once you take it out, there’s less blood anyway. I <3 it so much, and its only my first full day wearing it. I’m so giving this thing a good review.
8 RecursiveKink // Jan 16, 2008 at 11:51 pm
I got the Diva cup, jesus I got it 5 years or so ago! Whoa! Math and time are silly. Anywho, I got the Diva cup and I loved it, unfortunately I lost it! (Some time during travel.) So after two years of use with the Diva cup I couldn’t go without and I got the Keeper.
I prefer the Keeper. I found the Diva cup to be more rigid in shape and I got really damn sick of that tab. On my keeper I’ve sliced the tab off entirely, a very rounded end has made my vagina much happier. I’m not terribly good at anticipating leakage and I’ve had slight issues with such so I use the Keeper in combination with some homemade cloth pads. I rather enjoy bleeding on stuff I sewed myself.
One thing I’ve noticed is that the Keeper is a god send to me during flights, for some reason my flight schedules always line up funny with my period and my body just loves going – “oh god! You’re 7 miles above the surface of the earth! BLOOD GUSH!”
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9 Victor Alcazar // Jan 17, 2008 at 2:30 am
Hmm.. I am really quite certain I had sex with my ex when she had the cup in. Maybe I imagined it. Maybe I have an incredibly tiny penis.
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10 Wendy // Jan 17, 2008 at 2:56 am
Maybe we’re thinking of different cups. The one I have sits very low in my vagina. No penis would fit in with it comfortable. and the stem would poke your cock head.
Maybe we’re thinking Nuva ring? I use that too, and do mostly leave it in for sex.
11 Essin' Em // Jan 18, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I’m glad to have found your blog.
Thanks for the comment about censorship…I mean, when J and I broke up, I definitely wrote different things in my locked LJ posts than I did on my blog, but I didn’t *not* write about it because I knew J was reading it. I think it silly and stupid to censor it. I have a link to my blog in my LJ profile, in my myspace, and until I hooked up with creepy new years eve guy, in my facebook.
I like to decide when people I fuck can read my blog. Well, not as much people I fuck as people, as people I date. If I’m dating them, I like to go on a few dates with them first before I let them know about the blog. What bothered me about this guy was as we had sex (well, he didn’t count it as sex – only penis in vagina intercourse is sex to him), he asked me what I was going to write in my sex blog (someone at the party mentioned I was a sex blogger). Who the fuck does that? Gah.
Anyways, my mother gives interesting things for presents too. For HS graduation, I got a condom caddy. For channukah one year, a “how to perform erotic strip tease” video. A lace bustier for my birthday once.
Also, if you’re an affiliate/partner, why haven’t you applied to become a reviewer for us? You should – you’re an excellent writer, and I’d love to have you (I’m the community outreach coordinator).
It’s nice to “meet” you btw, and take a look at your blog.
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12 Wendy // Jan 19, 2008 at 2:15 am
Essin’ Em – I’m gad you found me, and I found you as well!
I too keep a live journal, which is private, only for friends, generally only those that know me in person. I like to have a private place to vent feelings, and post squees that I don’t want to share in my blog, and personal things, like my hs bf’s baby, my sisters, rants, etc.
Man, your mom gives you cooler interesting things than mine does. Though she gave me a vibrator caddy, but she doesn’t know thats what I use it for.
I throw the blog out right away in dating, but generally, people know already. I’d rather it come up sooner, rather than later after I’ve become attached.
I have actually written a sample review for a toy I ordered from ya’ll, but I haven’t had anyone else proof it for me yet to tell me what they think – I’d love to be a reviewer for you guys! :)
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