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| the diva cup is a menstrual cup. you can get it at health stores. i use the keeper so i don't really know about the diva cup in terms of leakage, but i know that my keeper doesn't leak - unless it is my heaviest night and i don't empty it for more than 8 hours (ie the first night when i am sleeping) so i use a back-up cloth pad that night. but other than that it NEVER leaks for me.
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heather972 (5/3/2006)
I feel like a big dork to ask this, but what exactly is a diva cup? This is sounding kinda interesting, do I have to go to my doctor to get it? www.divacup.com will pretty much tell you what you need to know
-christine Married September 2nd 2006 First baby due March 2009
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| Day 3 and I gotta admit its getting better. I've taken to inserting it in the shower...less messy. A little lube also helps if I'm not in the shower. I think I was having a hard time rotating it at first...its getting easier now. It still leaks...mostly I notice it starting, then I take it out and empty it..it always seems to be at the 15ml mark...so I guess I just need to keep on top of it. If I can get the hang of this it will be a fabulous product for me! Even with the bit of leakage its fine...I will just wear 'back up'. Its so nice to not have to change tampons every 3 hours...and pads, eww they're disgusting...I hate the feeling of stuff trickling out. *bleh* Well thanks all for helping me with this. I was thinking...its kind of like when I was learning to deal with my contact lenses...every little thing was such a huge deal, and now its the easiest thing to do. Hopefully this wasn't too graphic for some folk, but hey were all women. mostly.
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The stuff they come up with.... really.
sonia  D+S - October 27, 2006 I'M MARRIED!!
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Kruk,
Keep with it, it's worth it if you can get it to work for you. Mine used to leak too. After you rotate it a couple of times to make sure it is open, give it a bit of a tug downwards. This makes a small vacuum which won't allow for leaks. This usually solves the problem for me, but I usually wear a cotton pantyliner just in case. I found that this sometimes makes it difficult to remove as you usually do. Pushing on the side untill air can get into the top will release the vacuum and then you can just pull it out.
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I have to agree with Chedin. I tried my divacup for the first time last month and loved it. I found it took me a few days to get used to it but overall had no major problems with it. I also felt more comfortable wearing a pantyliner, just in case there were any leaks but I didn't have any problems with leakage. Just make sure like the other girls said that you rotate it once you've inserted the cup and that you've inserted it high enough.
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chedin (5/8/2006)
Kruk,
Keep with it, it's worth it if you can get it to work for you. Mine used to leak too. After you rotate it a couple of times to make sure it is open, give it a bit of a tug downwards. This makes a small vacuum which won't allow for leaks. This usually solves the problem for me, but I usually wear a cotton pantyliner just in case. I found that this sometimes makes it difficult to remove as you usually do. Pushing on the side untill air can get into the top will release the vacuum and then you can just pull it out.I agree 100% with chedin's comments. I just used mine for the first time last week (I ordered it b/c of Sophiebomb's thread!) and found it really tough for the first few inserts/removals, plus I had some leakage and discomfort. But then all of a sudden I seemed to get the hang of it. For me, I found it easiest to rotate while I was putting it in, then tugging down a teeny bit to create that vacuum chedin's talking about (and that seemed to stop all leakage too). And for removal, I just sat down on the toilet and pushed a bit internally and it made it really easy to push the one side in and release the vacuum. I was dubious after the first frustrating day, but by the end of the second day I was a convert. Definitely nowhere near as messy as I had visions of... and it'll save me tons of money / angst in the long run now that I have the hang of it!
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