This is now my second time using the Mooncup and I just wanted to follow up about how it is working.
I have to say, it is really great! I thought this was going to be a bad period as I felt some very strong and painful cramps. I used the Mooncup once I was sure my body was starting it's cycle as I had a false alarm last week. Started on Monday and already it feels and seems like it is almost over! I hardly used any pads at all, mostly just panty liners as I am getting used to the Mooncup more and more all the time. :)
I have to say it is really grand and wonderful to not feel or get uncomfortable in feeling anything flowing out. It's all just neat and tidy in the cup that I just empty. I really love it!
I've gotten alot better about using it and how to do so and everything. Just was gonna take some time but I am very confident with it now. No matter how heavy, it has not let me down! I never did cut off the stem, I just fit it proper and it is ok and doesn't poke me hardly at all.
A few times during the day, I have forgotten it was in there, and I thought I'd never say that! But aye, it just fits nicely and you just go on about your day, no worries. I have even worked out with it now every day and I could feel cramps but as my body heated up with the exercising, then relaxed, the pain went away and I didn't have to take any Advil or Motrin. Now I don't have to worry over spillage or leaking either while working out nor do I have to use a pad.
I could not say enough good things about the Mooncup and that it is a comfort to know it is safe and won't get stuck nor lost and is very convenient!
Love it!!!
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Monday, March 12, 2012
The Mooncup--Does it work?
What is the Mooncup you may ask? I am excited to tell you about this!
But for those who might get a bit whoozy from blood, pass up this post! This is more so for women and although I know this is a weight loss blog, it's also about some of the trials and tribulations a woman goes thru as well because it is tied into how much we do struggle with weight loss and some of the obstacles we face in trying to lose weight.
That's why I am tying this together. :)
For many years now, I have suffered with what is known as perimenopause. It's the transitional phase before menopause! Wonderful! How crazy, I know! But I've been going thru this since I was in my 30s, for over 10 years now! The list is long and I won't go into that right now but save it for another time.
But anyway, one of the major things is that a woman's period, her menstrual cycle gets weird at various times in her life, especially during perimenopause. My own has been so bad that I have gone to the ER in fear I was having a miscarriage or something without realizing I was pregnant? But no, I wasn't pregnant, it was just a bad period. I had never passed clots before and it was downright scary as I had not ever experienced such a heavy flow before. What to do? The doc at the time told me the best thing I could do is lay down and take it easy. So whenever I experienced a bad period like that, I would do just that, lay down and take it easy.
So if I was in the middle of a workout routine, I layed down and took days off, which of course could easily lead to a full week. :(
Well that was annoying to say the least. Not only that but as I have gotten older, especially the past few years, it has gotten worse.
When I was younger, I remember my mother telling me to not ever use a tampon as they could cause Toxic Shock Syndrome. Lovely! I was using the very tampon at the time that was known for it. Rely. Wonderful! Just great! So I always kept that in mind to not use tampons and I used mostly pads ever since. Now and again, I would use a tampon, knowing that they have gotten better and you just never ever leave them inside you for any extended time, but change them often. So I only used them when I wanted to go swimming mostly. The last few years when I tried them, they seemed to scratch my inner walls. A friend of mine told me I should just get a hysterectomy and be done with it if they are so bad but I know having surgery is not always a good idea and it's a bit drastic to me not to mention I do not want my stomach carved up some more, much less pieces and parts of me removed unless they are a danger to my life. I especially do not want my ovaries touched or messed with either!
So what to do? Pads are just a pain and not to mention all the landfills they, like diapers are filling it up! They are convenient yes and very easy but at the same time, feel just ick and bulky and you can have spillage and they shift and all this that and the other. My favorite pads to use are the Always brand. They have been my favorite since they came out. But even with them, there is the odor and the mess and just ick!
Now as you may know if you have been following me, I have been happily working out for so long now with Power90 and the thought of "what if I have a bad period and have to stop", just made me cringe. I so did not want to stop!! I don't want to rest, I don't want to stop this momentum that I have going, this great motivation that gets my butt up every morning just after 5 to get ready to work out!
No way I wanted to stop! But, I did get my period last month and yes, the cramps came on too. Grrr! So I came online to look to see how bad it might be if I tried to push thru the pain and heaviness of the flow and worked out anyway? I was bound and determined to workout, even if I had to wear a tampon and a pad to do it! Well as I was looking around, I saw that many women don't even exercise until they DO have their period! Many talked of how it can shorten the time you go thru it and it can lessen the flow. Wow! They talked of how it can help to reduce pain as well if you are suffering with cramps. I could see that, with you warming up and stretching your muscles and relaxing them, the pain might ease! So, I would wait til the afternoon or evening when it felt the flow slowed some and I went right on up and worked out. Pushing myself to do it right through the period. Period or no, I was going to workout! I took some advil and eventually took motrin and made it thru! I actually did it and only had to wear a pad, no tampon!! And yes, my period seemed to be less too for having done it! I was thrilled!!
Now, this may not work for you, your results may differ, we are all different and it may have worked for me last month but will it this month? I don't know. I just got it again today...but this time...this time I have something new!
The Mooncup!
While exploring last month while on my period, I saw something that caught my eye that I had not ever heard of before. A Mooncup. A what? Just what is a Mooncup??
Take a look!
About the Mooncup
I looked over the entire site and read all the info I could on it!! Now this was exciting! No more tampons? No more pads?!! WOW!
Ok now at first, yes, I got the icky face at the thought of emptying it, but you know what? I was like well it really isn't much different than changing a pad or looking back into the toilet to see what it looks like. We all do it. We have to. So what difference then if we are rolling up a pad or emptying a cup? Plus we always wash our hands anyway, soooo who cares how messy it is!
Ok so there are two sizes, I wasn't sure which one to get, yes I have had a baby but I am small tho' regardless. I wasn't sure so I ordered the one for those older women who have had a baby (size A) and I thought if it was too big, I'd just order the smaller one then. I noticed they are sold more so in the UK but you can get them here in the US. Don't they always have neat stuff?! Now, I also noticed they can be made out of two different types of material, latex and silicone. I stayed away from the latex as you just never know if that part of you may have an allergic reaction and ladies, am I right or not that well, we want to be safe than sorry when it comes to that area!!
So I got the silicone, the kind that is used in the medical field. Well I like that part too! Ok so it came last month but my period had ended by then. So I held onto it, figuring I would get to use it this month.
Today, was my first day. I tried the Mooncup. Cleaned it first and then inserted it. It felt a bit funny but as it warmed up to my body, they are right, you don't feel it much. I feel the stem more so than anything else and only because I have not trimmed it yet. I wanted to be sure I could get it out! LOL I know that was a concern for other women. But, I was able to remove it. It took a lil doing and I had to remember to break the suction seal it makes and then I could ease it out. And you know what? No mess! It's smaller than I thought and holds more than you think too!
I expected it to be bloody and yucky on the outside but no, it was clean. Wow! And as I thought about it, I was like well yes, no wonder it is because the blood drips into the cup so it is not on the walls, not in your pubic hair either if you don't shave there and like the natural look. So there is no mess. It's all in the cup! How unique and wild! I emptied it out and then rinsed it and was able to reinsert it again. I got lucky and inserted it right the first time, the 2nd and now the 3rd time! It does take some doing to get it just right but they give you great instructions both on the site and in a lil folded instruction sheet that it comes with. I love it! It will take some getting used to and before I trim the stem, I will wait til I have it down to easily retrieve it and not worry of it being stuck. I also wore a pad too just to be sure in case the Mooncup leaked but it hasn't! Not a single drop! I was like wow!
How impressive!!
I kept thinking of how wild that will be to not buy pads anymore??
Just simply amazing! Green/Eco friendly and you can use it again and again and just wash it out. Keep it in the nice lil drawstring bag it comes in and that is that. No muss, no fuss, no bulky panties or pants, no sound of the crinkle-crinkle of pads, no yucky string that sticks to you, none of that. Safe and clean and better all the way around!! Gotta love it!
I know I still have to fool with it and learn it better but all in all, for my first day, I just love it!
I got it on Amazon for those who are interested. It's the cheapest there, The Moon Cup by GladRags. If you have Amazon Prime like I do, you can even get it shipped to you for free! It was only $22.69 and so well worth the money!
Tomorrow will be a good, true test for it as I will be working out first thing in the morning!! :)
So we'll see how it goes!! Til then, take a peek and give it a try! :) I highly recommend it!
But for those who might get a bit whoozy from blood, pass up this post! This is more so for women and although I know this is a weight loss blog, it's also about some of the trials and tribulations a woman goes thru as well because it is tied into how much we do struggle with weight loss and some of the obstacles we face in trying to lose weight.
That's why I am tying this together. :)
For many years now, I have suffered with what is known as perimenopause. It's the transitional phase before menopause! Wonderful! How crazy, I know! But I've been going thru this since I was in my 30s, for over 10 years now! The list is long and I won't go into that right now but save it for another time.
But anyway, one of the major things is that a woman's period, her menstrual cycle gets weird at various times in her life, especially during perimenopause. My own has been so bad that I have gone to the ER in fear I was having a miscarriage or something without realizing I was pregnant? But no, I wasn't pregnant, it was just a bad period. I had never passed clots before and it was downright scary as I had not ever experienced such a heavy flow before. What to do? The doc at the time told me the best thing I could do is lay down and take it easy. So whenever I experienced a bad period like that, I would do just that, lay down and take it easy.
So if I was in the middle of a workout routine, I layed down and took days off, which of course could easily lead to a full week. :(
Well that was annoying to say the least. Not only that but as I have gotten older, especially the past few years, it has gotten worse.
When I was younger, I remember my mother telling me to not ever use a tampon as they could cause Toxic Shock Syndrome. Lovely! I was using the very tampon at the time that was known for it. Rely. Wonderful! Just great! So I always kept that in mind to not use tampons and I used mostly pads ever since. Now and again, I would use a tampon, knowing that they have gotten better and you just never ever leave them inside you for any extended time, but change them often. So I only used them when I wanted to go swimming mostly. The last few years when I tried them, they seemed to scratch my inner walls. A friend of mine told me I should just get a hysterectomy and be done with it if they are so bad but I know having surgery is not always a good idea and it's a bit drastic to me not to mention I do not want my stomach carved up some more, much less pieces and parts of me removed unless they are a danger to my life. I especially do not want my ovaries touched or messed with either!
So what to do? Pads are just a pain and not to mention all the landfills they, like diapers are filling it up! They are convenient yes and very easy but at the same time, feel just ick and bulky and you can have spillage and they shift and all this that and the other. My favorite pads to use are the Always brand. They have been my favorite since they came out. But even with them, there is the odor and the mess and just ick!
Now as you may know if you have been following me, I have been happily working out for so long now with Power90 and the thought of "what if I have a bad period and have to stop", just made me cringe. I so did not want to stop!! I don't want to rest, I don't want to stop this momentum that I have going, this great motivation that gets my butt up every morning just after 5 to get ready to work out!
No way I wanted to stop! But, I did get my period last month and yes, the cramps came on too. Grrr! So I came online to look to see how bad it might be if I tried to push thru the pain and heaviness of the flow and worked out anyway? I was bound and determined to workout, even if I had to wear a tampon and a pad to do it! Well as I was looking around, I saw that many women don't even exercise until they DO have their period! Many talked of how it can shorten the time you go thru it and it can lessen the flow. Wow! They talked of how it can help to reduce pain as well if you are suffering with cramps. I could see that, with you warming up and stretching your muscles and relaxing them, the pain might ease! So, I would wait til the afternoon or evening when it felt the flow slowed some and I went right on up and worked out. Pushing myself to do it right through the period. Period or no, I was going to workout! I took some advil and eventually took motrin and made it thru! I actually did it and only had to wear a pad, no tampon!! And yes, my period seemed to be less too for having done it! I was thrilled!!
Now, this may not work for you, your results may differ, we are all different and it may have worked for me last month but will it this month? I don't know. I just got it again today...but this time...this time I have something new!
The Mooncup!
While exploring last month while on my period, I saw something that caught my eye that I had not ever heard of before. A Mooncup. A what? Just what is a Mooncup??
Take a look!
About the Mooncup
I looked over the entire site and read all the info I could on it!! Now this was exciting! No more tampons? No more pads?!! WOW!
Ok now at first, yes, I got the icky face at the thought of emptying it, but you know what? I was like well it really isn't much different than changing a pad or looking back into the toilet to see what it looks like. We all do it. We have to. So what difference then if we are rolling up a pad or emptying a cup? Plus we always wash our hands anyway, soooo who cares how messy it is!
Ok so there are two sizes, I wasn't sure which one to get, yes I have had a baby but I am small tho' regardless. I wasn't sure so I ordered the one for those older women who have had a baby (size A) and I thought if it was too big, I'd just order the smaller one then. I noticed they are sold more so in the UK but you can get them here in the US. Don't they always have neat stuff?! Now, I also noticed they can be made out of two different types of material, latex and silicone. I stayed away from the latex as you just never know if that part of you may have an allergic reaction and ladies, am I right or not that well, we want to be safe than sorry when it comes to that area!!
So I got the silicone, the kind that is used in the medical field. Well I like that part too! Ok so it came last month but my period had ended by then. So I held onto it, figuring I would get to use it this month.
Today, was my first day. I tried the Mooncup. Cleaned it first and then inserted it. It felt a bit funny but as it warmed up to my body, they are right, you don't feel it much. I feel the stem more so than anything else and only because I have not trimmed it yet. I wanted to be sure I could get it out! LOL I know that was a concern for other women. But, I was able to remove it. It took a lil doing and I had to remember to break the suction seal it makes and then I could ease it out. And you know what? No mess! It's smaller than I thought and holds more than you think too!
I expected it to be bloody and yucky on the outside but no, it was clean. Wow! And as I thought about it, I was like well yes, no wonder it is because the blood drips into the cup so it is not on the walls, not in your pubic hair either if you don't shave there and like the natural look. So there is no mess. It's all in the cup! How unique and wild! I emptied it out and then rinsed it and was able to reinsert it again. I got lucky and inserted it right the first time, the 2nd and now the 3rd time! It does take some doing to get it just right but they give you great instructions both on the site and in a lil folded instruction sheet that it comes with. I love it! It will take some getting used to and before I trim the stem, I will wait til I have it down to easily retrieve it and not worry of it being stuck. I also wore a pad too just to be sure in case the Mooncup leaked but it hasn't! Not a single drop! I was like wow!
How impressive!!
I kept thinking of how wild that will be to not buy pads anymore??
Just simply amazing! Green/Eco friendly and you can use it again and again and just wash it out. Keep it in the nice lil drawstring bag it comes in and that is that. No muss, no fuss, no bulky panties or pants, no sound of the crinkle-crinkle of pads, no yucky string that sticks to you, none of that. Safe and clean and better all the way around!! Gotta love it!
I know I still have to fool with it and learn it better but all in all, for my first day, I just love it!
I got it on Amazon for those who are interested. It's the cheapest there, The Moon Cup by GladRags. If you have Amazon Prime like I do, you can even get it shipped to you for free! It was only $22.69 and so well worth the money!
Tomorrow will be a good, true test for it as I will be working out first thing in the morning!! :)
So we'll see how it goes!! Til then, take a peek and give it a try! :) I highly recommend it!
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