Nappyneedz

Thinking about trying out a menstrual cup? I recently gave some women the chance to ‘test drive’ one of our menstrual cups. Here is how one woman, who was new to menstrual cups found the experience. Positives – No tampon strings – No worrying about defecating on tampon strings and contamination – No wet tampon string after showering – Feel cleaner – No accidental double tampon episodes (this has happened to me before when I was feeling sick and I added another tampon without removing the old one and when I went to change it again I pulled two out – GROSS!) – So much better for the environment – Can go longer between changing – Great during exercise and sleeping. Can not feel it at all. – No heavy slipping feel like you do when a tampon needs changing Negatives – A bit messier to insert and remove – A bit tricky if hand basin is not close to the toilet. I had to wrap in toilet paper and then carry to the basin with my knickers down as my hands had blood on (so I didn’t want to pull my k