Wore the Lunette down to Ema's.

Tuesday
Just a dribble.  Threatening stage.

Wednesday
Here it comes -- with a little "residual slobber" by late evening and bed time.

Thursday
Damn, it leaked overnight/early morning!  Good thing I was wearing a liner cos I filled it (the liner.)  I think it was because I was propped half-upright watching TV and dozing, waiting for Ema to wake up.  Continued to "residual slobber" all day.  Went through many liners before everything calmed down by evening.

Friday
There it goes.

Saturday
Just a couple of liners.

SUNDAY -- Not due until Thursday but recalculated to Monday (tomorrow) because my cycle seems to have shortened consistently.
3pm - Cramping and brown sludge so I popped in the Mooncup.
11pm - Just a little brown liquid at the bottom.

MONDAY
8am - Just a little, slightly redder.
1pm - Couldn't take the Mooncup slobbering any more -- half a liner-ful.  About 5-6ml, swapped for Lunette.  Fresh liner.
6pm - Only another 6ml-ish despite cramps all day.  And reddish "wet" slobber on the liner.  Perspiration too?  87* today.  Unusually warm for April.  1* below our record temp.  Even my feet have been hot -- and my feet are always cold.
9:30 - Still only 4-5ml in the cup but yet more reddish slobber on the liner.  Ew.  Swapped for a new one.  Last cycle, I sprung a wet reddish slobber leak in the middle of the night.  Do I trust it or will it do the same tonight?  I don't want to wear panties and a liner to bed.  I want my parts to breathe after a long hot sweaty day.  But I don't want to sleep poorly because I'm paranoid either.
11pm - Just 3-4ml in the cup

TUESDAY
I slept with panties and a liner.  No need to have been paranoid.  Phew!
8am - 15ml in the Lunette.  A surprisingly heavy night.  I usually slow down overnight and gush during the day instead.
11am - 8ml and nothing fresh on the liner.
3pm - 3ml and slobber all over the liner.  New liner.  It seems the heavier my flow, the less I leak.  The lighter my flow, what a mess.
11pm - Barely 2ml and swapped for the Mooncup.

WEDNESDAY
11am - Barely 2ml but still red.
3pm - Barely 2 ml but still red.
11pm - Barely anything and more brown than red.  Removed.

THURSDAY
Liner, just in case.

Cycle total = appx 50ml

My one year anniversary of cups will fall between this cycle and the next.

16-1/2 cycles per year.  Wow, that's down to 22 days.  Things are definitely winding down.  And they're not nearly as heavy as they used to be.  I wish I had numbers to "prove" that instead of just "gut feeling."


THURSDAY - due Sunday - Mooncup
4pm - Spotting brown, cramping and going to the supermarket so I popped the Mooncup in.
11pm - just a little brown in the bottom.
Daily total = 2-3ml

FRIDAY - still surprisingly light - Lunette
9am - Yay, red.  2ml? Swapped for the Lunette.  Let's see how long it takes to fill it.
8:15pm - Couldn't stand the suspense any longer.  Could have gone all day to bedtime with it.  It's official, I can't even find the lines on that cup WITH my glasses on.  Rinsed it out and hunted for them, finally found them.  They're tiny.  Seemed to have been halfway between the lines.  What's that?  10ml?  They're not marked.  So why bother putting lines?
11:30pm - just a little.  2-3ml?
Daily total = 14-15ml

SATURDAY - heavy day - Lunette
4am - Woke up to roll over and DRIP!  What???  Oh no.  Big sloppy leak.  Why???  Full?  Nope.  Not quite to first line.  6ml?  That was uncalled for.
8am - Not quite to second line.  13ml?  My guess is that I'll start off heavy and get lighter as the day goes on.
10:15am - What, AGAIN???  Another big nasty drip of a leak.  What's going on today???  It was open, it was in right.  Appx to first line.  8ml?  And I definitely put it back in right.
1:45pm - An active day with a LOT of housework.  Hardly sat down at all.  AGAIN!  Another big drip of a leak.  To second line.  15ml.  Is that my overflow point?  It has been 3-1/2 hours so time-wise, that's about right.
4:30pm - Dammit, AGAIN?  I don't know, maybe not.  Did I change my liner last time?  I don't remember.  I think I did.  This time it looks more wet than red.  Just stray tinted discharge?  Definitely new liner this time.  And there was hardly anything in the cup.  Just 2ml?
11:15pm - Nothing on liner.  Down to a trickle.  About 3ml.  Should probably have swapped to the Mooncup but I kept the Lunette out of laziness.
Daily total = appx 47ml.  Is that a lot?  I don't know.

SUNDAY
7am - only a ml or two.  Kept the Lunette out of laziness again.
4:30pm - About 5ml after having been on my feet all day again.  Swapped to the Mooncup.
Daily total = barely 7ml

MONDAY
8am - just a couple of drops since 4:30 yesterday.  Too lazy to dig out a liner.  I'll check and probably remove later.
11:30am - Nothing in the cup.  Put on a liner, just in case.  Could probably do without it.

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Post about this cycle at http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/1637076.html

MONDAY - Day 4 of the flu.
9am - wiped red
11am - wiped red again, popped in the Mooncup
Drinking a LOT of water today to rehydrate from cold and cold tablets and I was very dehydrated overnight last night.
Wiping red every time I go -- but so far, nothing on shield.
5pm - starting to pee red as well -- and small blip on the shield  How/Why is it getting past the cup?
11:30pm - OMG!!!  WTF???  Dark brown JELLO!  SUPER THICK GLOP!  Thicker than jam.  Up to about first line 7.5ml?  =8oO
Swapped for the Lunette.

TUESDAY - after a lousy night's sleep
9am - Back to normal.  More red than brown.  To first line.
1:30pm - odd gurgle.  Peed red, wiped red.  To second line.  15ml.  Minor red (not diluted like in the past) splotch on my liner.
5:30 - another odd gurgle.  Peed red, wiped red.  Just beyond first line.  9ml.  A little more red added to the liner.
8:30 - Didn't dump the cup but there's a little more red on the liner.  Massive coughing fits all evening.
***The good news about the liners this cycle and last is that I seem to have conquered the pee traveling up problem.
11:30pm - Just below first line.  5-6ml?
Swapped to Mooncup because the Lunette felt BIG all day.

WEDNESDAY - I think my flu finally broke today.
9am - very little in there, just half a teaspoon.
5pm-ish -- wiped red and emptied it just because I was curious.  Not as much as I expected.  5-6ml?

THURSDAY
removed in favor of a shield

Thursday and Friday -- due Monday
just light spotting
wore my UK Mooncup

Saturday
peeing red and wiping red with the Mooncup -- but barely a mark on my shield.
1pm - just a little in there but bright red instead of brown.  Swapped to Lunette.

Rest of Saturday and Sunday
no notes

MONDAY
am - THIS should have been the cycle to chart.  Peed and wiped red throughout but only a quarter sized blip on the shields on either of my two heaviest days.  That's cos I bore down and super-wiped around the cup if I didn't remove it -- to try to minimize what had traveled up.  And I rinsed AND DRIED the cup if I removed it.  I'm back down to a trickle now.
11pm - surprisingly full by bed time cos I thought I was done

Tuesday
am - just a few drops.  Swapped for the Mooncup, just in case.
pm - more than I expected.  Glad I wore it.

Wednesday
just a shield, nothing on it by evening.

A very short, very light cycle.

Tuesday -- not due until Sunday  (early!)
9am - Wiped red, put the MCUK in.
11pm - Just some brown sludge

Wednesday:
5am - Bad dream, DRY mouth, drink of water, went pee even though I didn't have to
6am-ish - Half-asleep, did it just BLIP???
7am - Woke up to roll over, remembered the blip.  "FUCK!  I'm sticky!"  Yes.  Wet and a little bloody.  It's cos I went pee earlier.  Got up, removed, about 7ml brown sludge and the outside of the cup was wet.  That is the source of my slobbering.  Pee travels up and around the cup somehow.  I HAVE TO remove it every time I go pee, otherwise I BLIP a piss-based leak that picks up whatever residual blood there is to become red and sticky.
12:30 - Gurgling.  Shit, it leaked.  About 10ml, more brown than red.  Swapped for the Lunette.
11pm - Residual slobber on shield.  About 10ml.

Thursday:
8am - Just under 15ml.  Went back in a little dry.  Gotta remember to drink more water today.
10am - Peed red, wiped red.  Here we go again.
11am - Peed red, wiped red.  Still trying to remember to drink a lot.
1pm - Peed red, wiped red.  About 15ml.
4pm - YIKES!  I missed my cervix!  Almost nothing in the cup, very full shield!
11pm - Only about 4ml.  Short period.  Very strange.

Friday:
8am - VERY little in there.  Was going to swap for the Mooncup but decided to remove completely and just wear a shield.

Saturday and Sunday:
Light spotting throughout.  More clear than red or brown.
2 shields on Saturday
1 shield on Sunday

Friday
1pm - wiped red, put in the Mooncup
wiped pinkish all day but nothing on my panties.
11pm - just some brown sludge

Saturday
8:45am - just some brown sludge
11:30 - peed red, wiped red.  Liner is WET but not necessarily red.  Is pee traveling UP and around the cup?
1:30pm - yes, I think it's going UP.  Still just brown sludge.
evening - ? and that liner was GROSS.
11pm - just a teaspoon but getting redder.  But nothing on the new liner.  Swapped for Lunette overnight even though it's probably overkill

Sunday
9am - damn hard to pee with the Lunette first thing.  Took it out, peed more.  Just a little in there.
10am - It feels really FULL down there.  Borderline annoying.  Debating switching to another cup.  I think the worst of it has hit.
11:30 - Not quite as annoying as earlier.  Went pee, peed red.  Wiped red.  Minor blip on the shield from before.
12:30 - BLIP!  Aw shit, here we go again.  Took it out to re-seat it.  2/3 full.  BURPED coming out, splattered it all over the place, what a mess.
2:30 - went pee, wiped red but didn't pee red.  No leaks up to now.  If removing it each time I go pee is the key to avoiding the residual blip, then what's the sense of having such a large capacity cup?
evening - peed red, wiped red, swapped for a clean liner
8pm - peed red, wiped red, took it out cos I was constipated.  Didn't help.  Same thing last month.  Went back in very dry and therefore I can feel it.  But the worst of it is over already.
11pm - took it out to pee only so it wouldn't slobber overnight

Monday
8am - Just a little but bright red.  Swapped for the Mooncup.
in between -- peed a few times, wiped a little red
5pm - dumped it only cos I was thinking about it.  Only a teaspoon, bright red.  Barely pink on the shield.

Tuesday
9am - hardly anything in there, more brown than red.  Removed in favor of a shield.

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large UK Mooncup, large Lunette, large Diva

FRIDAY:
Put the MCUK in this morning cos I wiped red.
6:20pm, wiped red even with the cup.  WTF?
7pm, I felt the Mooncup Blip and wondered how my old Diva would work now that I know how.  Swapped for that.
11pm, the Diva has been gurgling all night.  Feels like it's leaking but it's not.  Severe bladder sensitivity for the past 15 minutes since I went pee.  Back to the MCUK.  Maybe I'll try it again tomorrow.


SATURDAY:
8am, MCUK makes it hard to pee, even first thing in the morning.
9am, switched to the Diva just to see how it would be.
12:30, drinking and peeing a lot today.  No more gurgling but wiping red each time.  No leaks though.  (Still VERY light.)
And that's when it began to leak.  Slobbered all over a shield.
2pm, a big teaspoon -- re-seated.  I wasn't drinking/peeing as much.
4pm, still very light.  Still leaking a little but it feels like a lot.  This is why I gave up on the Diva.  Swapped for Lunette.
10pm, emptied the Lunette (not much) before bed.

SUNDAY:
DAMN!  Lunette leaked overnight.  Not a huge Exxon Valdez incident but a 2-finger splotch.  Fuck.
6am, emptied it and put on a maxi for the range.  Seriously considered a tampon.  "No, that's what I got this for!"  Stuffed many tampons into my purse and pockets, just in case.
10:30am, emptied it in the porta-potty!  2/3-3/4 full.  The worst of it.  No leaks.
2pm, emptied it at home.  1/2 full.  No leaks.  Washing the bed cover.  Fucking leak.
11pm, 1/3 full.

MONDAY:
6am, almost nothing in it.  Really DRY to insert, a little bladder sensitivity throughout the morning.
2pm, 1/4 full.  Swapped for MCUK.
11pm, just some brown sludge -- don't really need it any more.

TUESDAY:
8am, removed.

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NOTE: That "leak" might have been there from Thelma (cat.)  One of the moles on her back is bleeding.

Wednesday:  Mooncup and very little in it.  Brown glop.
Wednesday Night:  Ditto

Thursday:
8am -11am -- MC about 1/3 full and it leaked a little -- but I did lift up the dock.
11am -  2:30pm  -- Lunette  Considering trimming the stem -- but I like the ANCHOR it provides.  But I can feel it.  About 1/2 full into the shower and no leaks?  Wow. 
4:30 - Lunette, about 1/3 full -- still no leaks but makes me feel like I GOTTA pee
11pm - Lunette, about 2/3 full -- stood up all night (classroom) and still no leaks

Friday
8am - Lunette overnight, only a teaspoon by morning
9am - just a little, swapped to Mooncup
about 2-3pm -- BLIP!  Why did it leak?  Less than 1/4 full.  It's such a comfy cup.  Why does it have to slobber???  And it seems like it ALWAYS wipes red.

Saturday:
8am - very little inside
3pm - very little brown sludge.  Removed for a liner.

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Large Mooncup UK, Large Lunette


Wednesday:  Just threatening, wore the Mooncup, no problems.

Wednesday night:  Swapped to the Lunette 10pm - 9am.  Minor blow-by at first and it's hard to pee with it in the morning.

Thursday:  Swapped back to the Mooncup at 9am -- mostly cos I had the shits (yesterday's cookies and tomato sauce) and it was hard to pee with the Lunette.
11am - swapped back to the Lunette just to get more familiar with it.  Mooncup was half full already so I seem to be at the worst of it.  And there was a little blow-by.  Good thing I was wearing a shield.
12:30 - The stem was poking me a little so I gave it a quarter turn.  Minor blow-by.  Happy for a shield.  Tampons never leaked.  Why do cups?
2:30 - Went pee, wiped red, only 1/3 full.  Did I swap shields too?  I don't remember.
8pm - Only a teaspoon in the Lunette.  Swapped for the Mooncup cos the worst is over.  I'll check it again in the morning.

Friday and Friday night:
wore the Mooncup all day and night and it hardly collected anything.

Just a shield on Saturday.

Short period.

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Large Mooncup, NEW large Lunette, large Diva


I've been wearing the Mooncup for a few days without really needing it.  And then I switched to the NEW large Lunette yesterday for the Moss Gathering.  Last night and today too.

It presses on my urethra and makes it a little hard to pee.  Felt like I had the beginnings of a UTI yesterday.

The Lunette feels a little too big.  I wish I could trust the inside out Diva (no reason, I just don't.)  Maybe later.

I did but only for a short time.  I just don't trust it.  Besides, I wanted to use the Lunette.

It seems to be a light cycle this time around.  Slow and steady?  Or will it gush later?  I just don't know.

Sunday 9am - 12:30 - Large Lunette, only 1/3 full but it left a blip on my shield.  WHY?  Emptied it regularly without much in it.  It leaves a little blip every time... residual, not blow-by.

Sunday night - Lunette -- no leaks, no worries

Monday - swapped for Mooncup and filled it by afternoon, again by evening.  Overnight too but hardly anything inside by morning.  Swapped for shields.

OVERALL:
Wearing the cups beforehand is a little uncomfortable in the long run.  Don't use them 'til they're needed.  The Lunette felt a little large because everything was super sensitive but I know better for next time.

http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/1274128.html

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NEW Large Mooncup UK, Large Diva

Wednesday:
Spotting, threw in the new Mooncup, including overnight.  No odd shift when I laid down.

Thursday:
Emptied at 7am, only a teaspoon.
Emptied at 11:30 couple of leaks, only a teaspoon.
12:30 - Dammit, why is it leaking?  A little more than a teaspoon.  Bore down to poop and spat it out.  Swapped for inside out Diva.  Dammit, it leaked two more times before I shoved it DEEP in there.  Then it stopped leaking.
4:45 - OK, so it wants to be deep.  Swapped it for the Mooncup again, shoved that deep.  Wondering if that'll work because it seemed like the Diva was on its side with the bottom squished in so it was super short.  Tilted in there?  Continued to leak a LITTLE.  Tampons don't leak.  Why do these?

Thursday overnight: tampon

Friday:
AM - what is that little BUMP in my vagina???
A little blow-by at first with the Mooncup.
12:30 - leaking cos it's full.


That's all I wrote but days later, I'm still remarking at how many more SHIELDS I use than with tampons because of MINOR leaking.  Tampons never leaked like cups do.

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Small Lunette, Large Diva, Insteads

Monday:
only needed it a little.  Small Lunette.  More brown sludge than anything else.  Just a little blow-by.

Monday Night:
Small Lunette.  Paranoid.  Didn't sleep well.

Tuesday:  Started off with the small Lunette.
About 1pm, switched to inside out Diva -- only to try it out.  (I've had toothpicks in the holes for a couple of days in anticipation.)  Trick for easier opening, punch down fold, facing DOWN.
1:15 - the Diva doesn't feel as "obvious" as the Lunette.  I worry that it can slip because the inside (out) is so smooth and slick.  No stem to "anchor" it.
1:30 - hadda pee (drinking lots of water.)  Wiped red and just didn't trust the Diva.  Turns out that it would have been fine.  It was just residual.  Took it out, flipped it right side out.  Felt it at first, then not at all.  (I can feel the Lunette if I think about it.)  I should have left it alone and trusted it.  Going to leave it alone until 4:30, when we go to the range.  Sorry, just don't trust it.  Instead?  Tampon?  I'll decide later.
4:30 - Instead.
Later:  DAMMIT, Insteads don't work on the bike.  My mass centers on the Instead and squishes whatever is in there out.  Good thing I wore a big pad, not just a blip shield.  Not a big mess (still light flow) but lots of stress.  I've worn a cup on light days on the bike.  I haven't noticed, same squishing?

Tuesday night:  Tampon.  Wanted a good night's sleep.

Wednesday:
Inside out Diva.  Hot snot, it didn't leak!  But without a stem to anchor it, I worry that it'll tumblesault.  It seems slicker than right side out.
3pm - I actually FILLED it!  Appx 6 hours with moderately heavy flow.  I think the worst of it is just starting.
4:30 - just a little in there when I swapped it for a tampon.
9:45 - Tampon wasn't so full.  The worst of it definitely passed when I thought it was just starting.  Down to a trickle.  Right side out Diva.  Went in low but definitely opened.  Kegeling it into place???  Hoping it's right until morning and beyond.
11:30 - definitely not leaking.  Heading to bed.

Wednesday night:
Diva, right-side out.  It irritates me a little.  Makes me feel like I "have to" pee.

Thursday:
10am - swapped for small Lunette.  Very little in the Diva.  Wiped red and fresh small blip on panties.  Leaked?

Thursday night: Nothing.  Done.

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"All Small Lunette"

Sunday: just a little leakage while riding.  Not deep enough?  Did it fix itself or did it wait for me to reinsert?

Sunday night:
Felt funny when I laid down.  Did that last cycle too.
Felt better when I rolled onto my side.
4am - leakage
7am - leakage
lousy night's sleep

Monday:

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And that was all I wrote.  I don't know what I used or how successfully.

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Large Diva, Instead Softcups, small Lunette

May 8: http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/1140194.html


Monday - "threatening"
Instead from 6am to 2pm.  Very light "threatening stage" so not much in there.
Panty shield to about 5pm.  Pretty full.
Back to Instead.
9:15 felt funny, squishy.
10pm still not much in there.

Instead overnight.

Tuesday -- light to heavy
8am - not much in there.
8:45 - I can feel it.  Is it cockeyed?  Getting very curious to try out the small Lunette.
10:45 - GASP!  Instead leaked!  Swapped out for the small Lunette but I think it's in wrong.  I think I had it but then I took it out and reinserted.  Should have left it alone.
11:15 - I walked around a lot and watered my gardens, etc.  Small Lunette still feels wrong -- like it's being pushed out.  I took it out and put it back in again.  Is my cervix is hanging down REALLY low and pushing it?  It already feels like it's trying to escape again -- like it's not in deep enough but I think it's in as far as it goes.  Gonna give it some time and see what happens.
11:40 - Shoved it, squished it, super-kegels.  Messy.  Leaking?  Felt OK until I got up and walked around.  What if I swap it for the Diva?
12:15 - BLIP!  I thought it was leaking so I swapped it out for the large Diva.  No, it was probably just the residual combined with water from washing.  It probably would have been fine despite being uncomfortable.  It has only been a couple of minutes but the Diva is much more comfortable so far.
2:15 - only cos I'm thinking about it.  Diva is comfy and doesn't feel like it has been leaking.  Been up and walking, doing laundry and fish tank, not sitting here.
3:45 - DAMN!  It leaked.  Panty shield was full.  Good suction but only a LITTLE actually in the Diva.  Despite how uncomfortable it is, would the small Lunette actually work?
6:15 - no leaking.  Went pee but didn't take it out.
8pm - just a little blip of a spot on my shield -- probably just washed out from going pee last time.  Hardly anything in/on the cup.  Swapped for the small Lunette making sure I shoved it DEEP past my pubic bone this time.  I'm not sure if it's (O) on my cervix or not.  If it is, it won't leak.  If not, slobber city!
10pm - it feels like it's slipping down again.  I think I'm in a lull so I can't tell if it's leaking or not.
10:20 - went pee and checked it.  Damn, spilled it down the toilet before I could see how much was in it.  Seemed like the most so far.  I would have wanted to see how much had collected.  Rejoice!  Success!  Is this going to be my heaviest night?  Reinserted dry, just so it wouldn't slobber.

Overnight:  Small Lunette.  Paranoid for nothing.  No leaks.  3/4 full by 8am.

Wednesday - heavy to light
8am -  Swapped the small Lunette out for an Instead to give them a try on a heavier day and give myself a rest from potential poking and prodding like yesterday.
11:45 - Curious to see how much was in there but it squished and spilled before it came out.  Seemed like a "rewarding" amount.  At this point, I trust Insteads more than the cups.
3pm - pooped!  A lot seems to have spilled out of the Instead because the water was red but there was very little in the cup itself.  That tells me I can "empty" it by Kegeling.  I'm starting to like these Insteads more and more.  Especially for down at the range!  On the other hand, if I (for example) have a coughing fit, would that be enough to Kegel and empty the Instead when NOT on a toilet?
7:30 - Spotted on the shield -- only because I inserted it wet last time?  Swapped for the Lunette and do I dare keep in in until morning?
8pm - Changed my mind, swapped for the Diva.  Let's try that overnight.
11pm - Diva is leaking.  Swapped for Instead.  Still moderate flow.

Instead overnight.  Hardly anything by morning.

9:45 - Swapped to Lunette.  Can I trust it more than the Diva?
1:30 - No leaks, perfectly sealed.  But it feels low/protruding.  I've shoved it a few times but it keeps coming back.  Or is that the stem I feel?
4:15 - I can still feel it.  That must be "normal."  Gurgle?  Dumped it.  Less than 1/2 full.  Unlike Instead, NOT MESSY at all.
10:45 - Very little in it.  Brownish, been there for a while.  Removed.

CONCLUSIONS:
I hate the Diva.  Is it "difficult" or just the wrong size?
I like the Lunette.  It pops open.  It doesn't leak.  But it feels like I'm pushing it out.
I have full confidence in the Insteads but they are VERY MESSY.

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Happy Birthday to me.  I discovered cups on my 50th birthday.  If they've been around for 70+ years, where have they been hiding for the past 35+ years I've wished for alternatives to tampons???  I rushed right out and bought a Large Diva.


Large Diva

Sunday:  Noon to dinner time.  No need for the large Diva yet but I wanted to see how it would be on the bike cos we went down to the range to check on the boys.  Fine.  No problems sitting, straddling, riding, swinging my leg over the seat repeatedly or walking and bending for cone after cone after cone.  No problems going pee with it in either.  Because it's designed to "ride low," I could feel it if I thought about it, kinda like a poorly positioned tampon.  Not unpleasant or uncomfortable.  Didn't take long to get past having to convince myself that it was "supposed" to be there.  The sensation became somewhat reassuring that it was in the right place.  About 6-7 hours later, barely half a teaspoon -- threatening "I'm going to ruin your panties" stage.  Surprisingly "not icky."  Not messy.  Removed in favor of a panty liner.

Sunday night:  10:30pm - 5:30am  Didn't need it but tried it out anyway.  Comfortable.

Monday:  Teaching at the range.
5:30am - about 9am.  Started to need it -- still very light.  Dribbled a little because I put it in wet (freshly washed, not dried) and that wetness with whatever it picked up along the way slobbered out. 
About 9am, I realized that it didn't feel right.  Felt like it had shifted way back out of position and I'm guessing that it suctioned itself against the back wall instead of staying low and open to catch.  Had leaked a little, good thing I had a panty liner on.  About 1/3 full?  I probably could have just dumped and reinserted, but I removed it in favor of a tampon.  I didn't trust it and didn't want to have to mess with it again.  I want to blame the fact that it was wet and slippery when I put it in and that the undersized "anti-suction" holes locked the cup in place against the back wall where it didn't belong.  Or maybe I just put it in too deep in the first place.
Got home about 2pm and popped it back in about 3pm.  Not as active at home and didn't shift.  Did its job without leaking.  Can pee with it, no problem.  Haven't pooped with it yet.
7:30 - barely half a teaspoon and no leaks.
10:30pm - sat and watched a movie for all evening, got up and it leaked.

Monday night:
10:30 to 7:30am - tampon.

Tuesday:
7:30 to 8am - LEAKED quite a bit.  Too high?  Possibly.  Re-adjusted lower.
12:15 - leaked a little but about 1/3 full.  A semblance of success.
2:30 - no leaks, went pee, left it alone.  Reading online.  Many complain about "Migration" = slipping down as if it's going to fall out.  But mine travels inward.  Could mine be too big?  (Cos I've always been proud of being "tight.")
3:30 - it just didn't feel right so I took it out and tried again.  No leaks but very little in it.  I'm starting to think the SMALL Lunette might be the one for me cos the larges (Lunette and Diva) are both 46mm wide and I feel "full" down there.  Is that what "too big" feels like?  The small Lunette is much shorter and narrower but still has "more capacity" than the US/UK Moons.  Damn, I wish they weren't so expensive.  One of the sites says it takes 3 cycles to get the hang of cups.  I don't have that luxury.  I need it to work first time, every time.
4:15 - It feels like it moved up too high again but didn't do anything until...
7:30 - Didn't leak.  Very little in it.  Does it only work when my flow is light?  Does it only work if I'm not active?
9pm - Starting to feel irritated down there.  Removed in favor of just a panty liner.

Tuesday night: tampon

Wednesday:
panty liner then out to rake leaves with it in.  Leaked = my fault.  Not in right.  Fixed it.  Fine for about an hour, then it slipped and leaked again.  Frustrated.  Tampon.  More clear liquid than red.

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