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Kotex Tampon Recall
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hi jennyjenny, I see youre from Fayettville. I used to be a Dickson, TN girl myself before the travel bug bit me good. Anyhow, I've got both a lunette cup and a lady cup and I'm just OK with them. I think they're better than tampons for sure and miles better than pads but I'm still not exactly raving about them. Once you get them up in there they dont leak unless they overfll but they are a lot less conveniant to change than tampons. And no matter what people say, I can feel them. I've switched to cups for my last 5 periods and I feel I'm using them right just still not happy. Now I'm considering getting an IUD and just being done with the whole mess for 5 years. My 2cents
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@ emvivi, you still get ur cycle with an iud..I had one for 4 yrs and had problems,bleeding during intercourse,and still had a cycle..an iud is just a form of birth control, doesn’t do anything for cycle..
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And this is yet another reason I am thankfull I am a depo user. Otherwise I would probably be running to make sure I dont have these tampons sense they were for sale in my state.
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I’ve tried the cups before and I liked them but I’ve had IUDs for about 6 years and don’t get a cycle any more. So, obviously I don’t need the cups anymore (hooray for Mirena!) but I would still recommend them.
Btw, don’t get an IUD just to stop your cycles. It happens for a lot of women but not all.
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It was actually my doctor who suggested I get the IUD to stop my periods because I travel all the time and during the first day of my cycle I often get extremely nauseous. For a while I was using birth control pills without stopping but then I lost my health insurance and its too expensive. An IUD in the long run is cheaper. Also I'm deathly afraid of needles so the depo shot isnt really appealing.
Did you ever try using a cup with the IUD? Online I read a horror story about a girl who did and had, uh, complications but you cant believe everything you read online for sure!
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I actually got the IUD for the same reason. My periods were awful and the PMS was borderline psychosis! But I have heard too many women say that they still got their cycles after having one inserted so I don’t think it should be the main reason for getting one (considering the expense). But that is just my thought on it. I damn sure love mine tho!
I can’t imagine what the horror story could be with a cup and IUD. The IUD is inside your uterus and the cup is not. I’m morbidly curious tho! haha!
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Don’t want to hijack but I have an IUD (mirena). It doesn’t completely stop my monthly visitor but they’re a lot lighter and it has the bonus that I can’t forget a pill or whatever.
I’ve also been curious about menstrual cups but have been too much of a scaredy cat to try one plus the one off cost puts me off (silly, I know!). Good to hear that others are using it and their feedback!
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I lova love luurrrrvveee my divacup. I acually finally bought it about a year al after years of curiosity because of another thread here about it.
I noticed a few people here saying they don’t work great for you/can feel them/aren’t your favorite thing. I experimented with flipping mine inside out before inserting. It works a lot better on days my cervix is low because it makes it shorter. I also found that the suggested forward placement leaks for me. I have to slide mine up further so it sits around my cervix like a diaphragm/cervical cap. I can kind of feel when it lands in the right spot, then I just run my finger in a circle around the edge to make sure it’s all around my cervix, then I get no leaks and I’m good to go!
Now one of my ovaries isn’t as nice as the other, so approximately every other cycle has heavier bleeding and cramps. I do occasionally use super heavy duty tampons for the first day or two or backup my cup with a liner (not a pad, just a thin liner. Pads be bads.) on those cycles just because I’m changing so frequently.
Where it’s really a godsend is that if I’m expecting my period, I can wear it the whole day before and the day after to catch spotting without worry of TSS like you would have if you were wearing a tamp
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I lova love luurrrrvveee my divacup. I acually finally bought it about a year al after years of curiosity because of another thread here about it.
I noticed a few people here saying they don’t work great for you/can feel them/aren’t your favorite thing. I experimented with flipping mine inside out before inserting. It works a lot better on days my cervix is low because it makes it shorter. I also found that the suggested forward placement leaks for me. I have to slide mine up further so it sits around my cervix like a diaphragm/cervical cap. I can kind of feel when it lands in the right spot, then I just run my finger in a circle around the edge to make sure it’s all around my cervix, then I get no leaks and I’m good to go!
Now one of my ovaries isn’t as nice as the other, so approximately every other cycle has heavier bleeding and cramps. I do occasionally use super heavy duty tampons for the first day or two or backup my cup with a liner (not a pad, just a thin liner. Pads be bads.) on those cycles just because I’m changing so frequently.
Where it’s really a godsend is that if I’m expecting my period, I can wear it the whole day before and the day after to catch spotting without worry of TSS like you would have if you were wearing a tampon.
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Sorry about the double post! I wish we had a delete button. 🙁
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