Hi guys. I hope you’re doing well.
Today, I’m going to talk about a girly topic. So if you’re a guy and you don’t
want to hear me talk about periods and stuff, then you shouldn’t watch this
video. I wanted to talk about a method that I started using while I’m on my
period the is eco-friendly. If you’re interested in finding out more about the
menstrual cup and my Experience with it, then just keep on watching.
I’ve been using a
menstrual cup for two cycles now, and if you’re wondering what a menstrual cup
is, it looks like this.
It looks quite a bit
bigger than a tampon. Mine is really nice and purple and comes with a ring at
the end.
I’m using the Meluna M, and
it comes in this satin kind of bag.
I purchased it from a
German drugstore called Diem, so if you have that in your area, especially if
you’re from Germany or Austria, you will find it easily there. If not, you can
also order them online. I’ll try and put a link down below. But you don’t have
to get this one. There are a lot of different menstrual cups out there suitable
to your size and body, and also the strength of your flow. And whether you’ve
had children or not. I just went with this one, because I have two friends
using it, and they recommended it to me, I actually have three friends using it,
and they both liked it. That’s why I went with it.
I first heard about
menstrual cups quite a few months ago, in full when I was talking to some of my
friends. One of them said that she had started using one recently, because a
friend of hers introduced her to it while they went camping. She said that she
was so Happy that she had it with her, because if you’re camping and you always
have to dispose of your tampons or your pads, it’s quite annoying. If you’re in
Nature, you can’t always throw them away, so you have to carry them with you
through your whole trip. Everyone said that that’s quite inconvenient. I also
started thinking about Festivals and stuff where it would be a lot easier to
have a different way to soak up your blood.
My friend was using the
Mooncup, I think, and she said she really liked it. So, I really wanted to try
that as well, even though I was a bit unsure about it, because I never quite
got used to tampons, because I always thought they felt really uncomfortable
for me, because I don’t like the feeling of having something inside me and also,
because there is the risk of getting Toxic Shock Syndrome, which always scared
me a bit as a hypochondriac. So, I went with pads, which was fine, but it was
kind of annoying. If you’re a girl, you understand the problem. After my friend
suggested the Mooncup, I went to a natural shop in Luxembourg, but they didn’t
have the Mooncup, they only had the Diva Cup, which is another type of
menstrual cup, and I got that. I was really excited to try it out for my next
cycle, but my Experience with the DivaCup was terrible. At first, it took me a
while to practice different folding techniques and getting it in, because as
you’ve seen, it’s bigger than a tampon. There are different folding methods,
which I’ll show you later in this video. With DivaCup,
I managed to put it in and I left it in for three or four hours. But after
that, I got kind of nervous, and I wanted to get it out again and that was
almost impossible. It was really difficult to get it out. I struggled for quite
a while. I got quite anxious, because I thought that I wouldn’t be able to get
it out anymore. I was panicking. My mom wasn’t there to help me out, either. In
the end, I got it out but after that I was kind of shocked and I was like I’m
not sure if I want to use this again, because it really made me uncomfortable.
Having something in your body and not being able to get it out.
For a while I was like, That’s
it for the menstrual cup, I’m not going to use one anymore. I had two cycles in
between where I didn’t it anymore. I went back to pads. While I was using pads
again, It would be a lot easier if I was just using menstrual cup. So I started
doing some research, and I found out that there were more brands. And because
two of my friends got the Meluna, they said that liked it and they never had
any problems with not being able to get it out, I decided to buy the Meluna. Then
I had my first cycle with it. Obviously because I had the Experience with the
DivaCup which wasn’t as nice, I was anxious that the same would happen to me
again. This time around, I was really surprised. I had really no difficulties
to get it out. I think it’s because it has quite a different shape than
DivaCup. It’s more round at the bottom and it has a ring instead of a stem. So
that made it a lot easier for me to grasp it and to get it out.
When I first started using
it, I had some problems with leaking. I would always recommend, if you’re
getting used to a menstrual cup, to wear some organic cotton pads, which is what
I did, in case there is a little leaking accident or whatever. My first cycle
with Meluna was really. I started to really like it, because if you’re wearing
it, it feels like you’re not on your period. I heard so many People that have
used the menstrual cup tell me that. That’s just, you know, What else would you
like. Most of them, you can wear up to eight hours, but I’ve used it for a bit
more than that and there’s no problem with that. Because if you’re using
tampons and you’re wearing them for a longer period of time, you are at a
higher risk of getting Toxic Shock Syndrome, whereas with the menstrual cup,
that can’t happen, because it’s not absorbing anything it’s just collecting.
The only thing that can happen if you wear it for a longer period of time is
that it will overfill and leak. That never happened to me. If you want to wear it in the evening and you go to bed at
ten, but you want to sleep in and you wake up at ten again, it’s been in for
twelve hours. I don’t think that’s going to be a problem. It’s just that it can
leak, of course.
What I really like about
it is that it doesn’t really feel like you’re wearing anything. With tampons, I
always had the feeling that I could feel them inside and it’d make me
uncomfortable and they always wanted to get it out again as soon as possible.
With the menstrual cup, if it fits right, you’re not feeling that it’s there
and it just collects your blood. At the end of the day, you just take it out
and you clean it with water and you can put it in again. Another important
thing to mention is that once you finish your cycle, or you if you happen to
accidentally drop it during your period or it falls into the toilet, which has
happened to me before, you have to sterilise it. And for that, you just put it
in boiling water for a few minutes. Mine says three minutes on the instructions,
and then you put it back in your bag, and you can keep it for the next period. Overall,
I’ve used mine for two cycles now, and I’m sold. I think it’s such a good way,
and such a good Invention as well, because it’s a lot more handy you’re out and
you don’t want to have any waste. If you’re someone who like to travel outdoors
a lot, it’s really convenient. If you’re exercising as well, because you know. There
is a suction, which you always have to watch out for but it explains all that
in the booklet that comes with your menstrual cup. After it’s sucked into your
tube, that’s why it can’t leak. If you’re moving around, it will not overfill
or leak. It’s really convenient for that.
The most important reason is that it’s
eco-friendly, which is why I started using it as well. I’m an ethical vegan and
I’m trying to care more about the Environment and using less plastic and less
waste. I think if you’re interested in that,
getting a menstrual cup and switching to that kind of collection method on your
period is a great Idea.
I
can show you a few folds. As you can see, because it’s quite big, you’re
not just going to insert it like that. The most common folds are either the C
fold, which you just fold it into two and that looks like that.
I don’t really don’t like
this fold that much. I tend to use the punchdown fold, which is where you just
push down and then it looks like that, so a lot smaller and then you just
insert it like that.
If you decide to use a
menstrual cup, you will obviously get more into contact with your body and to
your blood as well, so it may be something new to you. I don’t see anything
wrong. It’s not a problem for me. I just got used to it and it allows you to
learn more about your body and how everything works. Even though you will be in
contact with your blood, but it’s just your own blood. It’s okay.
So that was my little
more unusual video where I’m talking about a Product. As you know me, I don’t
like to make you buy things or review Products or talk about anything that’s
related to Consumerism, because. I think this is actually against Consumerism,
because if you use a menstrual cup, you can keep it up to ten years and you
will save a lot of Money on buying tampons and pads, which is great. I think
this menstrual cup cost me about 15€. Most of them are between 10-20€. You will
save a lot of Money compared to your usual tampon or pad expenses.
That was it for this
video. I hope you liked it. If you did, give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my
channel if you haven’t already. I will be very looking forward for my next
video. Bye, guys.
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