Little bit grrr at GreenBeans

Ha ha! Coming Sep!

I have to confess Ginger, I bought the last two rocket liners from Greenbeans just before you would have ordered the robot ones. I was getting too impatient waiting for the next upload of new stock (which I always miss anyway) and am soooo not a robot or rocket person, but chose the most appealing out of the two. Sorry!

I am working up to a mooncup.

Mazzy wrote: I have to confess Ginger, I bought the last two rocket liners from Greenbeans just before you would have ordered the robot ones.

How completely inconsiderate Mazzy!

ginger wrote: Mazzy wrote: I have to confess Ginger, I bought the last two rocket liners from Greenbeans just before you would have ordered the robot ones. How completely inconsiderate Mazzy!

Hee hee! So I guess we will both be waiting for the next lot to go on sale then huh? The rocket ones arrived today and they're actually better than I thought they looked online, so you may be surprised with the robots.

nikkiwhyte wrote: [QUOTE=porcelina] Here's another silly question .... tampons are fairly easy to tell if they are due to be changed, how do you tell with a mooncup?

Because you can see how much is in there when you empty it, you can figure out how long you can leave it before emptying. I empty in the morning and at night... and that's nowhere near full!
QUOTE]

Same here...I only empty once a day.

And tampons can't be as hygenic if they have associate risks...the fact that mooncup has none speaks for the safetly of it really.

I steralise once a month and hot wash in between uses.

Those liners look great! I never knew you could get those. So who else uses those???
I have a moon cup, but only got to use it 2x between having a baby, getting my period and getting pregnant again! (lucky me! )

Hehe, had to laugh at the 'coming sep' haha

Alright, found the FAQ on the Mooncup site and this is what it says -

Dear Su
I've been using my Mooncup for the first time these past few days and it
seems to be working really well. Everything everyone says about it on your
site is true. I particularly like the idea that I can forget about it and
just need to empty it once on waking and once before sleep. However I'm still a little concerned about the risk of toxic shock syndrome from leaving it in for a long time.
My cup only gets about half full in half a day, so is it okay to leave it in for those 8 hours without changing it?

Thanks
Lucy

Dear Lucy
Thank you for your email. I am glad that you are getting along with your Mooncup! You are right to be concerned about toxic shock syndrome, and with the Mooncup it is important to regularly remove and clean it as by doing so you prevent any build-up of the bacteria that cause this illness. We recommend that you remove and clean your Mooncup 4 times during a 24-hour day and that you boil it for 5 minutes between periods. TSS has been linked to high absorbency and prolonged use of tampons. The Mooncup differs from tampons in that the material that it is made of does not support the growth of bacteria in the way that the rayons and cottons used in tampons do. Menstrual cups have been around since the 1930s but have not been associated with toxic shock syndrome. TSS is most common in women aged between the ages of 15 and 19 and the risk of contracting it decreases with age. As a precaution, you should be aware that the symptoms of TSS could include sudden high fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, dizziness, fainting, or a rash rather like sunburn. Should you experience these symptoms during your period you should remove your Mooncup and contact your GP immediately. I hope that this information is useful for you.

Best Wishes
Su

Edited by nikkiwhyte

That was just from the website... not my email.

www.mooncup.co.uk

Hey if you are really impatient or too slow to get the outrageous ones, theres a few other sites...

Aunt Flo
Red Rag

Helen who runs Red Rag is super cool.

And a very apt name I think... for what we are dealing with you can't be too shy about it

Edited by nikkiwhyte