Diva Cup tip

[annis39.livejournal.com]

Since getting my Diva cup, I've sometimes had difficulty getting it to pop open once I get it inside my vaginal canal, and nothing that i tried was helping (twisting, inserting my finger parallel to the cup and "stirring," jumping around. contorting my body, cursing). Last night however, I had a little brainstorm and may have come up with something useful: run the cup under cold water for ~10 seconds or so. I had usually been rinsing it in warm water (that making it feel nicer to insert), but warm water makes the silicone very slightly more pliable, just enough more pliable that it doesn't want to pop out. Putting it under cold water, OTOH, stiffens the silicone a little and makes it more apt to pop open! This can be a little annoying if you're still getting the hang of insertion, but it's better than dancing around for 10 minutes trying to get it to pop open inside.

cross-posted to vaginapagina.

Comments

[longpig.livejournal.com]

Interesting... I will give that a try next time the bees visit!

[babybloodheart.livejournal.com]

Cool, although my mooncup never pops open, just takes your thumb to guide it in while still keeping to folded.

[ladieophilia.livejournal.com]

all this is doing is reminding me I need to order one...*looks to thecredit card* grr...do you think that I will be here within a few days? grrr...
I have these great images of the DivaCup dance (somewhere in between the twist and the jerk with a little dash the mash potato?)

[annis39.livejournal.com]

something like that, with the addition of little pauses to do kegels in hopes that they'll add pressure in the right spots. :-)

delivery time probably depends on where you order it from . . . i ordered from Luapads, and it came within a week (just in time for my period, actually).

[ladieophilia.livejournal.com]

Doesn't matter...it started twenty minutes after I posted :( so I will have to wait for the next one, but that means that I will definately have it in time for that one! And I can probably try it out first, like a dry run, so when the time comes I am not fooling around in the bathroom with blood on my hands!

[whoremoan.livejournal.com]

i will try that because sometimes the darned thing wont pop for me either.

[skeptictank.livejournal.com]

rofl @ you jumping around yelling at your vagina.