Mooncup problems (TMI obviously)

I wouldn't call myself an expert, but if you've cut the stalk off and the bit that's left is still very close to the entrance, then I'd say you haven't placed it high enough up. Can you feel your mooncup when you're sitting and standing? It should be high enough so you can't feel it, and when you take it out, it should (at least for me) be high enough so you can just grasp it - sometimes you'll need to bear down so you can move it down to grab level.

I'm not an expert either, but it might still be slightly 'folded' (i.e. not making a perfect vacuum seal). Try running your finger round the edge once it's been inserted, or squeezing your vaginal muscles once it's inserted. I do the latter, as i find it also helps it to move up slightly and is therefore more comfortable.

Good luck!

Sounds like it needs to be a bit higher.

have you taken all the stalk off? i had to as i could feel it.

tmi. i have to get my legs really far apart to get it in properly. fnar fnar.

I'm just shuving it, into the point as to where I would put a tampon- should it go higher?

I am also getting quiet messey with it all, I can't understand how others don't get messey and their fingers covered.

?Its more like gloop than blood

It is quite gloopy with a mooncup ? it just takes practice but it does sound like its too low or the stalk is catching

TMI!

I get messy too, and my periods are fairly light. I also find when I take it out there's usually a (TMI!!!!) 'string' of blood between me and it so it's gloopy for me too.

Still - it's all so worth it, I think.

When I take it out, I normally hold a pad of tissue close to me and 'slide' the mooncup onto it to catch any bits like that and dab after it's out. Bitter experience ?

Thank you so much for the encouragement and for not laughing at me. I will keep trying.

Its good to know am not alone in the messey gloop.

Similar to the 'is it high enough' question - is it making the seal properly? If you give a little tug on the stalk does it feel like it is attached? The vacuum seal means when you tug the mooncup, you can feel that it has sealed against yourself (IYSWIM). Alternately, if you don't have to break the seal to remove it (ie you can just pull it out) it hasn't sealed against you properly.

To seal it, just make sure it is all the way up before you release the fold in the mooncup. To check, just give a little tug.

I'm heavy the first couple of days and I find that I leak too sometimes. I have actually filled it when I've had a particulary big clot(s) so I know that it's going to leak then. Sometimes it just seems overwhelmed by one clot even though it's not full.

For peace of mind I use an always nighttime pad as well as the mooncup overnight and then a normal one during the day (more as a panty liner to catch any leaks IYSWIM) it might sound like a faff but for me, it's only a couple of pads each month so hardly an extra expense.

ETA- I probably am an expert having used a mooncup for about 6yrs pre and post baby.

I never got mine to work when I had the non hormonal coil. I posted here and was in contact with the nurse @ mooncup but nothing helped. The blood collected on the outside as well as the inside of the mooncup, no matter of position adjustment made any difference. Its only worked for me since I had a mirena coil fitted.