Keeper Question

[nuwanda-1998.livejournal.com]

Okay all you Keeper using ladies in the immediate area! I have a question regarding my new keeper. This is my first period using this device, and so far I like it and all is going relatively well, but what I want to know is how do you deal with emptying, rinsing, reinsterting this aparatus in a public bathroom where there are several stalls and the sinks are in a communal area?

Also, I seem to be experiencing more cramping than I typically do with my cycle... has anyone else experienced increased cramping while using the Keeper, or could this just be a coincidence?

Comments

[amylynn.livejournal.com]

i just wrote a big long response to this. lj ate it. grrrrr.
in a nutshell, what i said is
a) you might not need to even be emptying in a public bathroom, since it's safe for up to 12 hours, unless your flow is heavy (in which case, i'm hoping someone else can give you number-of-hours advice)
b) nothing to be embarassed about if you wanna rinse it in the public sink, and anyone who's nosy enough to ask questions probably doesn't *really* want to know what it's for, which is why you should pay back their nosiness by telling them all about it ;)
c) if you're just too mortified by going out of the stall and rinsing it in the sink, you can always wipe it off with toilet paper, baby wipes, paper towels, whatever. i wouldn't do it more than twice in a day, but it'll hold you until you get home.
hope this helped.
-amy

[her-again.livejournal.com]

or wet some paper towels before you go into the stall :)

[nuwanda-1998.livejournal.com]

Thank you ladies!

The second and sometimes third days of my cycle are very heavy, and the longest I can go without emptying the cup is seven hours... if I wait longer than that I get a little leaking. Of course if I were in public (like shopping or something for the day) I suppose I could just wear one of my cloth panty liners/pads to solve that problem.

I'll try the paper towel thing... and I'm laughing my ass off at the suggestion to corner some nosey bitch in the bathroom and tell her all about The Keeper's functions and what it is I'm rinsing off in the sink. Most women would just about shit I would think... since most women are brought up to find the expelled lining of their own uteruses to be as disgusting as if someone had smeared feces on them. My 37 year old sister, and 40 year old best friend think this whole Keeper thing is horrifying, and cannot believe I am actually using it. Good grief.

How sad that is, imho... but what you said makes me giggle.. thanks!