Diva Cup problem?

[sorbetdelight.livejournal.com]

Hi,
I've been using the Diva Cup for 5 years now and I think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. I've recommended it to many friends, blah blah.
But I went to the gyno recently and during the exam she casually said "your cervix is tilted down". When I asked her what that means she just said it happens. Not very helpful, but I didn't think much of it.
Now last night I was talking a female friend in her 60s and she said she used to use a similar menstrual cup when she was young and her doctor said they make your cervix tilt down and make it very hard to get pregnant. Supposedly as a result of suction or something. She said they took them off the market for a long time.
I've never heard of this, but sometimes when I take the diva cup out, I can feel what I assume is my cervix, and it almost has a shape as though it's been in the cup. I always thought it didn't go up far enough to cause anything like that, but now I'm starting to worry a bit.
Is it possible for the Diva Cup to cause changes in your cervix tilt?
Does that mean pregnancy is more difficult?
 

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/prettyhowtown_/]

Hmm... I highly doubt it would cause a real problem. I don't think the suction is strong enough to really change the placement of your cervix. Usually the cup sits low enough that the cervix isn't directly "pulled" into the cup-- it's just kind of hanging over the top.

[hairballsplat.livejournal.com]

i too doubt it would cause a problem, but my cup doesn't sit low. my cup takes up the entire length of my vag. from opening to cervix. my cervix sits in my cup. right or wrong, that's how it sits.

[sorbetdelight.livejournal.com]

I think mine does too.

[forwhataim.livejournal.com]

It's probably not a right/wrong thing. It's probably just an anatomical variance thing. Short people, tall people; short vaginal canal, long vaginal canal.

[rockstarbob.livejournal.com]

I've always had a tilt, even before I discovered menstrual cups. I used them for 10 years before we decided to get pregnant. Both of my pregnancies have happened on the first cycle, too!

So while this is anecdotal, I don't know of any studies that corroborate the idea of menstrual cup suction somehow causing fertility issues.

[kuradi8.livejournal.com]

Cups are not held in place by suction http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/2091967.html so there's something wrong with the reasoning behind their logic. Many people have a tilted cervix. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just tilted. And Mother Nature probably caused it, not a cup.

[ursula-666.livejournal.com]

I agree. And to add to that, OP, we used to think draining "bad blood" cured illnesses so maybe your friend is thinking of outdated information.

[atalanta0jess.livejournal.com]

Some people just have tilted cervixes. As far as I know, it has no impact on getting pregnant - the sperm don't care which way the cervix points, as long as its there. A quick google indicates that it might possibly make it slightly more difficult because the semen isn't being shot straight onto the opening of your cervix, but I would imagine the impact of that is fairly negligible.

[paraxeni.livejournal.com]

I have a wonky cervix, never used a cup. My partner has a beautifully aligned cervix, and she's a proud cup user. We're all different!

Just remember, people used to think that stress caused stomach ulcers, that walking barefoot on cold floors gave you kidney infections, and that tampons caused endometriosis. Things change, and it's probable that a friend of that age has internalised all the old folk legends about what caused illness, and isn't up to date on the actual science behind them. My mother's only 55 and I get stuff like that all the time, my father in law is 75 and is a nightmare regarding medical folklore. He will not beieve the word of anyone who does not possess testicles, and frequently tries to mansplain to women how everything works, despite being hilariously wrong.