ow ow ow ow ow damn you DivaCup!

[leave-it-be.livejournal.com]

so i got my DivaCup last night and tried to use it this morning. and the damn thing nearly ripped me up! it was so weird. i'm not a virgin but for some reason i couldn't get it inside of me and the cup popped back open before it was all the way in and whatever might have been left of my hymen is ruined. i tried a couple of times and it hurt too much so i gave up for the time being. i don't know how to get the stupid thing in and it hurts. i was so excited to use it. and then it hurt my vag!

does anyone have any ideas as to how i can get the stupid thing in??

i also bought sea sponges and those things are way bigger than i thought...

Comments

[lindsey-nichole.livejournal.com]

extra lube, and make sure you've got ahold of it. it took me a few tries to get it in. and most importantly relax relax relax!

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

Welll, I personally tried the instead cups, thinking that if they worked like the everyone says they do, I'd get a diva. BUT--my vagina is too damned small. Literally. It's too small. Go figure. *shrug*

[fumblerette1.livejournal.com]

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[robynchick.livejournal.com]

Ok really really deep breath!
Lube it up with some water based lube (the cup) if you need to and re-read the package directions. They tell your really well how to get it in. Fold it up so it's little and thing and hold on tight. Then just insert the rim. Keep holding the base so it doesn't unfold on you. Once it's in all the way let go. then twist on the stem so it pops open. It'll take a few tries until you get it so don't give up yet!

[atalanta0jess.livejournal.com]

Hey Friend!! I hope it doesn't seem weird that I read this...I didn't even realize it was you at first - i thought it was just another fun diva cup thread! I have one too, and it took me a long time to get the hang of it. Ditto to the folding thing, and then putting the folded edge in first (the side that's on the left side of that diagram)

Also when I first started, I would lie on my back with my legs apart (the gyno position! yay!) and put it in that way. It was easier, even though it feels strange, and doesn't work well in public bathrooms ;) I just used tampons when i was out and "practiced" with the diva cup when I was at home.

Hurts like a fuck when it pops open on you, doesn't it? Ouch! (not like an actual fuck...)

finally, they say not to cut the stem all the way off, but I did. As long as you don't actually cut the cup part (duh) its fine. Its not like its gonna get stuck, and it is way comfier for me with no stem.

[the-olive.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the first time I tried using a cup I shredded some sad remnant of my hymen. Then I had to put on a pad.

Irony.

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

I couldn't get the cup or the sponges in, so I stuck with my Lunapads.