Cups

[zellie-bean.livejournal.com]

I'm interested to switching to a more permanent cup (I've been using Insteads) and have a couple questions...

I use a silicone based lube during sex and have sex when menstruating, would this be damaging to a silicone cup? (I think Keeper was the only non-silicone one? I heard bad things about their response time/customer service though ): ) and how much so? Is there anything I could be doing to avoid damaging it? Cleaning up somehow? But will I need lube to be getting the cup in (they look large compared to insteads!)? If so, recomend any lubes? I was looking into liquid silk but heard the taste was bad which would be a problem since my partner and I nearly always finish with oral.

How much leakage is normal with a cup? --I didn't trust insteads to swim with, honestly. They're comfortable but if I laugh/twitch/sneeze/etc too hard it seems like the entire cup disgorges itself.

Can you swim with a cup in? (that relates to leakage too)

Where/how do you store a cup?

Anyone use cloth pads in conjuction with a cup in case of leakage? What size do you use? I was thinking pantiliner for insurance even if cups rarely ever leak.