I don't really have a great story to tell or anything, but I'll throw in my story incase it does help.

My first menstruation was when I was in sixth grade, or eleven years old. I felt like an outcast because no one, that I knew, had started it yet. I was scared, but later learned it to be a natural part of life.

I've never used the cup, but I use Tampax Pearl. I don't know if you need to know that, but there it is.

My name is Laura, I'm 20, and I'm from NH.