Diva

So almost every time I get together with a certain group of friends we end up talking about the Diva Cup.  We have joked many a times about how we should blog about our Diva Cup experiences. *light bulb* I have a blog why dont I blog about the Diva Cup... *pause* I cant write about that it deals with *pause nervously looking around* periods.  Did I seriously just think that?  Society has trained me well.  I as a women should never talk about my period its gross and nasty and no one wants to hear about that.  Well to hell with that I am going to talk about the Diva Cup and periods so if that bothers you stop now, actually maybe it will be good for you to read ahead push your comfort zone a little.

Well the story started several months ago at a conference where one of the topics was the Diva Cup.  Now I was presenting during this time so I could not go, but to be honest I would not have gone to this talk even if I had not been presenting.  I was not one of those feminist that embraces there period and thinks how wonderful and amazing it is.  Hell I still am not my period annoys me. And I though I would never try the Diva Cup I mean how gross you have to deal with a cup of menstrual blood every time you take it out. 

Fast forward a month or so....
A friend of mine tries out said Diva Cup and raves about how amazing it is.  I will admit this planted a seed of doubt in my  belief that Diva Cups were simply not for me.  I ended up deciding to go out and get one and give it a try. 

A week or so later I get my period.  After the first week I was not convinced the Diva Cup was amazing but after my second period I was.  Now I am completely hooked!  I love how the Diva Cup is reusable now I do not have to buy expensive tampons every month and who knew that the period smell is not actually due to your period it is due to the woad of cotton I chose to shove up my vagina every month.  Using the Diva Cup period smell is completely gone!!!  I will admit that getting it in and out the first few times, okay for that entire first period, can be a little difficult.   That first week it was like I was doing aerobics in my bathroom trying to get it in and out.  (lift leg, spin to the left, lower leg a little, bend down... dammit still cant get it in.  Okay squat, relax, shimmy to the right.... Yes its in oh crap it suctioned to early take 800)  and that was just getting it in.  Getting it out was a whole other issue for me. I am just very grateful to have a wonderful partner who helped keep me calm when I was convinced the Diva Cup was stuck inside me forever. Turns out it was not and that panicking and squeezing your vag mussels makes getting the cup out even harder haha (I was the only one who had extreme difficulty getting it out but I like to be different haha.).  The actual cup of blood is not nearly as gross as I thought it would be in fact its not bad at all.  Although I will not march out of a public bathroom stall proudly holding my Diva Cup of blood to empty and clean out and thankfully I can wear it long enough not to have to even take it out in public.  Overall the Diva Cup is a good investment in my opinion and it makes having your period a little less annoying.