#menstrual disc

[lgbtqiatext]

[azazelhazel]

putting a menstrual disc in is kinda like the iron lung movie. i be mapping it out. im the iron lung and the bloody ocean. and as one, we get underneath the cervix. and save the world

[starskipper]

Menstrual products

last note!!! for now

Menstrual products, this will be a long one there a lot here

what i would recommend are reusable discs and cups, 100% silicone can be washed and boiled for sterilization and reused after so you only ever need to buy one of these, and from what I've read they're more comfortable than tampons and pads. So you don't need to deal with the potential dysphoria of pads and tampons, also they hold wayy more blood. they're tiny too they can be kept in a little pouch in your pocket way more discreet and neutral packaging than tampons and pads, most of the ones i found were blue too if that helps anyone's dysphoria. also because they're completely internal people can still pack with them. now i have this article, but it makes lots of assumptions about the person reading, and it isn't inclusive so what I'm going to do is ill link it anyway as a source in case anyone can stomach it but ill explain the concepts they go over here without the assumptions and all that ill also just redraw the graphs too so the article explains the difference between discs and cups

now into the specific differences between the two: from what ive read discs are more comfortable than cups but harder to remove, discs also hold way more blood than the cup does

cups use suction and your muscles to keep it in place(your muscles don't keep it in place consciously so you don't need to do anything it'll just stay there) while discs sit behind your pelvic bone and rely on that to stay in place so if your pelvic bone or muscles work differently or aren't formed the same you might need to pick only one or the other cup can stay in for 12 hours and holds 2-4 tampons of blood with good care they last 10 years and are all reusable from this brand here is how to fold the cup to insert it you want to make sure it unfolds once it's in place, and it has suction to catch what it needs to

disc stays in for 12 hours and holds 3-6 tampons of blood or 30-50 mL the reusable ones last 10 years, and they make disposable ones and reusable ones here is how to pinch the disc on the left picture let it unfold once its in position to catch the blood make sure its rim is positioned inside behind the pelvic bone. There should be a rim on the lip of one side of the disc. If you struggle with pelvic dysfunction you might need a softer menstrual cup like a Saalt Soft Cup, or Saalt Menstrual Disc (which i would recommend anyway because the site says those two are the most comfortable) ok to remove the cup has a stem don't tug that just squeeze it and the suction should break if it doesn't then break the suction by pressing the side of the cup for the disc just pull back the rim, and it'll come right out it doesn't use suction so this should be easier. ok so with the disc most discs are built to have the rim sit on the posterior which means it sits with the rim behind but saalt discs have the rim in the anterior which means they face front.

ok now under here are going to be the diagrams I drew

I labeled them too :) this shows the differences in where they would go

[chaosified]

Best feeling fr>>>

[cosmonautistic]

I just got an email about the Merula cup and I'm curious what heavy bleeders are saying. I want to switch from tampons but the Diva cup hurts too much. Something about the suction and my autism + the Endometriosis and my pain.

I don't want to use tampons anymore because they just fill up too easily (even the Ultras) and I'm going through pads too quickly. But I'm not sure which menstrual cup or disc to use that won't cause discomfort or ick with the suction.

[creatrix-codex]

My #1 Women's Health Tip

DO NOT - under any fucking circumstances - cut up peppers, wash your hands once, say "that's sufficient", and go put in a menstrual disc.

[kittyweed666]

A review of the small saalt menstrual disc : by a trans guy

You may be asking, why are you doing this? Didn't you make a post before saying they sounded scary or like they would kind of suck? Why did you pick possibly the smallest possible menstrual disc on the market despite being a grown adult?

Well first and foremost I bought this thing with the intention of exclusively using it for period sex. My sex partner doesn't like period blood and we wanted to fuck, and I got my period the day before we were going to meet up. So you see my dilemma here.

My options were as follows: don't have sex, or try some form of menstrual disc. I went with the second option.

I went to a drug store and saw they had disposable discs. Cool! Not really what I was looking for though because it was like $15 for a pack of 12. That's 6 days worth if I got it perfectly correct the first try, or I guess 12 sexual experiences. Lame. So I went to a different store for a reusable disc. Then I got in the checkout line and looked at the box which said it held 70 fucking mL of blood to which I was like ok... I don't need it to do that. I'm a small person. I'm getting this so I can fuck easier. I want there to be space for a dick. So I put it back and went to a different store to try a 3rd time. That time they had 3 options and I stood there alone as a dude in the tampon aisle for 20 minutes looking up specs on these things on store wifi. Eventually I was like fuck it. I'm getting the small one, I don't care if that causes a problem later (bc apparently if it's too small it can pop out of place and leak or something?) I'm only using this for sex. So I bought it.

The review starts here.

It cost me $17 because I think the people at the store mislabeled it, massive win for me.

I put it in. I really wasn't sure if I was doing it right. It seemed like I couldn't get it far back enough and I was thinking, what if it's too big?? Too small?? Idk I've never done this shit before. Whatever.

It literally feels like nothing when it's in. Way less noticeable than anything else I've ever tried: pads, tampons, period underwear or cups. Totally discreet if you ask me. I felt like I was doing it wrong bc I couldn't feel it at all.

Trying to pee with it in was fine. A little bit of blood kind of got past the cup when I did that but, I looked it up and apparently that's not a bug, that's a feature. "Auto dumping" or something. People like it I guess. I would personally prefer that not to happen. I honestly can't understand why you would want that to happen. But it happens anyway regardless of if you want it to or not, so you better wipe really well because there's gonna be blood on that toilet paper or in your underwear. This is apparently true for all discs, not just the saalt disc.

I slept with it in, no issues there. Woke up. Tried to take it out to empty it. It definitely felt like it was behind my pubic bone that time but it was pretty easy to take out, physically speaking. It's just, with discs? They go WAYY back there. So you have to be comfortable putting a finger pretty deep in there. Fortunately I'm comfortable with that because, well, I bought this for sex. However!!!!

Holy shit, this thing is messy to remove. I got blood all over my hand, and a good amount on my bathroom floor. I assume if I'd been smart and done this over a toilet it wouldn't have gotten on the floor. But it definitely would have still gotten on my hands. I do not believe I could reliably change this thing in a public bathroom. In case you're interested, hydrogen peroxide gets blood out of bathroom tile grout.

With increased usage I did learn to remove it less messily but please understand that it is very easy to get blood fucking everywhere with this thing.

I sneezed a few times and nothing happened so it holds up against sneezing.

The second time I used it, idk if it overfilled or popped out of place or what but it dumped blood into my underwear while I was in a liquor store. That only ever happened once though and I have no idea why, it never happened again after that.

As for using this thing during PIV sex:

It works? You can have sex with no blood involved. My sex partner personally found it uncomfortable on their genitalia, but this is likely not a universal experience. It definitely takes up space in the vagina so if your partner has a penis that is bigger than like five inches you may not be able to achieve deep penetration. But for me it was honestly fine.

Overall, the pros of discs in general are as follows:

EXTREMELY comfortable. You can kind of feel a cup, you can't feel this thing at all.

More capacity for blood than a cup if you're a heavy bleeder. Apparently they go up to 70 mL.

Physically easier to insert than a cup.

Can have PIV sex with it in (IT IS NOT BIRTH CONTROL! IT DOES NOT PREVENT STDS EITHER!)

No suction if that bothers you.

Cons:

Messy as fuck to take out without a lot of practice.

Can more easily pop out of place and dump contents than a cup.

Harder to take out than a cup, and you have to put your finger all the way up there to do it.

Will dump contents when you pee/poop whether you like it or not and cleanup down there is required. This is also technically a pro if you for some reason want this to happen.

[paginanilol]

After fucking almost an entire year of owning a menstrual disc, I finally put it in properly and left in in and let it work and it is magical. How scary but rewarding. I can now wear comfy boxers on my period holy cow.