How I Found Out About the Menstrual Cup.
This is the second post of my three-post series about menstruation and menstrual cups! It's fine to not read the posts in order, but if you want to know how I feel about menstruation in general, please read the first post here . I first heard about menstrual cups from a BuzzFeed video . The video had a few women testing out the product for the first time, and talking about their experience using it. I was aware the existence of tampons, but the idea of a menstrual cup was totally new to me. Basically, a menstrual cup is a cup-shaped silicone designed to catch period blood. To use a menstrual cup, you have to insert it into your vagina, and it will catch the blood from your cervix, if you inserted it correctly. It's like a tampon, but instead of absorbing blood it collects them. According to users of the menstrual cup, they are the better alternative to tampons and pads. Why? Well, here are the benefits: They don't leak. (if you inserted it correctly) You can go sw