Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've been using a menstrual cup for over a year. I'm comfortable with insertion and removal, and I know my body pretty well. My first cup was the Diva Cup size 2. I went with Diva because the brand is well known and easy to purchase. I didn't realize this when I purchased the Diva Cup, but it also happens to be one of the largest cups on the market. It turned out to be just too long for me, even with the stem cut completely off. When I saw Femmy Cycle's Low Cervix option, I was so excited! This must be the answer to my low cervix problems, right? WRONG. The no-leak design is a good idea in theory, but it's not worth what this cup will do to your body. Pros: No leaks, as long as it's properly in place. Cons: Material is too thin, causing this cup to collapse or just not open up properly. This cup feels like a giant bubble inside my vagina. It is shallow, but very wide. (and I have a wide vagina anyway at 30 years old with 2 kids.) Sometimes this cup would even press on my urethra, making it hard to urinate. Hard to position correctly. Hard to clean, because you can't just dump it like other cups. You have to pop the no-spill lip out first. This requires either putting your fingers inside the (full) cup and pulling the folded lip out. OR you can do more of a pinch and roll approach, and risk flipping blood everywhere when that little flap "pops" out. When you're actually cleaning this cup, the ring is nice. It makes it easy to hold onto while you're lathering up whatever soap you use. Just slip the ring over your finger and clean away. No dropping it on the shower floor. The WORST con for this cup is what it does to my cervix. This cup latches onto my cervix and maintains constant suction, causing increased flow and cramping, but even more alarming is how it changes my cervix's shape and position. During my most recent Femmy Cup cycle, I was very careful, in case my problems may have been caused by user error during my previous attempts. I inserted the Femmy Cycle cup, and I was careful to make sure that it opened, sitting gently against my cervix. (There isn't room in my vagina for the Femmy Cup to sit any lower than that, which may be part of the problem, although I've heard similar reviews from women with a high cervix. This cup will somehow find your cervix and grab on, no matter where it sits when you first insert it.) When I took the cup out a couple hours later, making sure to gently break suction first, I was horrified to feel that my cervix was almost sticking out of my vagina, and it had a mushroom-like shape from where the Femmy Cycle's no-spill opening had latched on. The changes that I've just described were drastic. My cervix was completely different after just a couple hours contact with Femmy Cycle. The first time this happened was very scary, as I wasn't sure if the damage would be permanent. It wasn't, and my cervix was fine after a day or two, but I am never using the Femmy Cycle again. Repetitive deformation of your cervix can't be healthy. Here are the other cups I've tried... Diva size 2: This cup works, and I still keep it as a backup. No leaks, but this cup is a bit stiff, and the length is too long for me, even with the stem cut off. That, along with the tapered (pointed) shape, means that sometimes when I sit down, I can feel the tip of this cup poking and pinching me. Also, the clear silicone will stain, even with regular cleaning. Mine looks pretty gross after several months. Sckoon size Large: I LOVE this cup. It is so soft, but still springs back into shape. The color options are lovely, and will mask any staining that may occur, though mine isn't stained at all as of yet. The shape is perfect. It widens slightly at the opening (like a bell), ensuring a leak free fit. The tip is easy to grasp (even with the stem cut completely off), and it is nice and round, which is much more comfortable for me than the pointy tip of the Diva cup. LENA Cup size Large and Small: This cup is very similar to the Sckoon, maybe just the tiniest bit more firm, and the holes around the rim are angled differently. The nice thing about this cup is that it is a bit cheaper than the Sckoon, and right now on Amazon, you can order a 2 pack for a great price, so you can try out both their sizes to see which fits better. I plan on trying out the smaller size for lighter flow days. Me Luna Shorty Sport size Large: Sport material is VERY stiff. (Stiffer than the Diva.) I've never felt their "classic" firmness, but Me Luna cups are made from TPE instead of silicone, so they feel more "dry" and plasticky, rather than soft and supple like silicon. Me Luna used to offer a "soft" firmness, but they don't anymore, because the soft cups were too hard to position and kept collapsing. Me Luna's Pointed tip is a down side for me. Also, this "shorty" cup is VERY short. This is the only cup I've used that gave me leaking problems, because it just doesn't hold enough. My cervix usually sits just inside the opening of my menstrual cups, so this one just didn't have room to hold hardly any liquid I think the hard material also caused leaks. This cup did not form to my body at all. If I were to try again with Me Luna, I would get a classic size Large (not shorty, and not sport firmness), but I won't be trying this, because ordering is a pain, and I've found that I really like the feel of silicone. As far as ordering goes, you have to order Me Luna straight from their website, which means paying for shipping and waiting about a week for delivery. No thanks. I only tried it to begin with because they are the only cup with a shorter length option, but it turns out the shorty line is just too small for my flow. Even the shorty XL has a very small capacity of 16 ml. (Most cups hold 25-30 ml.) After discovering menstrual cups, I will never go back to pads or tampons. Yes there is a learning curve, but once you figure out what works for you, it is so worth the effort. Just protect your cervix and stay away from FemmyCycle.