When you look at the composition of menstrual pads, there are questions about the health impact of the components. To live your period naturally, to take care of your health and the environment, the menstrual cup can become a serious alternative to tampons and disposable pads. Discover more about the advantages of the menstrual cup. 

La coupe menstruelle pour vivre vos règles au naturel

Living your period naturally is largely about reconnecting with your cycles. It's also about reconnecting with your blood and relearning to decode the signs your body sends you based on the time of your cycle. Living your period naturally also means becoming aware that what you insert into your body or which is in contact with your intimacy is not necessarily safe. Traditional pads and tampons are filled with chemicals that, when in contact with the mucosa, enter the bloodstream. With menstrual pads, you avoid contaminating yourself while taking care of the planet.

La coupe menstruelle, qu'est-ce que c'est ?

The menstrual cup or cup is a small medical silicone device that inserts into the vagina and collects menstrual blood. This process avoids disrupting the vaginal flora because, unlike a tampon that absorbs blood, the menstrual cup does not alter the internal pH. 

The cup is emptied every 6 hours or so, depending on the flow, cleaned with water and sterilized by boiling it for several minutes. 

Comment insérer et retirer une cup

• Find the position that is most comfortable for you: squatting, on the toilet, in the shower, lying down... 

• Fold the receptacle part of the cup

• Insert the cup into the vagina.

• Gently release it, it will unfold and then position itself according to the curves of your internal anatomy. 

• You can finally check with a finger to see if the cup is open and correctly placed. 

The menstrual cup is placed quite low, lower than a pad, sometimes even at the entrance of the vagina in some women and depending on the height of the cervix. 

To remove the cup, beware of the suction cup effect! Do not pull on the stem... 

• Make yourself comfortable: on the toilet or squatting

• Pushing down with the perineum.

• Insert a finger, press lightly on the walls of the cup to loosen it and make a draft. At this point, you can remove it. 

La cup, pas si récente que ça

The cup or menstrual cup has won over women in recent years. No more tampons, no more sanitary napkins. Theblood from menstrual flow is collected directly by the cup once inserted into the vagina. 

The cup does not date from today! Menstrual cups have been found dating back to 1867. Obviously, those that we use now are much better designed, ergonomic and easily sterilizable thanks to the silicone which composes it. Their size varies from 40 to 60 millimeters depending on your flux and the tone of your perineum. A nulliparous woman will not wear the same model as a woman who has already had one or more children. 

Les avantages de la coupe menstruelle 

The advantage of the cup lies mainly on the savings it provides. Indeed, it is an investment at the time of purchase that can last several years (between 5 and 10 years for some). Moreover, if you are sensitive to theeco-responsible approach of 0 waste, the cup allows you to greatly limit your impact on the environment: no more tampon and pad shortages! 

It's space-saving, discreet in its pouch and easily sterilized, in boiling water for a few minutes between uses. 

It can stay in place for about 6 hours or depending on your flux.

The cup invites another look at one's period, one's body, one's intimacy. Some women are disconnected from their small pelvis and carry psychological wounds related to painful life or family histories. The cup allows them to reconnect with their body and reclaim this area that is sometimes wounded or at least imprinted with a collective memory. 

Les inconvénients de la coupe menstruelle

The biggest disadvantage of the menstrual cup is that you need to have a water point within reach of the toilet when you need to change... and in that, it's not always practical...

Another point to make is the possibility of leakage in some women with perineum lacking in tone or with heavy flux. 

Using the cup requires being comfortable with your body and your own bodily fluids.