Here’s the thing about periods: you get them, but you don’t necessarily want to talk about them. At least I don’t, anyway.
I’m incredibly squeamish, and if I’m being completely honest here, there have been times when I’ve almost passed out on the toilet during that time of the month – it’s an issue.
So when a friend told me she’d started using menstrual cups… Well, it was way more information than I needed to know.
A menstrual cup is a small silicone cup, generally shaped like a bell with a stem, which you insert into your vagina to catch the blood during your period.
“Excuse me. I need to go wash this conversation off myself,” I told my friend, before walking away in disgust.
Still, she seemed pretty excited by the whole thing, and so I persevered to get some answers – because as grossed out as I am by periods and all things period-related, I was also strangely curious about her experience… and I figured other people would be, too.
I managed to convince my friend to talk to me on the condition of anonymity – but for the purpose of this story, let’s call her Kira (not her real name) – and in return, she agreed to tell me all about her experiences using these mystical menstrual cups.
Then neither of us will bring it up ever again, hopefully.
