is a menstrual cup. You may know it as the “blossom cup” (excuse me while I hurl).
A size small is 2.4in (6.22cm) long, including the nubbin, and 1.6in (4.2cm) diameter. It’s made of soft silicone, holds around 0.7oz or 4tsp (20ml) of liquid, and looks about this big:
(pardon my shaky hands, but i’m not taking it back out for a better picture. anyway.)
This fucking thing? Basically solved my shark week dysphoria. First you get it wet (so it goes in easy), then you fold one of three ways.
The C-fold (easy mode):
The 7 fold (moderate):
Or the Origami fold (fancy):
Then you stick it in that hole that’s been so annoying this week. If you can feel it, you did it wrong. Stick a finger up there, beside the cup, and make sure it unfolded. It’ll probably open by itself, but it’s good to make sure.
Then guess what. You don’t have to worry about it til your next bathroom break!
Depending on how heavy your flow is, you might not have to worry about it until you go to bed. And it’s safe to sleep in too!
When you wanna take it out, you just grab that little nubbin at the bottom and pull. If the suction doesn’t release you might want to stick a finger in there to help it out, but I just keep pulling. It might also help to twist it a little.
Dump it, rinse it, wipe yourself clean, then stick it back in and forget about it again.
It’s like $16 on Amazon rn
And it comes in a bunch of colors:
so you can pick your favorite!
It comes with instructions:
And a carrying bag that is so much brighter irl:
It’s like, really feminine. But you obvs don’t have to use it if that’s not your thing.
TLDR:
The Blossom Cup is so much better than it sounds, and it may help with the moon week blues.
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