The translucent cups have been noted to stain and turn yellow, and that’s just gross, ladies.Īt the end of your cycle, you can sterilize it with boiling water, store it in a dry place and then reach for it again when the red tide comes back next month. And, you can buy them in an array of colors - which you should definitely do. This keeps them sanitary and available for women with latex allergies. Some are made with latex rubber, but the latest and greatest are the ones made with medical grade silicone. You’re advised to empty it after up to 12 hours, and they can be worn during the day and at night. A menstrual cup (Could they maybe have given it a slightly more marketable name?) is inserted into the vagina to collect - not absorb, like tampons - the blood flow.
Thaïs Aliabadi, M.D., OB-GYN at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center told SheKnows. “Menstrual cups are devices that can be used as an alternative to tampons and pads,” as Dr. Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission of the sale. Intimina is a SheKnows sponsor, however, all products in this article were independently selected by our editors. Our mission at SheKnows is to empower and inspire women, and we only feature products we think you’ll love as much as we do. The first ones were invented in the late 1800s and only in recent years have companies improved the shape, materials and upped advertising. Period management - over the many, many years we’ve humans have been having them - has included rags, sponges, pads, tampons and - recently buzzing again among women - menstrual cups.īut they’re nothing new. But, life is life, and periods are a part of it.
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