YONI FLOW – Menstrual Cup

Safety Information

Menstrual cups are not a contraceptive device and will not protect you from sexually transmitted diseases. Do not use menstrual cups for post-natal bleeding. Your menstrual cup should not be worn for longer than 12 consecutive hours. You must handle your menstrual cup with clean hands. Keep your menstrual cup away from damaging agents, pets, children and direct sun light. Keep your menstrual cup clean at all times. Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is a serious and potentially fatal disease caused by toxin-producing strains of the staphylococcus aureus bacterium. TSS symptoms include, but are not limited to, sudden high fever, diarrhea, vomiting, sunburn-like rash, fainting or blacking out. If you experience any of the above symptoms during or shortly after your period, seek medical assistance immediately.  TSS can occur with tampons and other menstrual products.  Always best to empty menstrual blood from products as often as possible, let’s sty clean and healthy ladies!!!!

Directions

Learning how to effortlessly insert and remove your Yoni FLow Menstrual Cup can take some patience and practice. You can wear your Menstrual Cup for 12 consecutive hours. You must empty your menstrual cup at least twice a day. Read above for more info.  Youtube has great videos on tips and instructions on how to insert and remove menstrual cups carefully.  DON’T GIVE UP, once you get the hang of it, you will love the convenience!

You will have instruction in your package.  Great to google or youtube videos on how to fold and insert, remove and if you feel Yoni Cup is stuck….

MY YONI FLOW MENSTRUAL CUP IS STUCK!!!!

If you’re in this situation right now, don’t panic! We’re here to help.  We’ll take you through a step-by-step guide on what to do if you can’t get your menstrual cup out. You’ve already made the first and most important step: you’ve stopped aimlessly pulling or searching for your cup and resorted to looking for help. Probably you’re debating with yourself if you should call your gyno or go to the emergency room. Before you do that, try our guide where we’ll take you through the steps of getting that stuck menstrual cup out.

Step 1: Take a step back and understand what happened

First and foremost, your menstrual cup can’t get lost in your vagina, there is a way you’ll get it out. You’re not the first new menstrual cup user that goes through this scare. All of them have managed to get it out again, and many are now happy menstrual cup users despite this first scary encounter. Also, don’t panic if you’ve been wearing it for over 8 hours. If it’s been in a couple of hours longer than that, nothing bad will happen – it’s not a time bomb that suddenly explodes.  But always great to change it regularly or even ever 4 hours or so.

Now that you know that you have no pressing deadline let’s start the process of getting your cup out. If your fingers feel tired, or your vagina feels a bit sore after having tried to get your period cup out for the past hour, give your body some rest. Have a hot shower, make some tea, meditate, take deep breaths or put on your favorite song and relax.

1) Possibility A: you have a short cervix and are using a short menstrual cup. If you’re not familiar with the fact that your cervix even has a length.   For you to understand this concept right here right now though, let us quickly explain: having a short cervix means that your vaginal canal is longer, and if you are using a short menstrual cup, then it probably traveled up your vaginal canal and is out of reach now.

2) Possibility B: if reaching your menstrual cup is not the problem, but much rather it seems stuck in your vagina, or you feel pain when trying to take it out, the next paragraph is for you. There’s a small detail that makes all the difference: were you pinching the base of your cup or just pulling the stem?

Your menstrual cup will only come out pain-free if you release the suction that formed when you inserted it. The suction is released by pinching the base of the cup. If you can’t reach the base, you can try to insert your finger next to your cup and press it against the wall of your vagina, and then hooking your finger over the rim and pulling it down. This can be messy, but it will get your cup out.

Tip (tried and tested): Try this in the shower, then you don’t have to be careful about not creating a mess. Especially if you’re a new menstrual cup user and don’t know what to expect.

Step 2: Reaching and pinching your menstrual cup

Now that you know what the issue might be, your intents in solving it will be much more unerring. During this step, your pelvic floor muscles are your best friend and will help push the menstrual cup back down into reach.

Pelvic floor muscles (sometimes also known as Kegel muscles) are the muscles that control your pee and keep all your reproductive organs in place.  If you don’t know how to locate them, try thinking about laughing or coughing while you need to pee… or simply go to the bathroom to pee and try stopping the pee mid-stream.

Now, while pressing down with those muscles, reach up with your index and thumb. When you get hold of the stem of the cup, don’t just yank it down. Slightly start to pull it down while moving it from right to left. The small knobs on the stem of the cup come in really handy here. Once you’ve done that, try to get a grip on the base of the menstrual cup. The grip rings will give you enough support to be able to pinch the base. Then, while pinching, pull out the cup.

Step 3: Still unreachable? Try a different position.

Just lifting a leg or squatting down can make all the difference! Follow instructions from step two, while putting one leg up on the bathtub or bidet. And don’t forget to breathe and relax, or more specifically here: “unclench” your vagina!

You can also try everything from step two while squatting down. Some people actually call this pose “bearing down,” and it’s basically as if you’re trying to give birth to your menstrual cup. Sounds absurd, but it might just be the trick to get your stuck menstrual cup out.

Step 4: Still not being able to remove your menstrual cup?

Should you still find yourself struggling to get your menstrual cup out, the last resort is to go to your gyno. Now to be clear, this doesn’t happen often. Mostly, once people are reminded to pinch the base and not just to pull their menstrual cup out by the stem, the stuck menstrual cup is out within minutes.

Shifting position is also very often the game-changer. But if you’re still struggling to get your menstrual cup out, even after trying all the above tips, we advise you to go see your gyno and ask her to help you with getting it out.

Important: As some gynos still don’t know about menstrual cups, please remind them to pinch the base of the cup, and not just to pull it out with force. Once you have regained your Ruby Cup, make sure your gyno does not throw it away.

Legal Disclaimer

If you have or are experiencing any gynecological problems please discontinue using your cup and consult a physician. If you are experiencing any pain or discomfort while wearing your cup, discontinue use and consult your physician.

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