Menstrual cups safe, practical and cheap: study

I highly recommend menstrual cups.

A few things to add:

Do the research when choosing one to buy. They come in different sizes and colours, and what size to get is important when you're buying an item that you will be using for years if not decades.

Secondly, when removing it for emptying when you aren't at home, you need a place with water so you can wash it and your hands easily. Best to have a handwipe, or use toilet tissue to wipe your fingers as well as you can before you can get to water.

Thirdly, when removing the cup, the diagram doesn't explain that it is vital to squeeze the base before trying to remove it. It is a suction cup, after all, so you have to release the grip.

Finally, I do recommend using a liner on heavy days. Just like tampons, cups can overflow. :)

Getting used to using a menstrual cup is simple - a case of learning how to insert, remove, and clean. They are not painful at all (except when you don't press to release...) After that, it is a fine creation, and you never need to buy another tampon again.

Finally, the study calculated that a cup, at a cost of less than $1 in some countries will be five-to-seven percent more expensive than 12 pads or tampons.

But the cup is reusable and can last for up to ten years, making it cheaper in the long run that disposable alternatives.

In some places, however, the cups can be expensive, costing as much as $40 apiece.

$40 for something necessary that costs well below $1 to make is the worst kind of capitalism.

I have seen stories about women too poor to buy sanitary products, so high prices for them do matter.

Menstrual cups safe, practical and cheap

however, the cups can be expensive, costing as much as $40 apiece

A safe, affordable and long-lasting alternative to pads and tampons, in other words, has the potential to change the lives of millions.

Finally, the study calculated that a cup, at a cost of less than $1 in some countries will be five-to-seven percent more expensive than 12 pads or tampons.

I don’t know who wrote this article, but there is a lot of contradictory statements within it.

There's others ya can stuff up there

Menstrual cups are brilliant, I used one and not only do you save money over the years, they are also more environmentally friendly than tampons and pads. Tampons also have very small volume capacity, just a few mls. I would recommend any women to use one, but you do need to make sure you buy the right size.