You can get them from Boots over here - I think mine was about £15.
They come in two sizes - one 'over thirty or have had children', one not - I've got the bigger one and it fits just fine.
You tell if they're properly inserted by running your finger round the edge to make sure it's not still folded, and I've never seen mine more than half full even on first day of period - I just empty it morning and evening.
And yes, tip blood down loo, rinse in basin, reinsert. Which becomes rather interesting if you are, for example, in your parents-in-law's enormous bathroom with about an acre of white carpet between the loo and the sink and you've already taken your lenses out, as happened to me last year, though fortunately no untoward spills occurred.
They need boiling in between periods to sterilise them, but other than that they're much less of a faff than ordinary sanpro.
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They come in two sizes - one 'over thirty or have had children', one not - I've got the bigger one and it fits just fine.
You tell if they're properly inserted by running your finger round the edge to make sure it's not still folded, and I've never seen mine more than half full even on first day of period - I just empty it morning and evening.
And yes, tip blood down loo, rinse in basin, reinsert. Which becomes rather interesting if you are, for example, in your parents-in-law's enormous bathroom with about an acre of white carpet between the loo and the sink and you've already taken your lenses out, as happened to me last year, though fortunately no untoward spills occurred.
They need boiling in between periods to sterilise them, but other than that they're much less of a faff than ordinary sanpro.
Mooncup page here.