I remember the first time I tried out a menstrual cup…
It was a Saturday morning and I was wearing my white pajamas well, they weren’t white anymore…
Fortunately, I had already planned to test out a menstrual cup and happened to have bought one a few days ago.

Now I had to. The time had come for the cup to prove itself, or at least I thought so….

I walked to the bathroom, sat down on the toilet, took the cup out of the package, took a closer look at it and took a deep breath. “” LET’S DO THIS “”…I thought I knew how to insert it because of all the videos I watched on the subject. The cup revolution had begun and I was ready to be a part of it!

But then the question was, “” Which way do I fold the cup in?“”

• C-fold?
• Punch down fold?
• 7-fold?
• E-fold?
• Caracol fold?“”

AND… do you know there is also an origami fold!!!?

I was sure it was going to be intimate, very intimate. I really should have lit candles with it.

I started with the C-fold, thinking this would be the easiest. The thing was that I couldn’t find my vajayjay hole to put the cup in, the cup popped open, blood was everywhere … all over my hands, toilet, legs and of course my now red pajamas.

Next time I should just try putting the cup in when I am showering. I’ve read that water can be used as a lubricant. And if you are spotless the act will be a little easier.

I kept trying … because, of course, I am a woman. We can go through childbirth. So a cup? That’s going to be mean, of course. For two hours I sat on the toilet and tried all the different folds. I got very stressed, so I started thinking about different ways I can destroy the cup. Do I flush it down the toilet? Do I feed it to the dog? Do I throw it out the window? Maybe bury it anyway? What a hassle.

I took one last deep breath; I started all over again … and guess what? The C-fold turned out better that I could have ever expected … 2 hours had passed … 10 folds had also passed. And suddenly my cup was perfectly in place in just 10 seconds. “” Hey hey “” whispered my cup inside … Relief …

After all the failed attempts, I finally got mjin cup in. I found out that patience is the most important trait when inserting a cup.

And remember … the cup doesn’t have to prove itself; you prove yourself by patiently learning. Placing a cup is not easy … and we know that.

Practice makes perfect.