Just like what seems like most of the internet, I recently discovered "The Diva Cup." This cup is a menstrual cup, specifically meant to collect the blood from your period. It has changed the way a lot of women see their period, and here's how.
The Diva Cup eliminates the need of pads or tampons. Think about how many pad or tampon wrappers you have thrown away in your lifetime. Now think about the number of women across the world who have thrown away those pad or tampon wrappers. That's a lot of waste. By using the Diva Cup, you eliminate that waste. The Diva Cup is reusable, meaning that you do have to wash it. Some may find that gross, but really if it helps save the planet it's not that bad. It's actually kind of interesting to see exactly how much blood you lose during your period.
With the way the Diva Cup works, you just put it in and you can wear it all day without having worry about changing it every few hours like you do with pads or tampons. You empty it twice a day: once at night before you go to bed and once when you wake up in the morning. No more do you have to worry about carrying pads or tampons in your purse, you just can use this menstrual cup. It even comes with it's own little bag for you to put it in when you're not on your period, so you can carry that around with you.
The only drawback I have found with the Diva Cup is that it can put pressure on your bladder. If you have to pee, you have to pee, it makes that feeling much more intense. Other than that, the Diva Cup has changed the way I view periods. Slowly, it's changing the way other women do too, and with that, helping to save the earth.
