i have a diva cup question.

hmonkey

when you need to empty it, do you need to rinse it out before re-insertion?  i just see the timeline as:

go into bathroom and enter stall
remove cup and dump contents into toilet
leave stall, hands bloodied and holding plastic cup
rinse cup and re-enter stall
re-insert cup
leave stall, hands bloodied again and then wash hands

what if there is a line?  do you put a "hold" on the stall?

AuntFlo

That's how I imagine it would go.  

DG1

Please ask this on the green living board.


Also, I must say that this post's title alone made me snort before I even opened it.

Wzz

just rinse it in the toilet water. i can't imagine that this is any less hygenic than your scenario. flush first if you prefer fresh water.

zsazsa-stl

If you leave the stall with bloody hands and pants around your ankles, a hold on the stall is implied.

Wzz

this is why i am sending zsazsa all the leftover valentine's day candy that i could find for 75% off.

mrsconn23

OMG, I am laughing like a loon over here.

There are girls on my local that use it.  I can ask them how it works if you wish.

LnR70707

I am dying at this thread.   Maybe they just wipe it off?  I don't care if toilet water is fresh, that doesn't mean there aren't unseen poo remnants in the bowl..

Amt2109

The diva cup people say its perfectly acceptable to just wipe it off with toilet paper and reinsert, and wash it at a later, more convenient time.

But yes. Before I read that, I also envisioned such a thing as this... and it put me off completely.

redheadtmk

I have just learned my lesson on opening posts out of curiosity. I so could have gone the rest of my life without knowing such a thing exists. This is worse than the "family wipes" toilet paper I just learned about.

Viczaesar

I only empty it every 12 hours (longer if I'm being lazy or forget it's in...), so I do it in the morning and in the evening.  I never have to empty it in public.  However, if I did have to empty it in a stall for some reason I'd just wipe it out with toilet paper and put it back in.  It doesn't have to be washed with soap every time.

Viczaesar

Also, there's no reason why your hands would be bloody from taking it out or emptying it.  Same with putting it in.