How To Use Flex Menstrual Cup

The only cup in the world that removes similar a tampon. With a patented pull-tab that breaks the seal for easy removal, Flex Cup is the #ane menstrual cup for a reason.

Run into Flex Cup

It's the menstrual loving cup you know and dearest, but with one major upgrade: Flex Loving cup changes the flow cup game with its patented pull-tab that makes removal easier than ever (and 100% suction-free).

Made with medical-grade silicone and without BPAs, phthalates, or natural rubber latex, Flex Cup is the easy and sustainable tampon alternative you've been searching for. Information technology's reusable, stain-proof, and doesn't absorb odor—plus, it's engineered with just enough rigidity to make insertion a cakewalk.

Insertion, wear, and removal

FLEX Cup INSERTION

STEP 1: REFRESH YOUR Cup

Clean your cup. If it's your outset time using your Flex Loving cup, give it a quick launder with a balmy lather or Flex Foaming Cup Wash. To completely sanitize your cup in between periods, you lot tin boil information technology for 10 minutes on the stove (but go along an eye on it while doing and so and do not allow your cup to come in contact with the sides of the pot).

STEP 2: FIND YOUR FOLD

Experiment with folding techniques.There are lots of different ways you can fold your cup for insertion but one of our favorites is called the punchdown fold. To practise it, simply button one side of the cup's rim downwards towards the base with your pollex, and so pinch the sides together.

Pace 3: Get in POSITION

Get into a comfortable position. Either sitting on the toilet, continuing with one leg elevated, or squatting with knees broad—and take a breath to relax your pelvic floor. While holding the cup in its folded position, insert it into the vaginal canal. Y'all don't have to push button it too far back (and information technology's normal for the pull-tab to hang slightly outside your torso).

Step iv: CHECK YOUR PLACEMENT

To make sure the cup has popped open up fully, insert a finger into your vagina and run information technology around the exterior of the loving cup, feeling for whatsoever pleats or indentations. If you find any, try twisting the cup slightly or pressing gently against your vaginal walls to help it open up. You'll know your cup is in the correct identify when you tin can go up and move effectually without leaks or discomfort.

Habiliment WEAR Habiliment WEAR

Footstep 5: 12 HOURS TO ROAM WITHOUT WORRY

Go about your day! Clothing Flex Cup for up to 12 hours at a time. Since Slim Fit has the chapters of two super tampons and Full Fit holds as much as iii super tampons, you'll be covered for hours (even on your heavy days).

FLEX Cup REMOVAL

Footstep 6: REMOVE YOUR Cup Like A PRO

When you're ready to remove your cup, start past washing your hands. Hop on the toilet or remove your cup while showering for 100% mess-free removal. Then, merely reach for the pull-tab and grab (or loop your finger through) while pulling downwardly gently. The pull-tab breaks the seal for you, helping the cup slide out easily. Be careful non to pull too hard or also fast to avoid spills.

STEP 7: RINSE AND REPEAT

Dump the contents of the cup into the toilet and and then take information technology to the sink for a rinse. Whenever possible, wash your cup with a balmy soap—or with specially-formulated Flex Foaming Cup Launder—before reinserting. If yous're out and most with no access to a sink, use Flex Biodegradable Wipes (they're plant-based and flushable!) to make clean off your cup before reinserting.

View the official Flex Loving cup Instructions for Apply.

Flex Loving cup pro-tips

Insert the loving cup low

Insert the cup low. Flex Cup does not need to sit super high upwards in the vaginal culvert. How far upwardly it should become depends on your unique beefcake and personal preference: Just make sure that the cup has enough room to pop open all the manner. For some, Flex Cup might only need to be inserted virtually a knuckle deep. If the pull-tab hangs exterior your trunk, you can twist it then that the ring lies parallel to your labia for added comfort. You can also constrict the pull-tab upward into your vaginal canal, so it sits alongside the cup.

Twist to place

Twist to identify. Pinch and twist the base of the loving cup as you lot insert it. This will set the loving cup into place, help it popular open, and ensure it'southward properly sealed against the vaginal walls. To be actress sure y'all're protected against leaks, run a finger effectually the base of the loving cup in one case it's comfortably positioned.

Use wipes to clean your loving cup in public restrooms

Use wipes to clean your loving cup in public restrooms. If yous'd rather not walk your loving cup to the row of sinks in a public restroom (we get it!), you can hands make clean it off while in the toilet stall with a pack of Flex Biodegradable Wipes. First, merely dump the contents of the cup into the toilet. Catch a wipe and go over the inside and outside of the cup—you tin unthread the pull-tab if y'all'd similar. Once that'due south done, use an extra wipe to make clean your fingers, reinsert the cup, and you're good to go!