Dach - Yeh i actually read that not getting your period while on the Mirena has shown to increase your HB levels!!! I could'nt believe it. All my life they have told us that you are only meant to lose a teaspoon on blood whlie on your period. How can a blood loss that small affect your HB levels!!! Odd...
Normal bloodloss on AF is 25-80ml. A teaspoon is 5ml - so i guess if you lost the minimum you could lose 5ml/day? Is that what you meant?
I used a diva cup before i got Mirena put in, and i lost about 80ml most months (the cup has a measuring scale on it so you can see how much is in it) - i used to fill it full twice on day 1 (40ml) then full once on day 2 (20ml) then just about 5ml/day for 3 or 4 more days. So 75-80ml in total.
A normal blood donation is lots - 470ml-ish - though you can only do that once every 4 months - 4 of my periods would be a loss of 320ml... Never thought about all this before
Hoobley - Teachers told us that. I am pretty sure i have heard it again in my adult life. I never believed cause i've always had a history of heavy period since they started at the age of 10.
I am pretty sure they said teaspoon. It could've been tablespoon though. But i know for sure, i was told, it was one or the other. It also could've been per day aswell. Its been a long time since i've been at school!!
How do those Diva Cups work??? Whats the point of them???
There is a thread somewhere about menstrual cups hun, i'll have a hunt later and post a link (about to go swimming).
They're basically a rubber or silicon cup you wear inside your vagina which catches the blood. You then remove, empty, wash and re-insert it a few times a day (3 or 4 - less than a pad or a tampon for me anyway).
They come in 2 sizes, B(efore baby) and A(fter baby) though my B still fits me even though i've had DD. I don't use it all that much now because the suction can pull the IUS out if you're careless (you have to break the suction before you remove which is fine but no good if you're in a hurry) and i barely bleed enough to need a pad, let alone a cup!
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