2024年Jul月16日

What should I do if the stem of my menstrual cup comes out?

Menstrual cups are reusable sanitary products that are inserted into the vagina. Because they collect menstrual blood inside the vagina, they offer a number of benefits, such as reducing stuffiness and odor, allowing you to enjoy hot springs and saunas even during your period, and being environmentally friendly and wallet-friendly because they can be used for a long period of time. As a result, the number of types has increased recently, and they are now available at drugstores and in the media, so you may be hearing and seeing them more often than before.
However, we often hear from women that they don't really understand menstrual cups and want to try them but can't take the plunge.

The murmo online store blog will provide a variety of information about menstrual cups for those who are interested in them but are hesitant to take the plunge, so we hope you will read any articles that interest you.

Well, this time I would like to tell you about the possible situations in which you insert a menstrual cup but the bottom rod ends up sticking out of your body, and what you can do to deal with it.

The structure of the menstrual cup

Here is the structure of the murmo (menstrual cup) and the names and functions of each part.

Cup A cup to hold menstrual blood

Air hole: Hole that prevents the cup from creating a vacuum

Rim: A thick cup edge that makes it easier to open the cup inside the vagina and prevents menstrual leakage.

EasyLine grooves to fold and remove the cups

Grip: A non-slip, uneven surface when attaching or detaching the product.

Stem The rod at the bottom that you grip when removing

The role of the stem

The stem is the protrusion at the bottom of the menstrual cup that helps you remove it from your vagina.

Stem shape

Commercially available menstrual cups come with a variety of stem shapes, including ring-shaped, straight rod-shaped, cylindrical with a hole in the center, and types with no stem at all, but Murmo's menstrual cup is a long rod with a teardrop-shaped tip.

There are several reasons for this:

・The stem is narrow, so it doesn't hit the entrance of the vagina.

- It is long so it is less likely to get lost inside the vagina

・It comes out from the center of the cup, so it's easy to touch from any direction.

・The teardrop shape makes it easy to fit on your fingers when you hold it.

- The grip has a textured surface that makes it easy to hold and prevents your fingers from slipping.

When using it for the first time, you might think that a ring-shaped device would be easier to grasp, but with a ring-shaped device, the width can make it feel uncomfortable at the entrance to the vagina, and it can also be difficult to know which way the hole in the ring is facing when removing it. For this reason, Murmo has made it a longer, rod-shaped device.

Is it okay to pull the stem?

It is okay to pull the stem of the murmo menstrual cup slowly.
You only need to pull it when you want to remove it, but you can also use it by gently pulling on the stem to remove the bottom of the cup. Murmo menstrual cups have an easy line (groove) structure, so when you pull the stem towards the outside of the vagina, the vaginal pressure causes the cup to narrow starting from the easy line, making it easier to remove.
Once the base of the cup has come out of your body, grasp it by the base to remove it. Be careful not to try to pull it all the way out by the stem, as this may apply too much force and cause menstrual blood to splash or spill.

Please note that while it is okay to slowly pull the stem of a Murmo menstrual cup, many menstrual cups from other manufacturers do not allow pulling on the stem, so if you are using a product from another manufacturer, please use it according to its instruction manual (attached document).