Confessions From My Cervix and a DivaCup Giveaway!

Back in February, before I was pregnant, I contacted DivaCup in order to try their product and to do a giveaway for you ladies.  Luckily, for DivaCup’s sake, I wasn’t pregnant when it came in the mail and got to try it out within the week.  I was really excited to try alternatives to pads or tampons, and I wanted to see what so many women were raving about.

You see, after Mr. G was born I found it very uncomfortable to use tampons, and was just using pads.  I disliked the mess factor of pads and having to buy them at the store every 28-40 days.

And so, I tried the DivaCup.  I read the instructions 80 million times, inserted according to what I read (which wasn’t very hard at all) and rejoiced that I didn’t ”loose” it like I have read other women claiming.

And then I walked around.

And it was VERY uncomfortable.

I looked and felt around, and realized that the DivaCup was hanging out at my vaginal opening.  I washed my hands, took it out, marveled at what was in it, cleaned it and put it back in, again following the instructions to the T.

I walked around again and again it was really irritating me at my vaginal opening!

So I cut the tip off completely, washed everything and tried again.

SAME DANG RESULTS.

I was really disappointed that I couldn’t get the DivaCup to work, and even more upset that my suspicions of having some weird prolapsed cervix/uterus thing might actually be true.  I tried not to freak out.  (FYI, I was able to use the DivaCup at night relatively comfortably.)

I called my midwife, an thank GOD I did, because she is seriously the voice of reason.  She told me that it’s not uncommon to have a way low cervix and that if it causes me any pain that I could consider using a pessary.  I told her that I wasn’t in pain, and also told her I was afraid of any future pregnancies falling out.

Seriously people, my cervix fluctuates between 1-3 knuckles up there with an average of 2.

Again, it was so nice to talk to her on the phone and to be reassured that I wasn’t a freak of nature.  After I hung up the phone with her I started doing some soul searching about why I felt like a freak and what was really going on.  I came to the conclusion that I felt ashamed of my body, and shameful that my cervix was weirdly low.  I felt like because my body wasn’t perfect anymore post-childbirth, that I should be ashamed of myself.  Once I spoke that aloud, I realized how ridiculous that was that I would believe that truth!  I decided that I wanted to believe that my body is capable and to have pride in what I have done and will do again (grow these amazing children in my body!).

Ladies, our bodies are amazing, no matter what struggles we encounter.  It took me a few months to realize that, and I hope you can do some soul searching too if you find yourself feeling badly about your body.  In honor of my new beliefs, let’s celebrate with a giveaway!

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