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I ran out of tampons so gave a menstrual cup a try - then ended up in A&E

05 July 2023 , 09:37
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I ran out of tampons so gave a menstrual cup a try - then ended up in A&E
I ran out of tampons so gave a menstrual cup a try - then ended up in A&E

A WOMAN who decided to try a menstrual cup for the first time was left regretting her choice when she ended up in A&E.

Naomi had no option but to try the menstrual cup when she ran out of the organic cotton, bleach-free, sustainable super plus tampons she usually uses.

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Naomi had to go to hospital after getting a menstrual cup stuckCredit: Tiktok - @naomi.native
She said that she tried to get the cup out in the shower but couldn't
She said that she tried to get the cup out in the shower but couldn'tCredit: Tiktok - @naomi.native
She ended up going to A&E to get help, after her sister also failed to get it out
She ended up going to A&E to get help, after her sister also failed to get it outCredit: Tiktok - @naomi.native
She ended up with three doctors looking at her vagina before one managed to get it out
She ended up with three doctors looking at her vagina before one managed to get it outCredit: Tiktok - @naomi.native

In a video on TikTok, she said she had nothing planned for the day so wanted to give the cup a try.

"Guys, I tried to test it in the shower to take it out and I can't get it out," she said.

She then enlisted the help of her sister to try and get it out, adding: "Thank God for sisters!"

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"It's not coming out," her sister said.

"At this point, I had no other option but to go to A&E and let them know that I had a foreign object in my vagina," Naomi said.

She was sent to Urgent Care, where the physician tried to use a whole host of speculums and forceps to remove the cups.

"Getting it out was proving difficult," Naomi admitted.

While the doctor didn't give up, she went to seek further advice, which meant that there were then three people "staring at my vagina trying to get this damn thing out," Naomi said.

The doctor finally managed to get the cup out, with Naomi telling her: "Yay! Thank you so much."

"What they don’t tell you about menstrual cups," she wrote in the video caption.

People were quick to comment on Naomi's predicament, with one writing: "This has confirmed I will never be capable of using these. Hope you’re ok omg."

"They put the fear in me, a period pant queen right here," another added.

With Naomi laughing: "The way I ran back to my period pants with my tail between my legs!"

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"I'm a plus size person and this is the reason I've never tried a menstrual cup. the fact I can't reach that area very well," someone else wrote.

To which Naomi replied: "This is so valid!

"There’s a lot to navigate around there, it definitely didn’t make it any easier."

"This is honestly my nightmare," another person commented.

Sarah Bull

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