Diva cup issues, help! Edited

Alright ladies I recently purchased a diva cup to replace tampons and today is the first day of my period. I’ve gotten the cup in and worn it for a few hours and haven’t had any leaking issues but it is quite uncomfortable and also kinda hurts to take out. Can anyone offer any advice or have any tips to make it less uncomfortable? I really want this to work for me because I hate waisting all those plastic applicators 😩

Thanks for your help ladies!! I really appreciate the tips from each of you. This is all new to me lol!