Diva cup help

Calling all menstrual cup experts, I need some help!

So I just got my first post-partum period. My last period was Sept 2017 so it has been a while! I use a Diva cup size 1 and the first 1-2 days it worked great! Was really easy to put in and no leaks. On the evening of day 2 it started leaking and now it's like it just won't stay in properly. I ordered a size 2 so I'm hoping that will help the problem. I also can tell that my cervix is much more posterior now that I'm a few days into my period and I have a retroverted uterus so that could be part of it.

Any suggestions? Do you think the bigger size is the answer or is there something else I can try?

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L

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It took me at least 4-5 months to figure my cup out and stay leak-free. I think you rushed into buying a different size. Sometimes my cup goes on the side of my cervix, not around it, but it opens up completely and sucks to the wall. So I used to think that it’s placed perfectly fine, but then it’d leak. So you have to check by running your finger around the rim of the cup. It used to be impossible for me, because I just couldn’t fit my figure up in there, but it got easier with time

L

L • Jul 30, 2019
In that case maybe yeah

Ch

Chelsea • Jul 30, 2019
Ok thanks I will try it again. I did use it for a few months before I got pregnant so I like to think I know what I'm doing a little bit. It seems like it keeps slipping down even when I get it properly positioned, so that's why I thought maybe the bigger size would be better.

Ka

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The larger size will help. Also consider a cup with a more tulip shape, like the Luna or the Saalt cup, that cut down on the leaks for me.

Ka

Kate • Feb 7, 2020
Sorry, Lena cup, not luna

Le

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The new cup should help! I have both sizes and even though the difference is minute, the bigger size is definitely leak free!

Ch

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I'm currently pregnant... But I used a cup for two years. It never failed that I'd have one day a cycle that I would leak no matter what.