JuJu is a variety of wholesome, ecologically pleasant and cost-effective menstrual merchandise manufactured by Freedom Merchandise – a privately owned, environmentally acutely aware, Australian firm based in 2009.
I vividly bear in mind the primary time I heard about menstrual cups. Tina, a part of the Nourished Life crew and the workplace’s unofficial eco warrior (she was utilizing reusable espresso cups earlier than we would even heard of reusable espresso cups!) advised me about them, and I significantly thought they have been the weirdest factor I had ever heard of. I simply could not wrap my head across the concept!
Quick ahead eight or 9 years, and I can not comprehend why anybody would not use a menstrual cup. I have been utilizing mine for plenty of years now and I can truthfully say that I’ll by no means, ever return. Menstrual cups are the form of merchandise the place when you begin utilizing one, you will end up recommending them to anybody who’ll hear!
The primary menstrual cups I ever stocked at Nourished Life have been the JuJu cups, and to this very day they’re nonetheless my favorite model. On this week’s episode of the podcast, I spoke to the unimaginable Brenda Tootell, the founding father of JuJu, to speak about why some individuals are nonetheless so reluctant to embrace menstrual cups and the way we will all work collectively to interrupt the interval taboo.
What’s a menstrual cup and the way do you employ it?
Brenda explains {that a} JuJu menstrual cup is an egg-cup formed gadget made out of extremely versatile, comfortable, medical grade silicone and an environmentally pleasant different to disposable interval merchandise like tampons and pads.
To make use of a menstrual cup, fold it in half after which in half as soon as once more. The menstrual cup is then inserted into the vagina, the identical method you’ll insert a tampon, and it then unfolds to open up and seal your vagina partitions, catching your interval circulation fairly than absorbing it.
JuJu cups could be worn for longer than a tampon- the comfort is one in every of my favorite issues about them! After eight hours, you simply take away the cup, completely wash it after which reinsert it!
Very like whenever you begin utilizing tampons for the primary time, utilizing a menstrual cup generally is a little little bit of a studying curve. Brenda advises to “be affected person and provides it time,” suggesting you wait three cycles earlier than deciding if the cup is best for you or not. Should you’re discovering it a bit uncomfortable, simply ease your method in- begin by carrying it on at some point of your interval, then change to pads or tampons the subsequent. You may be utilizing your JuJu cup on on daily basis of your interval earlier than you realize it!
What makes JuJu completely different from different menstrual cups?
I’ve tried so many alternative menstrual cups and I can truthfully say that I all the time come again to JuJu. I discover the JuJu cups to be a lot extra comfy than what else is on the market, as another manufacturers use a barely more durable, much less versatile silicone.
Brenda tells me that typically it takes a little bit of trial and error earlier than ladies discover their “Goldilocks cup”- the one which’s good!
JuJu initially launched with two completely different variations of their cup- Mannequin 1 for ladies underneath 30 who haven’t given beginning, and Mannequin 2 for ladies who’re over 30 or anybody who has given beginning (though she does add that these are simply tips as anatomies do range). Resulting from public demand, JuJu later launched two extra fashions! Mannequin Three is for many who have a excessive cervix and subsequently have an extended vaginal canal, and Mannequin four is a shorter, barely extra bulbous cup for these with a decrease cervix.
That is one of many many the reason why I really like JuJu- they actually hearken to their prospects, have so many menstrual cup choices, and are all the time working to make the expertise of discovering that “Goldilocks cup” that bit simpler!
Why do you have to use a menstrual cup?
For many who may nonetheless be feeling a bit of reluctant to begin utilizing a menstrual cup, I requested Brenda for the highest Three the reason why ladies ought to make the change.
1. They’re eco pleasant. Brenda tells me that ladies have round 400 menstrual cycles of their lifetime. In the event that they’re utilizing 5 tampons or disposable pads on every day of their interval, that equate to about 25 tampons monthly, 300 a yr and over 10,000 in a lifetime. Whenever you purchase a JuJu cup, you solely want to make use of one product for a lot of, a few years!
2. The well being advantages. Not like tampons and pads, menstrual cups include no chemical compounds that may leach into the physique, no absorption brokers or bleaches which suggests no irritation, and so they assist preserve an optimum vagincal pH stability.
3. Comfort. As a result of JuJu cups do not must be modified as usually as a tampon or pad, JuJu cups make it a lot simpler so that you can go about your day stress free. They’re additionally utterly inside, so you possibly can play sport and go to the fitness center as you ordinarily would, you possibly can journey with only one product, and you will by no means need to rush out to the outlets for an emergency restock!
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