Three Beautiful Things, Volume One, Issue One

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1. When I can get the internet to work on my laptop at my mom’s house.

2. Being able to help my aunts and uncles care for my grandpa after his partial stroke yesterday… never thought that Easter Seal training would come in handy, definitely not for this!

3. Late afternoon autumn sunlight filtering over the lake, through the houses and trees, and stretching across the green grass and small trees of the park across the street.

There you go… my first 3BT… I had a hard time keeping it to 3!

Other Blog Topics?

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Yeah so I am sharing this blog with more and more people, so I figured I should probably blog about things other than the DivaCup, especially seeing as how I’ve already covered all the exciting bits during Round One!

A few weeks ago, I checked out a Blog of Note called Three Beautiful Things, and I think I’d like to try 3BT-ing. It probably won’t happen every day, but whenever I get around to it, I’ll post about three things that I think are beautiful…

Stay tuned!

My only Complaint

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Yup. Only one this time round… and that is this:

They (the Diva people) recommend using the muscles that you’d use to aid a bowel movement (aren’t we proper?) to help push the DivaCup down and out to empty it.

And it works well to do that.

But then if I want to have an actual BM? I can feel the Cup kinda sliding down. Usually, I just will it back up to where it’s supposed to be, but sometimes I have to readjust.

Then again, perhaps it’s all psychological!

Me, almost done Round Two!

Fourth Day’s a Charm

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While I still get a little concerned every time I know it’s time to empty ‘er out, wash, and reinsert, I’m able to do it pain-free and with the minimal discomfort that’s to be expected.

Wow… now, it’s hard to believe that Round One was so difficult and painful!

Totally worth it… If you can do tampons, girls, you can do the DivaCup!

Diva’s on Top of the World

Round Two with Diva!

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Today is Day Two of Round Two with the DivaCup. I am very proud to report NO PAIN!! I guess I perfected the technique last month, and maybe hopefully things “down there” loosened up a bit, enough to get the small silicone cup in and out without giving me a panic attack.

I was a little apprehensive yesterday morning when I went to put it in, recalling the strife I went through during Round One, but this time, the most complicated thing is remembering to breathe and relax my muscles as much as possible.

Pain Factor: Nonexistant!

Cleanliness: I’m getting it down to an art!

Is it worth it? Definitely!

Stay tuned for my progress this week.

Confidently, Diva

Hay, hay, save your Hay

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I’ll tell you…

1. “A donkey is content eating grass & a cow is quiet when eating hay, but who can eat flat unsalted food?” Job 6

2. It doesn’t taste good.

3. It’s dry.

4. It’s bulky to store.

5. It doesn’t come in very many flavours.

6. It reminds you of the barn.

7. It doesn’t go well with pasta.

8. Too similar to grass.

9. You might start looking like a cow.

10. We don’t have four stomachs.

11. It wouldn’t taste anything like spinach boiled with butter and salt.

12. It will poke going down.

13. It would make a pretty awkward salad - all stiff and pokey.

14. If we are going to eat the same thing as animals we might as well live in a barn, but since I’m rather fond of my bed and indoor plumbing I’ll stick with people houses and people food.

(written by Mom and I on Canadian Thanksgiving, October 9th, 2006, in the car on the way to Simon and Laura’s, with some thoughts added later by Peter)

Summary: The First Round with DivaCup

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I left it out after emptying it on the evening of the fourth day ’cause I was pretty sure I wouldn’t have much flow that night or the next day.

Turns out I could have worn it another day, but I wasn’t staying the night at home, and didn’t want the added discomfort of tying up the only bathroom for extended periods of time (although I got the whole procedure down to a few minutes, depending how well I’m doing at coaxing myself to relax, etc.).

So it’s washed and dried and resting in its little purple bag for next time!

This means, you understand, that I’m going to have to blog about other topics. Ah, for shame.

Over and out,

Diva