Need Support: Disc size
Hi everyone! I am a long time re-usable menstrual product user. I started with cups because they seemed a little more user-friendly but had to switch to discs in 2023 because I got an IUD.
I first started with the Hello Disc, but swapped to the Diva Disc when it first was released because I really liked the pull tab and leakproof shield features.
Every time I start my period, there’s a few days where my body has to get used to the actual feeling of the disc. It feels like it’s either putting pressure on my colon (feels like the urge to go but also constipated?) or on my urethra (similar symptoms to a UTI? Just a nagging pressure/pain, struggle to pee?). I think it typically goes away after a few days when my body gets used to it, but then it’ll start all over again at the next period. A piece of context that may be important: I have OCD, and one particular OCD cycle is surrounded by the fear of getting or having a UTI, so it gets amplified when my disc happens to be putting pressure on my urethra.
Is this because my disc is too big? Diva Disc is one size and seems a lot smaller than other discs, or at least the Hello Disc? Are there other recommendations you guys could offer on discs that are smaller?