We’re back on the blog with a Merula Cup review- you’ve been asking our thoughts on this cup from Germany so we obliged!
Short and Stout
There is HUGE potential for this cup but also real potential problems, which is usually the case for a cup that addresses a specific need with its design. When you cater to one type of problem (heavy flow and low cervix) you end up far on one end which leaves out many on the other side. Does that make sense? I sure hope so.
Merula Cup Review
The Merula Cup is up on our menstrual cup comparison chart. So be sure to check it out there!
Tell us YOUR thoughts
Did this cup work for you? Was it your Golidlocks? Anyone else find it makes them have to pee? Please let us know your experience and advice in the comments.
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So I’m going to put this review out there and get graphic. We are all ladies here. I’m a registered nurse(not that I’m giving medical advice on here) and this cup has been my god send. I had a hymenectomy at 18 years old. My lady hole was the size of a pin hole according to the MD who did the surgery. I also have a copper IUD as it is the only birth control I am permitted to use because of a clotting disorder. So I would bled thru an ULTRA tampon in two hours max. I finally discovered the menstrual cup. Because as a nurse I can’t stop every two hours to change my lady product. I was wearing the ultra tampon and an overnight pad to avoid accidents at work. My first cup was a Lilycup small. The thing was hanging out of me by a good half an inch no matter what I did. All I was thinking is how does anyone use these things. So I did some research. Found the put a cup in it website. Found the MeLuna cup which comes in sizes. I was like great! The small size was wonderful but we were back to running to the bathroom. But I got a longer stretch of 4 hours instead of 2. I’m thinking how do women go 12 hours with these things. Guess I need to try some different ones out. Tried the Lumma Disc small. This is great has a string so I can remove it. It’s small. But it was gross taking it out. But I still have it. Great if you want to have sec on your period. Only thing you can use. Would literally put it in just for that and remove it right afterwards. Moving on to the ball/sphere shaped cups. Found femmycycle. That was the best so far. Didn’t even need the small size! Got 8 hours on a heavy day. BUT the lip on the inside of the cup. Was making it smell and I don’t care how much I cleaned, boiled it, steamed it. To me it was a place to trap bacteria and the smell(gag!) Which was a shame. Also the ring was a bit small. Grabbing it sometimes was a challenge. Told by my GYN to squat and push forward and was always able to remove it that way. But in comes the Merula. I was able to use the XL. 8 hours on the heaviest days! No running in and out of the bathroom at work. I use the XL on day 2-3. Which are always the heaviest. And the one size on the other days. I do like to clean more then every 12 hours but I love the option of getting to stop when it’s convenient for me not because my cup/tampon is leaking. No lip on the cup so it stays clean. No smell. No place for bacteria to collect. I have been hospitalized with urinary problems multiple times before cup use. I don’t feel like it causes any issues with feeling like I have to pee. Easy to dump/clean. I use the tulip fold. As someone with a tiny lady hole I have never had a problem getting it in being uncomfortable. I have to squat to get my cup in properly. But that has always been the case. I leave the stem fully on and wiggle it down to remove the cup/break the seal. No leaks. No worries. Wish I would have known about these things 20 years ago. Instead of spending my life running to and from the bathroom. It is a learning curve but I hope this review helps someone else like me. I have a high cervix and an extremely narrow vagina even after surgery and I have never had children. Able to use the cup just fine without leaks. Love that the color is colorful so it also does not stain.
I bought the Merula Cup as my first cup ever and still use it. I had some spotting-issues in the beginning, but after 3 cycles or so I got the twist.
The best folding technique for me personally is the punch down, but facing it towards my back, as others already suggested.
I don’t feel any pressure or the urge to urinate while wearing it, i actually cannot even feel it. But in the first 2,3 cycles I felt some inconvenience, so as with the spotting issue, I just had to figure out how to wear it “the right way”. (I do not want to suggest however, that it will work for everyone, if they just try hard enough, of course everyone is different.)
Unlike many other users of this cup a have a slightly high cervix (more than 6cm).
I opted for this cup in particular because I wanted a cup without wholes in it. I never had any probles with a too high pressure while removing it, because I always make sure to “let some air in” before I pull on it.
Thank you for this nice review. I landed on this page because I have recently bought my first ever cup and I seem to have issues with it. I actually live in Germany and didn’t do much research before buying it so I just bought the Merula cup because this was the one I could find in the store.
My first experience with it has been not so nice, to say the least. I find it to be too firm and the biggest problem is that, no matter how I fold it before or how much I’m trying to relax, it seems to be very difficult to open it once it is in. I managed to wear it for one day but I had the same issues with urinating which you are mentioning in the video and I could feel it there all the time. Very uncomfortable. I’m almost scared to look into buying a different one. But I learned my lesson, at least now I know I have a low cervix and that I have to look for a softer one. This Merula is definitely not built for my body, I will never use it again.