Sorry if anyone is tired of these, but it's another Diaphragm post!

I wore my Omniflex for several hours yesterday. I felt fine. When I took it out there was a little bit of fresh blood, but the group advised me that it is normal and can happen if the tip of the cervix is bumped. Since I put it in and took it out a few times with varying degrees of success yesterday I'm guessing that's what happened. So my mind is at ease.

I thought I'd wear it for a while again today and I just put it right in. Took a whopping 10 seconds - TOPS. I don't know if I got lucky or if I am just getting the hang of it, but I THINK I'm getting the hang of it.

Now getting it out... that's a bit of a different story. 😂

It's not really hard to get out. It's not even hard to reach. But I'm scared of puncturing it with my nails so I'm SUPER careful. With the Instead Softcup I would just hook my finger UNDER the rim and pull. If I broke the plastic (which I never did), the worst that would happen is that I'd grab another or wear a pad. But I jumped through hoops for these diaphragms so I would be really sad if I broke either of them.

SO... instead of using my index finger to pull it out I've been using my thumb which feels as weird as it sounds. I can get OVER the rim with my thumb and that way I'm not worried about puncturing it. I am more worried about scratching myself, but I don't think I have. I might buy some of those little finger condoms just for this purpose. Probably not necessary, but it would make me feel better. I don't really want to cut my nails though that would be a logical and free solution to this rather minor problem.

Anyway, that's all for now. I took it out just a bit ago and I didn't have anymore blood or anything like that so WOOHOO! So far, so good. Maybe I will - you know - USE IT soon rather than just wear it around. I'm just taking my time, doing my research, and getting comfortable with it. After I get this one all figured out I will try out the Caya. That's the one I'm really excited about. It's got a finger grip for easy removal. I won't have to do any weird thumb-digging with it.