Bottom line: If you have a uterus and are pre-menopausal, go. Now. Run. To your nearest vendor of menstrual cups. Purchase one for yourself and one for each of your female friends.

No leaks at all, after bathing, biking, toileting, or sneezing. It kinda suctions itself to the vaginal wall and makes a supergood seal. For the first time, my white undies stayed that way, without the whole soak/wash regime! The discomfort I had on the first day was due to the long stem. I cut about 1/4" from the bottom of the stem and now I can't feel a thing. It's like a revelation down there. No tampons sucking up all the moisture. No giant mess due to pads. No ewwwwww, not even when emptying out the cup. But I'm good like that.

The learning curve I have yet to master is the art of insertion, but I discovered there are about a million ways to put that thing in, so I just need more practice.

Anyway, back to your regular scheduled program of Undergrad RN, posting on meaningfully student-nurse-related subjects.