Soft Cups are a relatively new innovation that were actually designed as an alternative to tampons and sanitary towels (napkins) for women. Soft cups consist of a round piece of rubber with a sort of clear thin plastic bag underneath. They are inserted into the vagina like tampons and the soft cup collects the menstruation blood.

Soft cups claim that you can wear them for twice as long as tampons though so you can go for extended periods with soft cups that you may not be able to with tampons. In fact you can wear soft cups for up to 12 hours.

There are a few different brands of menstruation cups available and they are made of different materials. The soft cups are the ones that are made by Instead and although this site has no affinity with that company, the focus is on that brand because they have been the one brand that has been shown to be most useful when trying to get pregnant because of the material they use and the position they sit in.

Other cups available include the Mooncup which is made of a slightly different, more rigid, material and sits in a slightly different position and hence is not quite so good for use when TTC.

However, women have also discovered that soft cups can be a useful device when trying to conceive so they now have a dual use. You insert soft cups after intercourse so that the soft cup keeps the sperm in place. See more about soft cups and conception.

This site will try and tell you all you need to know about soft cups whether that be for their intended use or soft cups for women who are trying to conceive. You can also check out the soft cups video which shows you what they look like and how they bend to fit in your vagina.

There is also additional information for those who are trying to conceive and details about where you can buy soft cups if you want to try them out for yourself. If you want to see what people are saying about soft cups them read the ttc reviews which are genuine quotes taken from ladies who have managed to get pregnant after using soft cups.

Often Soft Cups are used together with a fertility friendly lubricant like preseed or conceive plus and you can add a small amount into the soft cup before inserting as well as using as a lubricant in the normal way.