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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Another bonus of a Diva cup -
(aside from the general awesomeness and potentially fewer cramps).
If you're going on a cruise, you have a room steward. They're generally really friendly and bust their butts for you. But, since you're on a cruise, you can't flush things without screwing up the entire sea-toilet system, and you're supposed to dispose of all products in handy dandy little bags.
Because I totally want my room steward knowing that I've got my period while on vacation. 
Re: Another bonus of a Diva cup -
I remain unconvinced that it's ever a good plan to flush a tampon.
I have heard one too many plumbing horror stories. Lots of houses don't have perfect pipes, and that is an embarrassing day when it all clogs up.
Agreed! It's happened to me- not fun. One of the many reasons I love my cup.
Oh, I don't disagree. I just know that some people do flush products. We've almost always had septic, and my mom was very clear with me that I was never allowed to flush.
I vaguely remember a story from another nestie who moved into a new place. A few days after moving in her plumbing was all backed up because tampons had been flushed. Her landlord tried to make her pay for the plumber to fix everything because it was in her lease that nothing was to be flushed. She had to fight with him about it and nearly had to explain menstrual cycles and how birth control pills work to convince him that it wasn't her, and that he needed to take it up with the previous tenant.
The same exact thing happened to me! My husband was out of town and I heard water. I freaked out because I thought my dog had randomly peed in the house, but it turned out water was coming up through the floor at the base of the toilet. I thought it was a problem with the toilet, so I used the toilet in the guest bathroom....things, dirty, yucky things, came up through the bathtub in the master bath. The landlord was sure I was the culprit, but alas, I was not. I couldn't use the plumbing for two days because he couldn't afford to pay a plumber for a weekend/emergency visit.