So you let your tween/teen swim with a pad?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP cited one fact from the report, but out of context. She should have included the sentence next to it, too.

In a randomly selected group of premenopausal women, the most common amount of menstrual flow (measured in a laboratory from all collected tampons and pads) was about two tablespoons (30 ml) in a whole period (1;2). However the amount of flow was highly variable—it ranged from a spot to over two cups (540 ml) in one period!

Pre menopausal.

OPs daughter is a teen

Premenopausal means before menopause. That would include teens.

Per the article (because reading seems to be an issue here, although people love to cite stuff)

Refers to women from menarche until perimenopause. Before perimenopause was understood, this term described any menstruating woman.

No, "premenopausal" is the term used when you're in your 40s and your hormones are just starting to whack out as your body begins the descent into menopause.

Op's kid is a teen.

Are there men posting on this thread bc there are some really inaccurate responses that couldn't possibly be from a woman.

The period just before menopause is called perimenopausal. Read the article and the definition, and understand medical terminology. I even quoted it in my previous post.

Pre = before (examples: premenstrual. Premature.)

Peri = surrounding /around (periscope. Perinatal.)

This, like the people worried about tampons getting lost, are frightening things to me. People are so ignorant about their own bodies, and feel qualified to teach their children.

Yes, sir!

Thank you for teaching us women all about periods.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, sticking with my personal public pool ban. No effing way. People are so much more disgusting than one could ever imagine.

And apparently driven to rationalize it.

Because "she" is a guy who never had a period.

But he read about it in a magazine.

That one cherry picked sentence sure trumps actual period experience.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why these girls can't get a tampon in? That sucks for them in the summer! You can buy super slim teenager sized tampons. My 11 yo refused pads from the beginning and figured the tampons out with youtube videos on her phone.

And what if she hadn't figured them out - would you have berated her for being an idiot and told her that ALL girls can do this?

No.

We are berating the man who keeps insisting that a period is only a tablespoon or two of blood.

I bet he was upset that his poor wife wouldn't have sex with him during her period, so he found these couple of sentences to berate her into having sex with him during that time of month.

Or he is a former guy who has never had a period.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question. How does a tampon hold in the blood and a pad doesn’t? I would think a tampon would still leak, right?

Are you a person with internal reproductive organs?

It's the difference between an absorbent thing inside the body and an absorbent thing outside the body.

My gosh!

The number of vaginaless men posting here is astounding.

[Anonymous]

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But, but, but...they identify as women! And they read a news article!

So of course, real, actual, period suffering women cannot know how much blood actually comes out of their bodies...because, well, they read about it.

Oh look, the "trans-exclusionary radical feminists" have found this thread.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t read all of this, but I have taught six of my friend’s daughters (and my own) how to use a tampon. I think this special skill comes from the fact that I didn’t use them until I was much older myself, so I really had given it some thought. Hard to explain in a post, but here is how you walk a girl through it.

1.) buy the small plastic applicator tampons AND KY jelly.

2.) slather that baby at the top 1/3 or so with the KY. Do not use your hands or you will then be too slippery to hold it. The Mom can put the jelly on.

3.) face the toilet, one foot goes up on the seat, the other foot is on the floor. Have them clench and then unclench their vagina so they know the difference. Don’t have them try inserting tampon until they are in unclenched position!

4.) stick a finger in your vagina to get a sense of the angle , which is kind of toward your lower back. This step is helpful but not critical.

5.) Holding the tampon, angle it toward your lower back and glide it in. If she gets anxious, she can pause. When it’s in all the way so that she can no longer see the top part and just has her finger at the bottom, push in the applicator thingie all the way. Remove applicator. Show her where string is hanging. Tell her NOT TO PULL IT OUT until it’s saturated. If she pulls it out dry it will hurt and she will be reluctant to do this again. The main thing is getting it in far enough that first time.

Ok that’s it. Good luck all.

[Anonymous]

Mom: easy Peary. No tampon, no swimming.

Everyone else: let's let this thread die. My comment above says it all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why these girls can't get a tampon in? That sucks for them in the summer! You can buy super slim teenager sized tampons. My 11 yo refused pads from the beginning and figured the tampons out with youtube videos on her phone.

And what if she hadn't figured them out - would you have berated her for being an idiot and told her that ALL girls can do this?

No.

We are berating the man who keeps insisting that a period is only a tablespoon or two of blood.

I bet he was upset that his poor wife wouldn't have sex with him during her period, so he found these couple of sentences to berate her into having sex with him during that time of month.

Or he is a former guy who has never had a period.

But that’s what it is - a tablespoon of blood that trickles out over 5 days. It’s not much for most people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why these girls can't get a tampon in? That sucks for them in the summer! You can buy super slim teenager sized tampons. My 11 yo refused pads from the beginning and figured the tampons out with youtube videos on her phone.

And what if she hadn't figured them out - would you have berated her for being an idiot and told her that ALL girls can do this?

No.

We are berating the man who keeps insisting that a period is only a tablespoon or two of blood.

I bet he was upset that his poor wife wouldn't have sex with him during her period, so he found these couple of sentences to berate her into having sex with him during that time of month.

Or he is a former guy who has never had a period.

But that’s what it is - a tablespoon of blood that trickles out over 5 days. It’s not much for most people.

No, it is not.

Dude, just because you read an article about periods does not make you an expert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t read all of this, but I have taught six of my friend’s daughters (and my own) how to use a tampon. I think this special skill comes from the fact that I didn’t use them until I was much older myself, so I really had given it some thought. Hard to explain in a post, but here is how you walk a girl through it.

1.) buy the small plastic applicator tampons AND KY jelly.

2.) slather that baby at the top 1/3 or so with the KY. Do not use your hands or you will then be too slippery to hold it. The Mom can put the jelly on.

3.) face the toilet, one foot goes up on the seat, the other foot is on the floor. Have them clench and then unclench their vagina so they know the difference. Don’t have them try inserting tampon until they are in unclenched position!

4.) stick a finger in your vagina to get a sense of the angle , which is kind of toward your lower back. This step is helpful but not critical.

5.) Holding the tampon, angle it toward your lower back and glide it in. If she gets anxious, she can pause. When it’s in all the way so that she can no longer see the top part and just has her finger at the bottom, push in the applicator thingie all the way. Remove applicator. Show her where string is hanging. Tell her NOT TO PULL IT OUT until it’s saturated. If she pulls it out dry it will hurt and she will be reluctant to do this again. The main thing is getting it in far enough that first time.

Ok that’s it. Good luck all.

You gave a lot of thought to sticking some cotton up into your vagina?

[Anonymous]

So period swimwear does actually exist:

https://www.pantyprop.com/product-page/swimwear-racerback-black

[Anonymous]

Jumbo size pad for the pool http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/3309.jpg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But that’s what it is - a tablespoon of blood that trickles out over 5 days. It’s not much for most people.

Right, which is why the array of feminine hygiene products offered is so small, and why super absorbent pads and tampons are non-existent. And why women and girls never bleed through their protection, because there's so little blood lost anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t read all of this, but I have taught six of my friend’s daughters (and my own) how to use a tampon. I think this special skill comes from the fact that I didn’t use them until I was much older myself, so I really had given it some thought. Hard to explain in a post, but here is how you walk a girl through it.

1.) buy the small plastic applicator tampons AND KY jelly.

2.) slather that baby at the top 1/3 or so with the KY. Do not use your hands or you will then be too slippery to hold it. The Mom can put the jelly on.

3.) face the toilet, one foot goes up on the seat, the other foot is on the floor. Have them clench and then unclench their vagina so they know the difference. Don’t have them try inserting tampon until they are in unclenched position!

4.) stick a finger in your vagina to get a sense of the angle , which is kind of toward your lower back. This step is helpful but not critical.

5.) Holding the tampon, angle it toward your lower back and glide it in. If she gets anxious, she can pause. When it’s in all the way so that she can no longer see the top part and just has her finger at the bottom, push in the applicator thingie all the way. Remove applicator. Show her where string is hanging. Tell her NOT TO PULL IT OUT until it’s saturated. If she pulls it out dry it will hurt and she will be reluctant to do this again. The main thing is getting it in far enough that first time.

Ok that’s it. Good luck all.

You gave a lot of thought to sticking some cotton up into your vagina?

It can be tough for first-timers (as some PPs have pointed out!). I applaud this poster for helping her daughter's friends out and writing this info down--it might help others too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t read all of this, but I have taught six of my friend’s daughters (and my own) how to use a tampon. I think this special skill comes from the fact that I didn’t use them until I was much older myself, so I really had given it some thought. Hard to explain in a post, but here is how you walk a girl through it.

1.) buy the small plastic applicator tampons AND KY jelly.

2.) slather that baby at the top 1/3 or so with the KY. Do not use your hands or you will then be too slippery to hold it. The Mom can put the jelly on.

3.) face the toilet, one foot goes up on the seat, the other foot is on the floor. Have them clench and then unclench their vagina so they know the difference. Don’t have them try inserting tampon until they are in unclenched position!

4.) stick a finger in your vagina to get a sense of the angle , which is kind of toward your lower back. This step is helpful but not critical.

5.) Holding the tampon, angle it toward your lower back and glide it in. If she gets anxious, she can pause. When it’s in all the way so that she can no longer see the top part and just has her finger at the bottom, push in the applicator thingie all the way. Remove applicator. Show her where string is hanging. Tell her NOT TO PULL IT OUT until it’s saturated. If she pulls it out dry it will hurt and she will be reluctant to do this again. The main thing is getting it in far enough that first time.

Ok that’s it. Good luck all.

You gave a lot of thought to sticking some cotton up into your vagina?

Don't be an a-hole!! This was well thought out, helpful feedback.

~NP