Explain Period Swimsuits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg people need to start using cups. They were life changing for me.

Or just acknowledge that pools are full of all sorts of fluids, and hopefully chorine/chemical levels high enough to counteract that fact! Indeed it seems the chemical level must be high enough, because it is not as if you hear about horrible adverse effects all the time from swimming in pools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg people need to start using cups. They were life changing for me.

Hated the cup. Love the disc. Everyone's body is different.

[Anonymous]

They work. Not sure how. But they do. Nothing comes out. But make sure you get a tight fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They work. Not sure how. But they do. Nothing comes out. But make sure you get a tight fit.

Agree. They are pretty amazing. And they are not like a swim diaper (no absorbency with those). Swim diapers are meant to catch feces, not urine.

[Anonymous]

I was always told that once you are in the water, your period kind of stops for a little bit. I'm not sure if that's true, but it was definitely something I was told when in middle and high school. If true though, the bathing suit would only have to do the "work" when out of the water.

Feel free to debunk this long held belief, as I forgot that it's something I believe until I saw this thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They work. Not sure how. But they do. Nothing comes out. But make sure you get a tight fit.

Agree. They are pretty amazing. And they are not like a swim diaper (no absorbency with those). Swim diapers are meant to catch feces, not urine.

Right so swim diapers don't absorb liquid, which is the whole point. Have you SEEN a kid in a regular diaper in a pool!?!

But a period swimsuit does absorb liquid? I don't buy that. These swimmers would look like saggy diaper babies.

I think it's what they PP said above. It catches clumps and everything else flows and mixes with the water. I think that's pretty horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was always told that once you are in the water, your period kind of stops for a little bit. I'm not sure if that's true, but it was definitely something I was told when in middle and high school. If true though, the bathing suit would only have to do the "work" when out of the water.

Feel free to debunk this long held belief, as I forgot that it's something I believe until I saw this thread!

It can decrease it because of pressure. So that is why a lot of girls where a pad and right before the race, remove it and swim. Then immediately go back and add a pad.

[Anonymous]

I’m just thinking how the absorbent layer would also absorb water, then the crotch stays wet for far longer when you get out. Maybe ok for practice but any time you’re sitting for a while waiting for your next race, or at the pool/beach in the summer, you’d be sitting with your vulva in wet fabric for longer than normal. To me it’s also an extra yeast or BV risk.

To each her own I guess.

[Anonymous]

My daughter has worn them on light days with no problem. On heavier days she wears them with a ultralight tampon.

[Anonymous]

https://www.verywellhealth.com/best-period-swimwear-7965851

They tested out some on the market and gave reviews.

[Anonymous]

The suits do seem to hold everything in, but so far we haven’t found one that was the right fit for competition. So, tampons it is.

[Anonymous]

Haven't used a tampon in probably 15 years. There are so many different cups / discs now.

[Anonymous]

There is a water repellent layer as part of the suit. You need a tight fit to make sure water does not come in and out of the suit.

If you don’t believe it, get a suit, put it on, get in a bath tub. Get out. Take off the suit. See if it got wet inside.

For all of you saying to just wear a tampon - that’s a personal decision that you really shouldn’t make a young teen do unless they want to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a water repellent layer as part of the suit. You need a tight fit to make sure water does not come in and out of the suit.

If you don’t believe it, get a suit, put it on, get in a bath tub. Get out. Take off the suit. See if it got wet inside.

For all of you saying to just wear a tampon - that’s a personal decision that you really shouldn’t make a young teen do unless they want to.

Interesting! I can see how this could work. Would the tight fit be uncomfortable for a young teen, do you think? I agree that tampons are not right for everyone but I would want to seek a protective alternative for others' sake, as best I could.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was always told that once you are in the water, your period kind of stops for a little bit. I'm not sure if that's true, but it was definitely something I was told when in middle and high school. If true though, the bathing suit would only have to do the "work" when out of the water.

Feel free to debunk this long held belief, as I forgot that it's something I believe until I saw this thread!

What kind of nonsense is this? No, your period doesn’t stop in the water. Does it stop in the shower? This makes zero sense.