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

[Anonymous]

Lube and a Junior tampon with plastic applicator.

[Anonymous]

With the invention of Thinx and all that, I keep hoping someone will come up with a period panty for swimming, but...no.

[Anonymous]

Or the kind with no applicator. More control.

[Anonymous]

How is this even a question???

A pad would be totally obvious in a bathing suite. Plus, disgusting. Plus would completely fill with water and not even absorb any bodily fluids. Yuck!

[Anonymous]

No, of course not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is this even a question???

A pad would be totally obvious in a bathing suite. Plus, disgusting. Plus would completely fill with water and not even absorb any bodily fluids. Yuck!

Actually, DD’s pad didn’t show - she was wearing a speedo. The pads are very thin nowadays. But she wore shorts over it and just put her feet in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is this even a question???

A pad would be totally obvious in a bathing suite. Plus, disgusting. Plus would completely fill with water and not even absorb any bodily fluids. Yuck!

Actually, DD’s pad didn’t show - she was wearing a speedo. The pads are very thin nowadays. But she wore shorts over it and just put her feet in.

That's not swimming.

[Anonymous]

Ew, no swimming in pads! In fact, I don’t know how anyone can stand to walk around with a wad of absorbent, diaper-like material between their legs. Please give the girl some instruction on how to use a tampon!

[Anonymous]

Ewww, that is disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With the invention of Thinx and all that, I keep hoping someone will come up with a period panty for swimming, but...no.

There are.
One example:
https://www.modibodi.com/product-category/swim/?ph=4709195aa5a4e96bc2af900c

[Anonymous]

I did all the time as a kid. But I had my own pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here’s and I agree, as much as it sucks! She has her period a full seven days, about three of them on the heavier side. Aargh!!

Just to add - I didn’t use tampons until I lost my virginity between freshman and sophomore year in college. Hopefully the easier applicators will help my DD master tampons sooner.

honestly this is silly. It's not 1700. A slim tampon is MAYBE 20% the size of a hard penis. Plenty of virgins use them - like, all girls in early teens.

Still hurts the hymen in many teens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here’s and I agree, as much as it sucks! She has her period a full seven days, about three of them on the heavier side. Aargh!!

Just to add - I didn’t use tampons until I lost my virginity between freshman and sophomore year in college. Hopefully the easier applicators will help my DD master tampons sooner.

honestly this is silly. It's not 1700. A slim tampon is MAYBE 20% the size of a hard penis. Plenty of virgins use them - like, all girls in early teens.

Still hurts the hymen in many teens.

Once. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Skip tampons and go straight for menstrual cups.

I’m in my 40s and have had two kids and I can’t get the hang of menstrual cups. I’ve tried 2 different brands for several months each and they were painful, messy and/or leaked terribly. Buy a variety of tampons until you find one she will use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here’s and I agree, as much as it sucks! She has her period a full seven days, about three of them on the heavier side. Aargh!!

Just to add - I didn’t use tampons until I lost my virginity between freshman and sophomore year in college. Hopefully the easier applicators will help my DD master tampons sooner.

honestly this is silly. It's not 1700. A slim tampon is MAYBE 20% the size of a hard penis. Plenty of virgins use them - like, all girls in early teens.

Still hurts the hymen in many teens.

Once. Get over it.

Tweens shouldn’t be made to feel like a failure if they are struggling to cram a plastic rod up their vagina. You are a horrible person.

My dd couldn’t get one in the first summer. There were lots of tear filled conversations through closed bathroom doors. The next summer, she figured it out pretty quickly.