Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:30     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
I am also not a tampon person, and the reusable cups are awful for me, but I have found that the disposable cups are amazing (like Soft Cups). I don't feel them at all, they work really well, you can wear them for 12 hours, and there is no issue of dryness or discomfort.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:30     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here. I did c section, so I did not have vaginal birth. I have never used a tampon. I tried one time, and it was unsuccessful and hurt. It was so tight and dry down there that I can't figure out how to insert it. I am petite and small, can someone recommend me a tampon brand that is easy to use. I will try it again.


How do you have sex...?

I can't fathom never having used a tampon - are you from a culture that finds them dirty?

Lots of options with the silk applicators...


Oh geese OP. Yes, you can wear a tampon. They aren’t too big for you. Get a thin kind with plastic applicator like Tampax pearls light absorbency. Aim toward your tailbone when you insert and don’t try to put it in until your flow is pretty consistent (not the first spotting).


+1. Barring a medical problem, any woman should be able to use a tampon. It may have been user error on the first try. I remember when I was 13 and first tried using them I incorrectly inserted and it was very uncomfortable
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:26     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
If it’s dry, you probably used one of those awful cardboard applicator tampons. Try the nice plastic silk ones.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:21     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
^Geese, ha. Not what I meant
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:20     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here. I did c section, so I did not have vaginal birth. I have never used a tampon. I tried one time, and it was unsuccessful and hurt. It was so tight and dry down there that I can't figure out how to insert it. I am petite and small, can someone recommend me a tampon brand that is easy to use. I will try it again.


Try the Tampax pearl ones, that what I used as a teen (I now use a cup). Regular flow, smooth plastic applicator. The blood should work as a lubricant but it can feel dry if your period is very light.


+1just keep trying several times or days and you will get it. Follow the instruction manual. I had a difficult time with intercourse before I had kids, but I was able to put a tampon in when I needed to for pool/beach.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:20     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here. I did c section, so I did not have vaginal birth. I have never used a tampon. I tried one time, and it was unsuccessful and hurt. It was so tight and dry down there that I can't figure out how to insert it. I am petite and small, can someone recommend me a tampon brand that is easy to use. I will try it again.


How do you have sex...?

I can't fathom never having used a tampon - are you from a culture that finds them dirty?

Lots of options with the silk applicators...


Oh geese OP. Yes, you can wear a tampon. They aren’t too big for you. Get a thin kind with plastic applicator like Tampax pearls light absorbency. Aim toward your tailbone when you insert and don’t try to put it in until your flow is pretty consistent (not the first spotting).
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:19     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Anonymous wrote:Op here. I did c section, so I did not have vaginal birth. I have never used a tampon. I tried one time, and it was unsuccessful and hurt. It was so tight and dry down there that I can't figure out how to insert it. I am petite and small, can someone recommend me a tampon brand that is easy to use. I will try it again.


If you have inserted a penis in your vagina, a tampon is significantly smaller. It should not feel uncomfortable as long as you are on your period and you don’t have a medical issue that makes any kind of penetration painful.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:16     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Get a menstrual cup. They are super comfortable and 0 leaking. Some brands sell "teen" ones that may be good for you.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:15     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Anonymous wrote:Op here. I did c section, so I did not have vaginal birth. I have never used a tampon. I tried one time, and it was unsuccessful and hurt. It was so tight and dry down there that I can't figure out how to insert it. I am petite and small, can someone recommend me a tampon brand that is easy to use. I will try it again.


Try the Tampax pearl ones, that what I used as a teen (I now use a cup). Regular flow, smooth plastic applicator. The blood should work as a lubricant but it can feel dry if your period is very light.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:15     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Anonymous wrote:Op here. I did c section, so I did not have vaginal birth. I have never used a tampon. I tried one time, and it was unsuccessful and hurt. It was so tight and dry down there that I can't figure out how to insert it. I am petite and small, can someone recommend me a tampon brand that is easy to use. I will try it again.


How do you have sex...?

I can't fathom never having used a tampon - are you from a culture that finds them dirty?

Lots of options with the silk applicators...
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 22:08     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Op here. I did c section, so I did not have vaginal birth. I have never used a tampon. I tried one time, and it was unsuccessful and hurt. It was so tight and dry down there that I can't figure out how to insert it. I am petite and small, can someone recommend me a tampon brand that is easy to use. I will try it again.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 20:57     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Im not a tampon person either OP, but I suck it up and wear it for the pool/beach. I don't think a young girl who just started her period should be expected to use a tampon, but if you've birthed babies or had sex I think you can kind of put up with a tampon.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 20:54     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Wear a tampon or a cup. You haven’t said why you don’t wear either.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 20:54     Subject: Re:Take kids to pool while on period
Wear a tampon.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2022 20:52     Subject: Take kids to pool while on period
Wait what? Wear a tampon. A cup.

You’ve never been to the pool or beach on your period? Don’t you go on vacation?

I really don’t get how you haven’t figured this out. Get in the pool with your kids