Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 22:13     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Cup user, have never had a leak, a slip, etc. So easy. Also never lost an inserted tampon either (former OB user). Not sure how that could even happen- know your own anatomy
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 22:11     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You shouldn't sleep or swim with a tampon inserted. They can go rogue.


Go rogue? GTFO.


They're not going rogue. Do you not know the female anatomy.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 22:07     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Before I switched to the cup I did.


This. The cup is even easier though.


+1 I didn't used to sleep in tampons, but now I use a reusable disc (similar to a cup but different shape and position).

It can be left in safely for 12 hours and has larger capacity. The best thing is on my heavy days it empties automatically when I use the bathroom. It is so amazing I kind of look forward to my periods lol


"it empties automatically" How?

When you bear down at all to release your bladder, the seal is broken and it empties. You don’t have to reinsert or adjust and it doesn’t fall out. It’s pretty convenient (not the previous poster, just another disc fan). I can usually avoid cleaning it in public bathrooms by leaving it in until I’m home, since it self empties.



What if you cough?
Also, toilet plume from flushing lidless public toilets gets on the toilet paper so unroll somevasnd toss it before cleaning your blood disc.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 22:06     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pads are safer than tampons. They make thin pads you can't feel like infinity.


There is no pad that will hold the sea of blood pouring out of me on my heavy days (and nights).


Always size 5 overnight thick pads with another pad like a T shape in the back and sleep on a towel. Change when you get up to pee. I can't imagine a tiny tampon holding the floods of peri.


Thanks, but a tampon is much more comfortable. I get up to change every 2-3 hours through the night, which is how often I'd have to change a pad too.


Which tampon holds that much? No ones said any brands.


I use Playtex Sport, Super on my heavy days/nights and as I said, I'm changing it every 2-3 hours.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 21:59     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pads are safer than tampons. They make thin pads you can't feel like infinity.


There is no pad that will hold the sea of blood pouring out of me on my heavy days (and nights).


Always size 5 overnight thick pads with another pad like a T shape in the back and sleep on a towel. Change when you get up to pee. I can't imagine a tiny tampon holding the floods of peri.


Thanks, but a tampon is much more comfortable. I get up to change every 2-3 hours through the night, which is how often I'd have to change a pad too.


Which tampon holds that much? No ones said any brands.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 21:23     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pads are safer than tampons. They make thin pads you can't feel like infinity.


There is no pad that will hold the sea of blood pouring out of me on my heavy days (and nights).


Always size 5 overnight thick pads with another pad like a T shape in the back and sleep on a towel. Change when you get up to pee. I can't imagine a tiny tampon holding the floods of peri.


Thanks, but a tampon is much more comfortable. I get up to change every 2-3 hours through the night, which is how often I'd have to change a pad too.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 21:21     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pads are safer than tampons. They make thin pads you can't feel like infinity.


There is no pad that will hold the sea of blood pouring out of me on my heavy days (and nights).


Always size 5 overnight thick pads with another pad like a T shape in the back and sleep on a towel. Change when you get up to pee. I can't imagine a tiny tampon holding the floods of peri.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 21:20     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:When I used them, of course I did - I don't really understand anyone usig pads for any reason, they are gross. And yes, I started using tamposn when I first got my period. Then I switched to a menstrual cup in my 30s, OMG, life-changing, never went back. Sleep with that in too


This is me as well. I used pads at night as a teen then went to all tampons and then found menstrual cups about 20 yars ago and haven't used a pad or tampon since!
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 21:15     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
I’ve never known anyone who had TSS but I did know a girl who put a tampon in at the end of her cycle and forgot about it (!) and only remembered two weeks later when she was having sex. She went to the doctor and they pulled it out and said it happens more often than you’d think!
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 20:51     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. I'm old enough to remember warnings about TSS, so I use pads at night.


+1
I think those of us 45+ were terrorized by this warning.
And it seems in the mid to late 80s everyone knew someone whose friend of a friend died from TSS, for real! Just like everyone knew this one kid whose cousin’s best friend’s mom died from contaminated Tylenol.
Our 80s lives were filled with news horror stories verified by testimonies of “real life eyewitness experience once-removed” which somehow elevated and personalized the concern and made it 10x scarier than the Internet. Those stories stay with you.


I couldn’t agree more.
Toxic Shock Syndrome is real and I do not want to be THAT person.


I’ve never heard of anyone dying from TSS.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 20:48     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:Pads are safer than tampons. They make thin pads you can't feel like infinity.


There is no pad that will hold the sea of blood pouring out of me on my heavy days (and nights).
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 20:44     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. I'm old enough to remember warnings about TSS, so I use pads at night.


+1
I think those of us 45+ were terrorized by this warning.
And it seems in the mid to late 80s everyone knew someone whose friend of a friend died from TSS, for real! Just like everyone knew this one kid whose cousin’s best friend’s mom died from contaminated Tylenol.
Our 80s lives were filled with news horror stories verified by testimonies of “real life eyewitness experience once-removed” which somehow elevated and personalized the concern and made it 10x scarier than the Internet. Those stories stay with you.


I couldn’t agree more.
Toxic Shock Syndrome is real and I do not want to be THAT person.


I’ve never met anyone IRL who got TSS.

I’ve been in healthcare for over 25 years and have never encountered TSS.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 20:39     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:You shouldn't sleep or swim with a tampon inserted. They can go rogue.


Go rogue? GTFO.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 20:23     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
I typically prefer pads but have slept with a tampon many times before and will many more times, I’m sure.

On night 1 when I’m heaviest I sometimes do a tampon and wear a pad in case of a leak
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 20:01     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
I'm really surprised that this is something that anyone would even question. I'm 42 and have never heard of people using tampons but not while sleeping. Just to change every 8ish hours, and to use the right size for current flow (we keep light, reg, super & super+ in our bathrooms). If I sleep 9 hours I dont worry about it. If it gets full during the night, I wake up from that sensation and go change it. Everyone I know uses & sleeps with them in.