I try to time my tampon use to my poops so that I can take the tampon out before I go #2.
Something about having the string that close to poo is just ... ew. Unclean, new tampon time. So therefore I have never pooped out a tampon.
TMI possible, though that is this whole thread.
I've always held mine out of the way cos I don't want it getting dirty/wet. Ugh.
As for an embarrassing story, I usually tuck the string up and out of the way, especially at night once I met DH since we don't wear PJ's. One time, I think I forgot and he commented that I had something stuck. I realized what it was and explained it was the tampon string. He said "Oh, I didn't realize they worked that way, with stuff hanging out". I think he knew the general idea of how they worked but obviously has never had to stop and really think about it.
That's so hilarious.
When Moosey was about 11, he came in the room while I was handing a handful of tampons to his sister, and telling her I'd pick more up later, and he says, I'm sorry for you guys. Do those things hurt? And I said, no, if I could get your giant head through my vagina, a little tampon is nothing.
And he says, do you have to take them out and put them back when you pee?
And I crack up, and say, Moose, we don't pee out of our vaginas, for God's sake. You do realize it comes out of a different hole?
And he looks just freaked, and said, you guys can pee out of your assholes?
And I say, no, we pee out of our urethra, it's a completely separate opening.
He was just absolutely weirded out. Just horrified. He says, You guys have three holes? Three? How is that possible? Is that true, or are you being funny?
And when I finally googled anatomy diagrams and convinced him that I wasn't making this up, he was just hilarious. He says, Oh my god, that's so weird. Women are like aliens, or something. Is that it? Just three? Are there more hidden passageways I don't know about? Nothing under your boobs or anything?
To my credit, I did not make things up, though I thought about it.
...has anyone sneezed one loose just going about your life, and had to run to the restroom to change it?
Also - I'm terrified of the Diva cups. I looked into getting one a couple years ago, and I just.... kind of imagined everything going EVUHRYWHERE when I took it out. Because even though I'm sure it's not supposed to do that, I will manage to make it do that. And the thought of it kind of makes my stomach churn.
...has anyone sneezed one loose just going about your life, and had to run to the restroom to change it?
Not I. I've jumped, danced (even done pole dancing, which made me flip upside down!), etc with them and never had an issue with them falling out.
Those suckers are pretty secure.
What sucks is when I was a teenager and a virgin, they never came out, they were in there so tight. Nowadays....they do come out very easily (like pushing for a poo or whatever).
I hate them because the sensation of my vulva cooking in a hot mess of blood and tissue (plus that lovely sensation when you sneeze - you know what I mean) reminds me why PMS is a thing. You guys want to talk funky smells, Blood, tissue, and genital sweat exposed to air and trapped in a sticky flap of plastic and cotton. That's so much worse than any tampon has ever been, for me.
Except with tampons your inner vagina is cooking in that hot mess of blood and tissue. . .and potentially bacteria. It's going to smell just as bad, if not worse, than a pad.
No clue what sneezing sensation you are talking about though, honestly.
And even before BC when I had horrendous, heavy flow for 7 days I never had issue with smell or leaking. I used to change my pad very frequently though.
Not that I'm trying to convince anyone one way or the other. . .hey your menstrual cycle, your choice! Just please stop flushing your tampons, lol!
Personally, periods are just too much of a useless PIA to me that I started taking Seasonale as soon as it was available.
All hail the V, ladies.
But my vagina being vagina-temperature is not something that makes my vulva sweat. Like, I'm not actively aware of how hot it is up in there right now, where as a pad's plastic traps heat and makes shit nasty. And maybe it's the lack of oxygen, but my tampons are never as nasty as my pads, probably because of that previously-noted sauna action going on in the crotch area.
Lol, I never felt my vulva was sweating or more hot than normal from wearing a pad. They just don't bother me, really.
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
I've never pooped out a tampon. I also don't really get grossed out my period or changing my tampon. Been at it for almost 2 decades now it's really no big deal anymore.
Also you know those super obnoxious women who only have a 3 day period that's fairly light? I'm one of those.
I've never pooped out a tampon. I also don't really get grossed out my period or changing my tampon. Been at it for almost 2 decades now it's really no big deal anymore.
Also you know those super obnoxious women who only have a 3 day period that's fairly light? I'm one of those.
I'm a 3-4 day, but I have to use super plus and change every four hours. It's like my body goes, GET IT ALL OUT NOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It fucking sucks.
And they still don't stay snug. I can put a fresh one in, sneeze once I get to my desk, and go back and readjust.
I just hate it and want it be over. It's not even fair. All my friends have finished, and I'm not even using the damned thing anymore, and I should be done. I've stopped for three months at a time, and yay! Thought I was finished and did the happy dance and then crap. Here it is back again with the mess and expense and nuisance. This is bullshit.
I've never pooped out a tampon. I also don't really get grossed out my period or changing my tampon. Been at it for almost 2 decades now it's really no big deal anymore.
Also you know those super obnoxious women who only have a 3 day period that's fairly light? I'm one of those.
That's me. But I get it every 22/23 days or so, so there's that.
I had no idea about the sneezing thing. I have never had this problem. I kinda want to force out a big sneeze on my next period. Like, in the bathroom obviously.
@hellosweetie1015 - They're not messy unless you take it out wrong. But since you should be over a toilet, it mostly just falls into the toilet. It happened to me once or twice when I was trying to figure it out
I've never pooped out a tampon. I also don't really get grossed out my period or changing my tampon. Been at it for almost 2 decades now it's really no big deal anymore.
Also you know those super obnoxious women who only have a 3 day period that's fairly light? I'm one of those.
I'm on BC, so I'm the same way- sometimes I barely even need a tampon. When I was younger not on BC, it was a bitch 5-7 days heavy flow. I'm kind of dreading going off BC when we try to conceive.
I've never pooped out a tampon. I also don't really get grossed out my period or changing my tampon. Been at it for almost 2 decades now it's really no big deal anymore.
Also you know those super obnoxious women who only have a 3 day period that's fairly light? I'm one of those.
I'm on BC, so I'm the same way- sometimes I barely even need a tampon. When I was younger not on BC, it was a bitch 5-7 days heavy flow. I'm kind of dreading going off BC when we try to conceive.
I have the same fear about going off BC. Right now I have one big day and the other few days are like "hey... I'm still here... so yeah, take that." I've heard it gets so much worse off BC, and it makes me worried.
I've never pooped out a tampon. I also don't really get grossed out my period or changing my tampon. Been at it for almost 2 decades now it's really no big deal anymore.
Also you know those super obnoxious women who only have a 3 day period that's fairly light? I'm one of those.
I'm on BC, so I'm the same way- sometimes I barely even need a tampon. When I was younger not on BC, it was a bitch 5-7 days heavy flow. I'm kind of dreading going off BC when we try to conceive.
I have the same fear about going off BC. Right now I have one big day and the other few days are like "hey... I'm still here... so yeah, take that." I've heard it gets so much worse off BC, and it makes me worried.
I'm so worried about going off BC too. I've been on it since I was 17 and before that I had really heavy periods that lasted 7+ days. I'm hoping my body has changed since then and that won't happen when I eventually go off. I was thinking of going off right after we get married just to see how my body adjusts naturally but I really love being able to skip my period on the pill!
I only wear pads to sleep if I don't feel like wearing a tampon. Pads are just so messy to me. I hated that I had to wear them as a teenager when my period was AWFUL because I literally couldn't get a tampon in there when I was a virgin. I got my period when I was freakin 11 too so I had a few miserable years.
Re diva cups: I had one, or something similar, I don't remember, back in college. If you are prone to yeast infections, as I am, I would avoid those things. Otherwise it was great.
Re periods: After you give birth you bleed for about two or three weeks (I heard it can last up to six weeks). That stopped for a few days, and then I got my period (I've been trying to breastfeed, but have only gotten about a tsp full at most If you breastfeed sometimes your period doesn't come back until you stop breastfeeding). This period has been going strong--the heaviest I can ever recall--and I'm several days in. I plan on getting an IUD at my six week postpartum appointment, so hopefully it will be a non-issue after that, but man, it sucks right now.
I cut the string. Ol' stripper trick. I tie a knot first so it's easier to pull out later. I hate the possibility of peeing on it, so that's what I do.
However, I didn't get the hang of tampons until after I lost my virginity, so I wore pads all through high school. It didn't really help that I sort of thought you were supposed to push it out of the applicator before putting it in, which didn't make it easy. My friend had the opposite issue- at first she thought you were supposed to leave the applicator.
The box may come with instructions but it's still confusing af. Or maybe we're just dumb.
Mine's pretty average but about every three months I have an OMG what's happening to me kind of period.
I cut the string. Ol' stripper trick. I tie a knot first so it's easier to pull out later. I hate the possibility of peeing on it, so that's what I do.
However, I didn't get the hang of tampons until after I lost my virginity, so I wore pads all through high school. It didn't really help that I sort of thought you were supposed to push it out of the applicator before putting it in, which didn't make it easy. My friend had the opposite issue- at first she thought you were supposed to leave the applicator.
The box may come with instructions but it's still confusing af. Or maybe we're just dumb.
Mine's pretty average but about every three months I have an OMG what's happening to me kind of period.
I cut the string. Ol' stripper trick. I tie a knot first so it's easier to pull out later. I hate the possibility of peeing on it, so that's what I do.
However, I didn't get the hang of tampons until after I lost my virginity, so I wore pads all through high school. It didn't really help that I sort of thought you were supposed to push it out of the applicator before putting it in, which didn't make it easy. My friend had the opposite issue- at first she thought you were supposed to leave the applicator.
The box may come with instructions but it's still confusing af. Or maybe we're just dumb.
Mine's pretty average but about every three months I have an OMG what's happening to me kind of period.
I wasn't able to figure out tampons until like, after college. Something about it was just, complicated for me.
@blergbot postpartum periods are the worst! I breastfed for a little over a year, and I didn't get my period back until shortly before my son weaned! But once it was back it was insane! I was on the low dose pill since I was still nursing, and my cycle was so jacked I was getting it like every other week until I was able to get back on the full strength pill.
PS. Nursing is hard, so props to you for trying, even if you don't get a lot!
My virginity was reinforced with an underground steel bunker. I couldn't get a tampon in there until after a year of being sexually active.
Apparently I just have a giant vagina, because my virginity had no effect on my ability to use a tampon. I never used pads (except right after having my kids, and I HATED it).
My virginity was reinforced with an underground steel bunker. I couldn't get a tampon in there until after a year of being sexually active.
Apparently I just have a giant vagina, because my virginity had no effect on my ability to use a tampon. I never used pads (except right after having my kids, and I HATED it).
Yeah, someone already posted the Mean Girls gif, but I remember my "bff" in 6th grade told me I was gross because I could use tampons. Ugh.
ETA: Re: Pooping - It's almost happened to me with a divacup, never with a tampon. Whenever I've used softcups they manage to wiggle their way out with no help from my pelvic muscles. Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong
To the messiness factor... I use a pantyliner with mine, so I roll the tampon up in the pantyliner, wrap in TP, boom just as neat as throwing a pad away and no leaking.
Hmm, I always wore a pantyliner with them too, but never thought of this!
Re: strings. I always held them out of the way when I went to the bathroom, but inevitably once in awhile I'd forget and the string would get all wet. Once again, my divacup is the best thing ever! Never going back! (I'm sorry, I promise I do not work for them. I just love it so much That I've even gotten my mom and my old roommate to use it.)
I have had both the cup and tampons start to come out once in awhile when having a bowel movement, but I always just push it back in before it can.
I always hated pads. My mom wouldn't let me use tampons at first because she didn't think I was responsible enough to remember to take them out in time. *eye roll* So I just started using them without telling her. Then, my period started on the day of a friend's pool birthday party. My mom said I could use the tampon just this once and asked if I needed help, but I said I thought I could figure it out. I didn't tell her I'd been using them for months. She still hasn't told me I'm allowed to use tampons.
I tried every period to use a tampon for YEARS. It always made me so unhappy because I really really wanted to use them, but it hurt. My mom said that once I got it in the first time, the second time wouldn't hurt, I could swim on my period, and life in and of itself would improve so much.
After I lost my virginity I was able to use one and it was like I'd won three Nobel prizes, I was so excited.
Re: TMI question
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
Also you know those super obnoxious women who only have a 3 day period that's fairly light? I'm one of those.
And they still don't stay snug. I can put a fresh one in, sneeze once I get to my desk, and go back and readjust.
I'm so worried about going off BC too. I've been on it since I was 17 and before that I had really heavy periods that lasted 7+ days. I'm hoping my body has changed since then and that won't happen when I eventually go off. I was thinking of going off right after we get married just to see how my body adjusts naturally but I really love being able to skip my period on the pill!
I only wear pads to sleep if I don't feel like wearing a tampon. Pads are just so messy to me. I hated that I had to wear them as a teenager when my period was AWFUL because I literally couldn't get a tampon in there when I was a virgin. I got my period when I was freakin 11 too so I had a few miserable years.
PS. Nursing is hard, so props to you for trying, even if you don't get a lot!
ETA:
Re: Pooping - It's almost happened to me with a divacup, never with a tampon. Whenever I've used softcups they manage to wiggle their way out with no help from my pelvic muscles. Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong