Tampons - confused!

Is KY Jelly easy to find...?

Lol well pads are kinda like nappies I guess. It's just the thing my mum taught me when I was 11 and since it's served me well I just hadn't bothered to change from pads to tampons. I have considered it for a few years by now though. I hear it's way more comfortable than pads Let's hope so!

If you think you can get medium ones in, it's fine to try, but be aware it might be a bit more difficult. I really doubt you will leak, as most people's flow slows down/stops in cold water anyway.

As for measuring flow, if you're only changing every couple of hours, it's not super-heavy. If you're really paranoid about leakage, put a new one in just before you go swimming and change when you get out.

Oh, your flow stops in cold water? Why?

In that case, I shall buy small and medium both then and I can use the small before I swim and the medium when I get in the pool perhaps

Is KY Jelly easy to find...?

Lol well pads are kinda like nappies I guess. It's just the thing my mum taught me when I was 11 and since it's served me well I just hadn't bothered to change from pads to tampons. I have considered it for a few years by now though. I hear it's way more comfortable than pads Let's hope so!

I wouldnt flush them they are likely to block the toilet and cause high embarrassment when the plumber comes! I think non-applicators are easier to put in, cause the edge of the applicator feels horrible when it goes in, its quite hard to describe

Yes I think most chemists sell it.
Pads are dis-GUS-ting! When its heavy and you sit down you're sitting in your own filth! You can feel it squelching beneath you, and when you have a wee youre constantly reminded of it. I also find it degrading wearing what is effectively a nappy cause you cant control the fluid emerging from your doodad, like a baby

Im not sure KY jelly would be such a good idea... wouldnt the tampon soak it up i.e. you would need to change your tampon quite soon after you use it

Wear them a few times before you go swimming so you can figure out what absorbency you'll need

Yes I think most chemists sell it.
Pads are dis-GUS-ting! When its heavy and you sit down you're sitting in your own filth! You can feel it squelching beneath you, and when you have a wee youre constantly reminded of it. I also find it degrading wearing what is effectively a nappy cause you cant control the fluid emerging from your doodad, like a baby

Here you go!

The one piece of advice I would add from my own experience, is to make sure the applicator is in far enough otherwise the tampon won't go in properly.

Not sure I have the time to try out on what day I need what size I imagine when I see the entire tampon soaked to the core, it's probably time for a larger size?

Well I don't think of it as "I can't control my fluids" lol - it's just, well, a period. I do agree with everything else you've said though! But the idea of looking at a blood-soaked tampon doesn't appeal much but it can't be worse than pads, eh? I've got so used to pads that I'm just indifferent to used pads now (my own only, of course) and I just get rid of them as quickly as possible.

I could go on but I'm sure the general public doesn't want graphic details and the women out there will already know anyway lol

Can I start practising insertion before my period starts btw? I know you can get toxic-shock, is it, if it stays in for too long. Is it healthy to have a tampon inside you when you're not on your period, just for an hour or so, or like, 30min? Or do I not need such practise and should just use it when my period starts?