so I want to try tampons for the first time but i need to know what to expect and how to do it. Could someone help me (sorry fellas :P)

OT: but the last time there was a "girls only" thread, it wound up getting DIRTY :rofl:

There's graphic instructions in the box. I should know i've read it several times.

so I want to try tampons for the first time but i need to know what to expect and how to do it. Could someone help me (sorry fellas :P)


The directions are on the box, it's really simple when you take one out and actually look at it. It WILL feel funny the first time but you'll get use to it just like you got use to the pads.

The directions are on the box, it's really simple when you take one out and actually look at it. It WILL feel funny the first time but you'll get use to it just like you got use to the pads.
I don't have the box. My friend gave me a single one today.

mom will pm you right now

The directions are on the box, it's really simple when you take one out and actually look at it. It WILL feel funny the first time but you'll get use to it just like you got use to the pads.

i dont know how you girls do it. my brother made me read it when i was like 12 i was horrified.

i dont know how you girls do it. my brother made me read it when i was like 12 i was horrified.
:rofl:

mom will pm you right now

You read my mind, I could email her a diagram that shows how to insert one.

So ****ing scared....:crying:

So ****ing scared....:crying:


No need to be, it's really easy, just don't over think about it.

So ****ing scared....:crying:

There's nothing to be scared about. It's not always easy the first time, but when it slides in you'll know and, at least for me, it wasn't uncomfortable at all. Hopefully the PM from Irene helps and good luck.

It won't go in....

There's nothing to be scared about. It's not always easy the first time, but when it slides in you'll know and, at least for me, it wasn't uncomfortable at all. Hopefully the PM from Irene helps and good luck.
wow.. that sounds dirty ;)

a serious topic...anyways

it's hard for you i know...i didn't use them until after being a mother, so i can only imagine what it must be like for a young girl...man, us ladies have it hard...it's gonna take time sweetie, just remember what I PM'd you and the link and every woman here can tell you it was never easy the first time.

It won't go in....

You have to relax your muscles

You have to relax your muscles
I've tried. I give up.

i think it's the feeling that you are injuring yourself or some sort of pain, it's the cardboard probably that you are feeling...it can be a pain, but it's not injuring you in any way...that and like Brie said, you need to relax

wow.. that sounds dirty ;)
:rofl: I had to re-read the second time, and I didn't catch the two meanings in the very beginning until I read the second time. It does sound like it. :lol:

Rock Princess, yeah, you have do have to relax because your muscles do make a very big difference. Hang in there. Good luck. :)

i think it's the feeling that you are injuring yourself or some sort of pain, it's the cardboard probably that you are feeling...it can be a pain, but it's not injuring you in any way...that and like Brie said, you need to relax


Right, the cardboard isn't in that long only a second or two. Not getting too graphic but the vagina is nothing more then a muscle, and when you tense up it will hurt, so relax

wow.. that sounds dirty ;)

:rofl: Wow, I totally didn't catch that as I was writing it.

Tampons are scary. :(

I tried them about 2 years ago and like you, I just couldn't do it. I strictly stick to pads! :lol:

I wonder how many of the guys have sneaked a peek on this thread...

:eek:

Betcha all of them! :lol: :D

I wonder how many of the guys have sneaked a peek on this thread...

:eek:

I'm gonna go with more than a few. :lol:

And on the subject, it took me a long time to learn how to do it. I first tried when I was 13 or 14 and just couldn't do it. I tried a few times after that and it never worked. I didn't become a "regular" so to speak until the end of my senior year. Once you figure out how to do it, tampons are so much better than pads.

Once you figure out how to do it, tampons are so much better than pads.
True, but it's much easier to get TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome) if the tampons are not removed properly or left for prolonged periods of times. :eek:

True, but it's much easier to get TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome) if the tampons are not removed properly or left for prolonged periods of times. :eek:
that was more of an issue when they made tampons out of that real real real absorbent material. the material had to be toned down...that's what caused the TS syndrome to begin with. It still can happen of course, but very rarely and if one follows the directions, there is no problem. Tampons are great when you don't want that ugly bulge or bulky feeling. At times I am too lazy to use a tampon...and besides, one time i forgot that i had one in...so I inserted another one...OH CRAPPOLA...i couldn't get the other out so I had to go to the ER!!!!!!! NOW THAT WAS FRICKIN' EMBARRASSING!!!!!! Even though the doctor was female and she told me THIS HAPPENS ALOT!!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: it still didn't diminish my embarrassment.

I wonder how many of the guys have sneaked a peek on this thread...

:eek:
at least i had the balls to post.

you all know ur friends at one point showed u the instructions dont lie

at least i had the balls to post.

you all know ur friends at one point showed u the instructions dont lie
yes you did.

however, your second sentence doesn't make sense?????:confused:

i dont know how you girls do it. my brother made me read it when i was like 12 i was horrified.
I don't know either...and I'm a girl. *shudders*

http://www.divacup.com/

The alternative to tampons. :D

I tried them about 2 years ago and like you, I just couldn't do it. I strictly stick to pads! :lol:
So do I. Plus I never have liked the idea of having something stuck in there for that long...at least not while I'm not enjoying it. ;) j/k

http://www.divacup.com/

The alternative to tampons. :D
OH SH*T...i would fill that cup up in an hour!!!!!!!


The paragraph below from the website made me think what the landfills must look like and OH GOD, neva mind...poor sanitation people!!!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :

Since The DivaCup™ is reusable, it is very economical. As well, you can feel confident that you are doing your part in environmental conservation. Landfill and pollution problems are on the rise and continue to be a worldwide concern. In 1998, 7 billion tampons and 13 billion sanitary pads and their packaging made their way into landfills and sewage systems in the USA alone!

OH SH*T...i would fill that cup up in an hour!!!!!!!


The paragraph below from the website made me think what the landfills must look like and OH GOD, neva mind...poor sanitation people!!!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :

Since The DivaCup™ is reusable, it is very economical. As well, you can feel confident that you are doing your part in environmental conservation. Landfill and pollution problems are on the rise and continue to be a worldwide concern. In 1998, 7 billion tampons and 13 billion sanitary pads and their packaging made their way into landfills and sewage systems in the USA alone!
It would take me a LONG TIME to fill it to the max, seriously. It's nothing like it used to be when I was in high school. I used to have to use the heaviest absorbency, and it would only take me about 2-3 hours. Not anymore. I still have a full box of the heaviest absorbency stuff, and I haven't had to use them in about three years. :lol:

I hear the cardboard applicators/paper wrappers are okay to flush down the toilet (they dissolve eventually) but that you are not supposed to flush the actual things themselves, even though the box says it's okay to flush. Obviously, you don't flush PLASTIC wrappers/applicators down the toilet... Big no-no.

Oh, you betcha I wish I was a man at that time of the month!!!!!

It would take me a LONG TIME to fill it to the max, seriously. It's nothing like it used to be when I was in high school. I used to have to use the heaviest absorbency, and it would only take me about 2-3 hours. Not anymore. I still have a full box of the heaviest absorbency stuff, and I haven't had to use them in about three years. :lol:

I hear the cardboard applicators/paper wrappers are okay to flush down the toilet (they dissolve eventually) but that you are not supposed to flush the actual things themselves, even though the box says it's okay to flush. Obviously, you don't flush PLASTIC wrappers/applicators down the toilet... Big no-no.

Oh, you betcha I wish I was a man at that time of the month!!!!!
i have never seen those divacups. I don't think i ever seen them in any store...seriously. Interesting.

I never put that stuff down the toilet, nothing, not even toilet paper because the plumber guy we had out here a long time ago told us that it helps your pipes to not do that. I haven't had a plumbing issue for sooooooo long. He was right. it just means having to empty the trash can a lot more in the day, but i'd rather do that than clog the toilet.

I WANT A HYSTERECTOMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok, maybe i better not wish for that...hormone pills, weakened bladder, etc. God, it's awful at times being a woman.

I am so glad I'm a guy

yes you did.

however, your second sentence doesn't make sense?????:confused:

I think he was talking to the guys. That every guy at one point or another has seen the directions to inserting a tampon.

I don't know either...and I'm a girl. *shudders*
Pads rock!! :rock:

Pads rock!! :rock:
I second that! A lot less troublesome. :rock:

http://www.divacup.com/

The alternative to tampons. :D

The instructions say you have to wash it. Eew!

I also had the misfortune of reading the instructions on the tampon box. :( Although nobody made me.

It was one of those times (you all know what I mean) when you're on the toilet with NOTHING to read, and so you just start getting random stuff from under the sink or around you like shampoo bottles, etc.

One time, I was so bored and desperate for a diversion that I had to resort to reading the tampon box.

So do I. Plus I never have liked the idea of having something stuck in there for that long...at least not while I'm not enjoying it. ;) j/k
:lol: :lol: :lol: :rofl: :brent

The instructions say you have to wash it. Eew!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

There you go. They have pads so thin now, you can't tell or feel that you're actually wearing one.I tried them about 2 years ago and like you, I just couldn't do it. I strictly stick to pads! :lol:

There you go. They have pads so thin now, you can't tell or feel that you're actually wearing one.


Those are only good to dry the sweat off my forehead.:eek: :lol:

Those are only good to dry the sweat off my forehead.:eek: :lol:
:rofl:

Those are only good to dry the sweat off my forehead.:eek: :lol:
I heard that!!!!!! Yes, so damn true. that, or they could be used for kids to wear as knee pads for skatingboarding.

I need those heavy xtra duty pads and then the heavy xtra protection tampons, at the same time!!!!!! Believe me, this is the worst time of the month for me. I thought my periods as a teen were terrible. Man, those days were nothing. Now!!! I have pain and cramps A WEEK BEFORE I ACTUALLY START. So, it's like being on it for TWO WHOLE WEEKS!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: That divacup, like i said, would be filled IN ONE HOUR!!!

I heard that!!!!!! Yes, so damn true. that, or they could be used for kids to wear as knee pads for skatingboarding.

I need those heavy xtra duty pads and then the heavy xtra protection tampons, at the same time!!!!!! Believe me, this is the worst time of the month for me. I thought my periods as a teen were terrible. Man, those days were nothing. Now!!! I have pain and cramps A WEEK BEFORE I ACTUALLY START. So, it's like being on it for TWO WHOLE WEEKS!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: That divacup, like i said, would be filled IN ONE HOUR!!!

:lol: That reminds me one time my boyfriend's brother's friend fell while riding dirt bikes up at their cottage and they didn't have any Band-Aids so my boyfriend's mom used Maxi pads, haha.

:lol: That reminds me one time my boyfriend's brother's friend fell while riding dirt bikes up at their cottage and they didn't have any Band-Aids so my boyfriend's mom used Maxi pads, haha.
When my half-brother was six years old, he was roller-skating and his mom (my dad's wife) seen him outside and to her HORROR:eek: :eek: ...he was using those huge maxi pads for knee pads. Those huge ones they give you in the hospital after you give birth with those long "strings" on either end...he simply tied them around his knees.

I never much cared for tampons. This may sound gross but I want the blood to come out not stay up inside me for hours. The only time I use them is for swimming and if it's inserted right you can't feel a thing.

This is kind of off topic but I used to work with a lady who had 2 teen daughters and she wouldn't allow them to use tampons because she thought if they started using them that they would get all stretched out and wouldn't be virgins anymore. :lol:

we can all agree periods blow


X|

I remember hearing somewhere years ago that long before tampons came out, some women used these "belt" things that looked like underwear but was really like a huge pad or something that was tied around the waist. Now, that seems uncomforable.... Yikes! :eek:

My periods are really heavy too... I use the heavy tampons and have to change that like every hour. I usually use tampons during the day and pads at night. I'm also cursed with cramps for two weeks like you! Mine are never regular either, but at least it's never a surprise when I start... I have a week to prepare for it.

I'm the same way, but now a days I'm glad to have my period :lol:

I remember hearing somewhere years ago that long before tampons came out, some women used these "belt" things that looked like underwear but was really like a huge pad or something that was tied around the waist. Now, that seems uncomforable.... Yikes! :eek:

Yeah, that's true. There's a funny scene about them in the movie, The Slums of Beverly Hills.

Yeah, that's true. There's a funny scene about them in the movie, The Slums of Beverly Hills.
Oh, wow... They have even made it onto the media? Scary....

Oh, wow... They have even made it onto the media? Scary....

Sanitary belts (http://www.mum.org/belts.htm) were still available in America in the 1970s-1980s. I agree though that, they look really uncomfortable.


ETA: The Slums of Beverly Hills is set in the 1970s.

Sanitary belts (http://www.mum.org/belts.htm) were still available in America in the 1970s-1980s. I agree though that, they look really uncomfortable.
Wow..... Comfortable, as this one below claims??? :eek:

http://www.mum.org/bellast.jpg
http://www.mum.org/belcont.jpg
http://www.mum.org/hoobelt.jpg

They look more like female jock straps! :rofl:

Creepy, eh?

Sanitary belts (http://www.mum.org/belts.htm) were still available in America in the 1970s-1980s. I agree though that, they look really uncomfortable.


ETA: The Slums of Beverly Hills is set in the 1970s.
Yikes...You know, I actually remember seeing these when I was really young. I didn't know that's what THEY were for!

Those are the things that the hospital gave me after I had my first daughter
(1983)...i was like WTF is this??????

Yikes! I found a Swedish ad showing HOW they looked like....

http://www.mum.org/beltad.gif

:eek:

Or, what about washable pads? It's like cloth diapers.... ohno:

http://www.mum.org/pantywithpad.gif

Yikes! I found a Swedish ad showing HOW they looked like....

http://www.mum.org/beltad.gif

:eek:

Or, what about washable pads? It's like cloth diapers.... ohno:

http://www.mum.org/pantywithpad.gif


:stressed:

I swear to God!!!!! what is up with that washable pad???? I cannot see myself washing out that thing. What? you have to have like twenty of these things and when one gets "dirty" you put on a clean one...just like changing a diaper??? YUUUUUCK....

Or, what about washable pads? It's like cloth diapers.... ohno:

That's just odd. Like back in the 30's when they had to have washable pads because nothing else was available...get with the times people. :lol:

I never much cared for tampons. This may sound gross but I want the blood to come out not stay up inside me for hours.

Exactly!

I swear to God!!!!! what is up with that washable pad???? I cannot see myself washing out that thing. What? you have to have like twenty of these things and when one gets "dirty" you put on a clean one...just like changing a diaper??? YUUUUUCK....

I totally dont get the washable stuff either. Even if I had the free time, I just couldn't deal with the added hassle and grossness. There's enough hassle and grossness just going through this once a month. As far as the environment is concerned, until environmentalists start calculating how much boy stuff is in the landfills I'm not going to worry about it.

Yeah, that's true. There's a funny scene about them in the movie, The Slums of Beverly Hills.
haha...yeah, I saw that, like after she got blood on the chair.:rolleyes:

http://www.lunapads.com/

'Nuff said. :D

Oh, and some ladies use sponges in place of tampons. Really.

http://www.lunapads.com/products/sea_sponge_tampons/

http://www.lunapads.com/

'Nuff said. :D

Oh, and some ladies use sponges in place of tampons. Really.

http://www.lunapads.com/products/sea_sponge_tampons/
Oh, my gosh! The sponge looks like an exploded tampon. Imagine that large soaky thing inside of you and having to pull it out all squishy and used? *cringes* Might as well stick one of those washable cloth pads inside of you then. :eek: Ewwww....

I was telling a friend about this thread and how some guys were admitting to reading the tampon boxes, and I asked if he's ever done that because he has a younger sister. He said "no." Is he really being honest, or maybe his sister didn't use tampons. :lol: Anyway....

Those are only good to dry the sweat off my forehead.:eek: :lol:
yeah, I guess you're right. Some ladies need heavier protection than others.

Oh, my gosh! The sponge looks like an exploded tampon. Imagine that large soaky thing inside of you and having to pull it out all squishy and used? *cringes* Might as well stick one of those washable cloth pads inside of you then. :eek: Ewwww....
Oh God, can u imagine the smell that must emit from using that crap??????? ewwwwwww...not to be gross, but I recall this former associate of mine and i knew when she was on her period...SHE REEKED!!!!!! some of those things just make me think of the smell and odor....OH GOD, i AM GOING TO BE SICK!!!!!!!! which is why I think the tampons absorbing as much as it can is a godsend because it is absorbing the blood and the blood isn't coming out, which is the cause of ODOR, because once blood hits "air" it starts to smell. Ask any doctor abt that.

Tampons are scary the first time!!!be patient it takes time to learn how to do it properly..
the first time i tried it i couldnt get it right.

try to insert it while sitting on the toilet..it worked for me!!


also you can try standing with one foot on the toilet.this kinda relaxes the muscles!!

hope this helps:)

I tried them about 2 years ago and like you, I just couldn't do it. I strictly stick to pads! :lol:
I tried them when I was a teen, never again. Pads for me also.

I totally dont get the washable stuff either. Even if I had the free time, I just couldn't deal with the added hassle and grossness. There's enough hassle and grossness just going through this once a month. As far as the environment is concerned, until environmentalists start calculating how much boy stuff is in the landfills I'm not going to worry about it.
:lol: Just how many condoms and semen samples are there out there?? Hmmm.....

I bet even though they take up less room than a pad, there are more out there.

:lol: Just how many condoms and semen samples are there out there?? Hmmm.....

I bet even though they take up less room than a pad, there are more out there.
are you referring to the dump sites, the environment, etc.?

are you referring to the dump sites, the environment, etc.?
At landfills. Sorry.

:lol: Just how many condoms and semen samples are there out there?? Hmmm.....

I bet even though they take up less room than a pad, there are more out there.
Oh God yes!!!!!! can u imagine???????? i bet they are just filled with so much of that stuff!!!!! :rofl:

God, who would want a job like that???? Damn, they must make GREAT MONEY!!!!!!

I know trashmen make pretty good money, but I dont know about the people at the actual landfill. who would want that job? :confused:
has anyone ever seen that show on the Discovery Channel "Dirty Jobs"? that guy who hosts the show does all kinds of work that are considered dirty, filthy, back-breaking, etc. One time he did work at a sewage plant. He was actually inside that large ass container where all the toilet and sewer wastes go...he had this look on his face and he was covered from head to toe...he said the SMELL WAS INDESCRIBEABLE...they showed the guys opening the door to this container and all this waste came pouring out:

crap, tampons, etc. etc. etc. he was pointing out the stuff which was in this thick, dark, gooey muddy mess. it was disgusting. they even had to use this device to tell them when certain levels of ammonia and other fumes got to high and too dangerous for them. IT WAS GROSS!!!!!

has anyone ever seen that show on the Discovery Channel "Dirty Jobs"? that guy who hosts the show does all kinds of work that are considered dirty, filthy, back-breaking, etc. One time he did work at a sewage plant. He was actually inside that large ass container where all the toilet and sewer wastes go...he had this look on his face and he was covered from head to toe...he said the SMELL WAS INDESCRIBEABLE...they showed the guys opening the door to this container and all this waste came pouring out:

crap, tampons, etc. etc. etc. he was pointing out the stuff which was in this thick, dark, gooey muddy mess. it was disgusting. they even had to use this device to tell them when certain levels of ammonia and other fumes got to high and too dangerous for them. IT WAS GROSS!!!!!
Nasty! I'd have to make $800 an hour to do that!

Oh God, can u imagine the smell that must emit from using that crap??????? ewwwwwww...not to be gross, but I recall this former associate of mine and i knew when she was on her period...SHE REEKED!!!!!! some of those things just make me think of the smell and odor....OH GOD, i AM GOING TO BE SICK!!!!!!!! which is why I think the tampons absorbing as much as it can is a godsend because it is absorbing the blood and the blood isn't coming out, which is the cause of ODOR, because once blood hits "air" it starts to smell. Ask any doctor abt that.
Ewwww.... Yeah, really... that's just.... ugh.... does make me sick too. :barf: