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[shahrizai.livejournal.com]

...okay...this sounds really weird, especially since everyone around me at school and that thinks of me as a bit of a sexual know-it-all (not from experience, but from reading, as you could probably tell from me looking at places like vagpag, I'm only 15), but...y'see, I've never really done the self-exploration thing, and that really messes things up when I try to use tampons. I don't know, it just seems really weird, I don't like touching myself when anyone is in the house, and it makes it somewhat worse when my parents were born in the 40s, and its only me and them in the house.

So...the last time I ever tried to use tampons was back when I was like 13, and it didn't seem to work out that well, because I know I didn't get them in right. My mom came from pre-tampon popularity era, so there isn't much help with experience from her. Pads are starting to totally torture me, probably because of the diaper feeling thing. Well, it doesn't help either when your mother buys you that protective underwear, which you can tell makes me totally distant from my mother with my body, lol.

I guess, what I'm saying, is that do you girls have any advice for trying to properly position a tampon, or anything?

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tampons

[taglio.livejournal.com]

when i first started using them, i was like 13 or so..and it took me a while to get the hang of it. if you have to, just use up a whole box trying, don't keep trying to jam one in there that didn't go up far enough and is out of the applicator or something, you'll just hurt yourself. The playtex gentle glides are better than the tampax that i had to learn on as far as going up there easier. Just understand that most women are curved, some more than others. so...it has to go kinda back and then vertical (head to feet type thing). If you can feel it in there after you are done putting it in, then it's not in far enough, so just take it out chuck it and try another one. I've heard that some people prefer laying down...and sometimes i guess it's good if you just went to the bathroom and you're over a toilet...but it's basically whatever makes it so that you can relax the muscles down there enough to not hurt yourself. Also, it's just like anything else up there, if there's not enough lubrication, it's not going to want to go in. just don't get frustrated...

anyways, this is if you really want to go the tampon route. Most everybody on here seems to like that "The Keeper" thing, so you might want to check that out. but tampons are at any gas station even, so if you don't want to buy stuff around your parents or what not, they're pretty easy to get ahold of. also, the ONLY pad i've found that doesn't totally diaper or have stupid wings that go everywhere, and still not be a dayliner, is Kotex Ultra Thin Maxi Pad..it's like..shows little pores or whatever on it on the package. if you open them up and they have a little white tape thing, you got the wrong one. i hated it when that happened to me. anyhow. i have to go drive 8 hours to michigan for college now, so i dunno why i'm even on my computer. hope this helps a little bit anyways..

Re: tampons

[shahrizai.livejournal.com]

The Keeper seems...scary. :)

[mangofandango.livejournal.com]

I had a lot of trouble with it at first too. If you can lock yourself in the bathroom or your bedroom for a while, try lying down and see if you can relax your muscles - if my muscles are tensed up i can't really get anything in there. Then you want to point the tampon kind of...towards your back, if you're lying on your back, and try putting it in at that angle. For me, that works really well, although you may be shaped differently - but give it a try. Then when you take it out, if it goes in that way, try pulling the string forward and up towards your belly a little bit, it should come out easier that way. Good luck!

[emma-bigmouth.livejournal.com]

Relaxation is the key!
If you are worried about the time factor for trying tampons (in other words, you have a week on your period and your parents might not be out of the house much during that time) you could try some self exploration in the meantime when you do have time alone.
Try using a mirror to look at the shape of yourself, try pushing your finger inside so that you feel comfortable with the feeling of something going into you. If you try this out until you are familiar with the sensations you might feel ready by the time your next period arrives.
How you stand/sit/lie to insert a tampon is totally up to you, as a beginner I found it easy to squat on the floor as it really "opens up" your vagina.
Good luck, I hope it works out for you.
exxx

[shahrizai.livejournal.com]

#^_^# Thanks!

[koala4life.livejournal.com]

to add to the other great advice posted here, use o.b. without applicator!!!
i know it sounds gross, but it's a lot easier to get tampons in correctly when you push them in with your own finger, rather than shooting them into you with an applicator. o.b. tampons are also smaller, and by smaller i don't mean less absorbency... just more interior expansion, rather than being this long, tubular thing.

there was another girl asking about tampons here about a month ago... and i believe that she now uses o.b. tampons without applicator and is very satisfied!

(geez, i should be their official spokeswoman...)

[shahrizai.livejournal.com]

'kay, I'll try to look into it. :)

[benniferus.livejournal.com]

the only thing I would add is that if you do need to practice (like we all have, I'd think :) ) it really helps to use a lubricant. trying over and over on dry skin will irritate your skin, and make it painful no matter what you do....

just a thought. Good luck :)