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[nightwolf2.livejournal.com]

I just have a question about...the position of the vagina. Are the vagina and the urine hole next to each other, or behind one another? I am curious because I have tried my first tampon and could not remove it, and needed a mirror and noticed the position of the holes.

Another problem is that I have just tried to use tampons, but the Playtex Gentle Glides did not work, they would not fit. I got Playtex Slim Fits and it went in okay but I could not get it out. I pulled the string but it would not come out. I have to squat over the mirror and grab the cotton part and pull hard for a while for it to come out, basically manuver it out with great pain. It was stuck inside me. I dont like tampons at all and am afraid to use it again. Why did this happen?????

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[fujerica.livejournal.com]

the urethra, vagina and anus are in a line from front to back, in that order. I've never had a tampon refuse to come out unless I was not on my period (usually they are so full of blood and stuff that they slide out pretty easily). I don't know exactly why you had so much pain and trouble. Perhaps using a little lube (like KY) would help?

[rachelish.livejournal.com]

how long did you leave the tampon in before trying to take it out? when i first tried a tampon, i put it in fine, but then tried to take it out immediately, which doesn't work very well because it's very dry and it does kind of stick to your vaginal walls. next time try waiting until it is full or almost full with blood, and it will probably come out much more easily.

[clarinka.livejournal.com]

For a tutorial on female external genitalia:
http://yalenewhavenhealth.org/library/healthguide/en-us/images/media/medical/hw/h5550966.jpg
I guess, to answer your question, both. The "urine hole," which is called the urethra, is immediately above (ventral to) the vagina. So, they're next to each other, with one right behind the other.

About the tampons: was it saturated when you tried to remove it? Tampons won't come out with ease unless they're full of liquid, and then removal doesn't feel like anything at all. But, if you put one in and then immediately try to take it out, yes, it hurts. They work by absorbing moisture in the vagina, so if there's not a lot of it, they'll just suck the moisture out of the lining and kind of stick to it. When saturated, tampons slide right out.

On the other hand, have you considered trying a menstrual cup? I use a keeper (www.thekeeper.com), and they work entirely different than tampons. They don't hurt to insert or remove, although there is a steeper learning curve for using them. And, they don't have the TSS risk association that tampons have.

[quatre-vingts.livejournal.com]

Your peehole is pretty small and probably not very visible. From the position where you are laying on your back, with your clit at the top of your vulva and your vagina sort of at the bottom, your urethra is above your vagina, below your clit and inside your labia minora. There are some good diagrams online that can assist you with getting acquainted with the whole thing. There are features I didn't even know had names until recently, but I digress :P

Did you remove it right after insertion, or while you weren't on your period, as a practice run? It needs to get good and "wet"/lubricated with blood before it can come out more comfortably. If you do run into this more often I suggest a Divacup/Mooncup/Keeper, as those don't absorb all the moisture up there and go in and out very smoothly.

[sunshinesounds.livejournal.com]

With me, it all depends on the tampon itself. I can't stand any tampons with any form of cardboard applicator. However, it also depends on your flow[I once used a regular on the last day of my period and ended up cramping so much in pain I had to run out of choir in the middle of a song,looking like an idiot.] My personal favs are those Tampaz ones that you can hide in your pocket,mainly because I love the applicator. Tampons take practise. Lots of practise. Trust me. Use a pad as backup if you have to.

Hope this helps.

[mays-rays.livejournal.com]

Maybe your hymen is giving you problems? If you saw two holes side-by-side, maybe you have a septate hymen (not work-safe, but check out the third image, the septate hymen is the drawing in the top-right of the third image: http://www.rotten.com/library/sex/hymen/). Though I dunno what your sexual history is, so this guess may be totally off.

[notlookingfor.livejournal.com]

Were you bleeding at the time? If you try to put one in dry or nearly its certainly going to hurt. If you're bleeding enough it will slide right out guaranteed.