hanyo
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| ebec11 wrote: | Ugh, it just smells soooo much down there if I use pads now, so I perfer tampons. I just hate it when I insert it wrong, and I'm hiding my agony until it's time to change it 
Any brands you recommend that has an applicator)? I'm finding the ones I'm using (something to do with Pearl? The one where it expands in you DX) hard to get in right without pain. I've had maybe 2-3 times where it wasn't painful. But I like how it's clean down there. |
I use Playtex gentle glide. Those have a plastic applicator. I tried the Playtex silk glide before and didn't like those. |
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OneStepBeyond
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the applicator ones are weird, i just can't figure 'em out. plus all that extraness is bad for the environment  |
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hanyo
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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I've never used the ones with no applicators and don't know how. Don't you get blood on your finger?
I find the applicator ones easier, especially the plastic ones that slide in easier. |
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Erisad
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| How does the applicator work? You put it in, then do you take the applicator out? How do you pull it out without taking the actual cotton part out? It's confusing. >.< |
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hanyo
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Erisad wrote: | | How does the applicator work? You put it in, then do you take the applicator out? How do you pull it out without taking the actual cotton part out? It's confusing. >.< |
I'm not always good at explaining things.
You stick the applicator in up to a bit before the grippy part (mine have a ridged part to grip), use the plunger to push the tampon further in which pushes it out of the applicator, and then remove the two applicator pieces that are mostly inside each other. |
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OneStepBeyond
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| hanyo wrote: | | I've never used the ones with no applicators and don't know how. Don't you get blood on your finger? |
 you just push them in. less fiddly and easier to know if you're aiming right imo |
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Erisad
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| hanyo wrote: | | Erisad wrote: | | How does the applicator work? You put it in, then do you take the applicator out? How do you pull it out without taking the actual cotton part out? It's confusing. >.< |
I'm not always good at explaining things.
You stick the applicator in up to a bit before the grippy part (mine have a ridged part to grip), use the plunger to push the tampon further in which pushes it out of the applicator, and then remove the two applicator pieces that are mostly inside each other. |
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I think I'll stick with pads. Less complicated and no chance of Toxic Shock Syndrome. |
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ebec11
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I like the applicators, cleaner, plus it makes more sense to me. It's like a plunger or needle (without pointy stuff, clearly!), where you just push the tampon in. Once it's in, you can just pull and the applicator comes out. The tampon will come with instructions, let's just say I used them A LOT before I understood what the heck I was supposed to do. And I still mess up XD |
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tabby676
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| I never could stand them either, the burn, the dehydration, the leak down the string, the cutting the string off to avoid the leak only to have to try to dig it out. I also could never stand pads, the crunchy texture, the smell, the itch on my skin, however cups I do quite well with. I started out with the keeper in the 90s (but the rubber bothered me), then the instead cup in the early oughts http://www.softcup.com/, now I use Diva Cup http://www.divacup.com/ |
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hanyo
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I think I'd rather use applicators. I hate penetration and smooth plastic slides in easier and less painfully than flesh. Plus some brands even have thinner ones labelled as teen, junior, or slimfit.
I started using tampons after I got the Norplant. I was bleeding so much (like 20+ days a month at first) I just couldn't stand using pads all the time, plus highly absorbent pads were thicker than, they have really thin highly absorbent pads now.
Now I usually use a tampon and a pad in case it leaks and sometimes just a pad if my flow is light.
Part of the reason I like tampons is because I hate wearing underwear and only wear then if I wear pads. |
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OneStepBeyond
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| but you just throw the plastic thing away, it seems so wasteful |
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hanyo
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| OneStepBeyond wrote: | | but you just throw the plastic thing away, it seems so wasteful |
There are sites online where you can buy washable menstrual pads if someone likes pads and is worried about the environment.
I don't think I could use those mooncup type things I hear about. I'd never manage to get one of those in and out of me. |
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OneStepBeyond
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| hanyo wrote: | | washable menstrual pads |
ok i don't like the environment that much |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| OneStepBeyond wrote: | | hanyo wrote: | | washable menstrual pads |
ok i don't like the environment that much |
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kurai
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i always hated the feeling of tampons - this itchy, dry feeling of "something is in there and wants attention". *g*
my life changed extremely as i found out about "mooncups", there are several different brands now and i us "meluna". it's great, but you have to put something in there as well, so it's not a solution for everyone.
you must be able to do that and to stand the fact that you will see a lot of blood (which is accumulating in the cup for some hours). the cups are made of latex (i think there are latex free versions too) and they are soft but "filling the space" and i don't feel mine at all. |
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