Okay, I'm going to be a little less "doom and gloom" than Peeps. You can't take tampon advice from someone who is on a campaign against them. Now, I personally don't use them any more because I switched to the reusable cups (check out Divacup.com) but I used to.

It hurt because you chose a tampon that was far too high-absorbency for your flow. If it's not saturated enough, it's going to leach all the moisture from your vagina and end up sticking to the walls, which hurts like all get out when you take it out. If you switch to a lower absorbency when you're lighter (like a super light or light flow one) that problem should stop.

As Peeps mentioned, reusable menstrual cups are awesome once you get past the initial ick factor. You can pop it in twice a day (every 12 hours) and rinse in between. It lasts for a year. I found that they're much more comfortable and lower hassle.

Thank you for telling me about tampons! i came back to ask about what to do for my friend who has cancer "down there" and is going to lose her parts and not have babies. :( and i looked you up to THANK YOU for telling me about cups which is what I use now and if it wasnt for you then tampons coulda made me have cancer too!

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