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I'm 14/f and I first got my period a year and one month ago. I do swim team and also swim all summer. I have never used a tampon. I don't swim when i have my period. I'm afraid of tampons and sticking anything up "there". I had to try a tampon because i had just gotten it and i was at practice. My teammate gave me the slimmest one there is and i poked around and it was the grossest feeling ever and i couldn't do it. i cried, was shaking, it was just the scariest thing ever. How do girls do it stick anything up "there".....
It was really hard for me at first too, I just couldn't figure it out. I wasn't on the swim team though, so it was only an issue when my family decided to go to the water park with the worst possible timing. It's one of those things that you kind of have to take a deep breath and do. If you get a box of tampons, there are some really detailed and helpful instructions and tips inside. Most of the time it'll have a picture of how to position yourself to reduce the pain and help relax the area. The hardest part is to relax. If you're really tense and that area isn't relaxed, it's not going to go in very easily. The biggest problem that I first had when I started using them is that I was afraid of using the applicator and so I didn't push them in far enough. It hurt really bad and I couldn't understand why even the smallest ones didn't seem to fit. Make sure that you get it up into a place that's comfortable, which is probably not going to be right near the outside. I wish you the very best of luck. Don't get discouraged! :)
(Rating: 5) Thank you so much!!! :) My period should be coming in a few days, and club swim team is starting next week so this could not be more helpful! This is the best advice I could have asked for. I'll for sure need that luck and will try my best not to get discouraged this time!