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Help me, I'm stuck:/
Hi, I'm Cathy, 14 from Texas.
I have had my period for a year and it's not regular at all. I've missed around 6.
I need help about tampons, and I have not tried them yet.
I tried to put one in and it burned like something else, and it really hurt after.
Please help, what do I do about the tampons,
Cathy
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Hi Cathy,
The best two people to discuss this question with are not on this site. They are a gynecologist or your mom.
Under a Federal Law called HIPPA as you are know the age of 14 you have been granted personal medical confidentiality for anything concerning you reproductive system. This includes questions you might be too embarrassed to go to your mother with.
Under this law you may make appoints to see a gynecologist or any other doctor for anything related to your reproductive system which would also include your breasts. You can do so with or without parental knowledge and be seen and treated by the doctor with or without parental knowledge. All visits are totally confidential and no one, not even you parents can be told about your visit without your written consent to the doctor.
Your visits will be covered under you parents health insurance as any other visits you would make to a doctor under their insurance. Of course you would need to have any co-pay your coverage requires. The fact that their insurance is paying for the visit(s) has no effect on their ability to see the records of these visits. I could pay for your visit and could not see your records.
A gynecologist would be happy to answer your questions and any others you have. The doctor would also help you with the problem you are having with Tampons and help you choses the proper one for you and help you with how to properly insert it.
Now I would be remiss if I didn't go to the other side of the spectrum, your mom. She is the other person best equipped to help you with these questions. She can also decide if the missed periods are normal or if you need to see a gynecologist. For a young woman first starting her period missing some can be quite normal. Some young women have gone a whole year between periods. It is really up to how puberty releases the hormones into your body.
Your period and what is the proper type of sanitary product for you to use at this time is not sex. Your period is a bodily function that will be with you for the next 40 years or more. Your mom has gone through this when she was your age. Yes she knows you’re embarrassed and rather than go to you she is waiting for you to come to her. All moms with daughters are waiting to answer these questions.
IF mom has had "THE TALK" with you, then she is hoping you listened and will come to her with any problem. She wants you to be comfortable with your period and to be properly protected so that you are not embarrassed when you are not home.
My advice is to go to mom and tell her you need to have another talk with her in private. She will understand and make time for you her to talk privately. This is a bodily function just like any other. If you were constipated you would go to mom for help. Just because this particular function plays apart in reproduction does not make it sexual. So you can discuss this with mom or see a doctor. Talking to mom is free a doctor will cost you the cost of the co-payment or you will need to find a free clinic.
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Hi Cathy,
I have heard that tampons can be a bit painful/ burn in the beginning. Why don't you check with your gynecologist? there's nothing wrong with being a teen and visiting one, it's healthy. Plus they could tell you if your skin is too sensitive for them and would advise you with alternatives.
best of luck xx
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