How deep do you put a tampon?

Answer 1

If you will notice, there are two parts to a tampon., A small skinny part and the wider part that holds the absorbant material. Place your fingers on the wider part that houses the aborbant matieral, insert the applicator all the way until you feel your fingers touch your vagina. Then push the skinny part up and remove the applicator. The applicator is that size so that the tampon can go in far enough without you having to use a ruler(!)

Answer 2

The tampon can go no further than your vaginal canal.

At the top of your vaginal canal you have your cervix which is the opening to your uterus, although sperm can get in and during childbirth a baby can get out, generally the opening to the cervix is far too small to let anything as large as a tampon through. Thus the tampon can go no further than your vagina canal, which is only a few inches deep, thus no need to worry about it getting lost or stuck.

You can also only push a tampon in so far, your fingers often don't reach far enough to push the tampon in higher than it's supposed to go, at least not without some effort.

The vaginal canal averages "about" 4.5 inches. The lower part of the cervix sits inside the top part of the vagina--- it kind of feels like the tip of a nose but bigger. The cervix has a small slit, which as others posted, cannot "open" unless during labor through hormone changes or mechanically (such as in abortion or D& C). When you insert a tampon, most women push it in only far enough that the very bottom is just past the vaginal opening. The walls of the vagina sort of 'fall toward' each other normally, so when you insert the tampon, it can seem like it is a tight fit. What's happening is the vaginal walls sort of "hugs" the tampon. As the tampon collects blood, it expands and pushes back against the vaginal walls. Though you might lose track of the tampon's string, it is only hard to remove the tampon because arms/hands aren't long enough; sitting on the toilet and bearing down will help you grab the edge of the tampon.

But, a tampon cannot travel any further into your body-- the cervix prevents this.

Answer 3

The tampon can go no further than your vaginal canal.

At the top of your vaginal canal you have your cervix which is the opening to your uterus, although sperm can get in and during childbirth a baby can get out, generally the opening to the cervix is far too small to let anything as large as a tampon through. Thus the tampon can go no further than your vagina canal, which is only a few inches deep, thus no need to worry about it getting lost or stuck.

You can also only push a tampon in so far, your fingers often don't reach far enough to push the tampon in higher than it's supposed to go, at least not without some effort.

Answer 4

The vaginal canal averages "about" 4.5 inches. The lower part of the cervix sits inside the top part of the vagina--- it kind of feels like the tip of a nose but bigger. The cervix has a small slit, which as others posted, cannot "open" unless during labor through hormone changes or mechanically (such as in abortion or D& C). When you insert a tampon, most women push it in only far enough that the very bottom is just past the vaginal opening. The walls of the vagina sort of 'fall toward' each other normally, so when you insert the tampon, it can seem like it is a tight fit. What's happening is the vaginal walls sort of "hugs" the tampon. As the tampon collects blood, it expands and pushes back against the vaginal walls. Though you might lose track of the tampon's string, it is only hard to remove the tampon because arms/hands aren't long enough; sitting on the toilet and bearing down will help you grab the edge of the tampon.

But, a tampon cannot travel any further into your body-- the cervix prevents this.

Answer 5

You insert a tampon as far as you can reach, a tampon will go into the vaginal canal a few inches. If you feel any discomfort as you more or sit then the tampon isn't in far enough so push in further or remove and try again in a few hours time.

Answer 6

The tampon goes as far as you can reach. If there is any discomfort while you move about or when you sit down then it isn't far enough into your vagina - this is more common if you use applicator tampons as they don't give you as much control as non-applicator and they may not insert high enough.

Answer 7

The applicator just goes into the vaginal opening, so the grip is just touching the vestibule of your vulva. Your basically just using the applicator to push the tampon into your vagina, not pushing the applicator itself into your vagina - or it'd make the applicator pointless. Although the applicator is largely pointless, there's nothing wrong with touching your genitals so no need to use applicators.

Answer 8

A tampon goes as deep as you can reach - this is one reason why non-applicator tampons are better, because you have more control over insertion and can feel that it's inserted as far as it will go. It needs to be in deep enough so that it's no longer in the first few inches of the vaginal canal, as this is the narrowest and most sensitive part of the vagina. If it hurts to move or sit down then it's not inserted high enough so try pushing in further and next time you'll know it needs to be inserted higher.

Answer 9

Hello,

well to start off place your fingers on the grip and gently glide the tampon in and once your fingers touch your skin dont put it in any farther.

Answer 10

Hm. Good question. I guess, as far as your comfortable. Maybe sort of a trial and error deal.