I had a tampon in and forgot to remove it when I went to bed. I have a heavy flow during the beginning of menstruation and when I went to the bathroom I thought I felt it fall out on its own, but when I looked in the toilet it was too red to see the tampon. I have checked twice and I cannot feel it inside me, is it safe to use another tampon?
It's VERY unlikely that a tampon would fall out - tampons are held in place by the vaginal muscles, the vaginal walls also close around the tampon which help keep it in place - if a tampon did fall out of your vagina when using the bathroom you should see your doctor as there is a problem with vaginal muscle tone. If a tampon was to fall out then you would unfortunately have to scoop it out to throw it in the bin.
get a tampon and stick it in it
In theory it should be easier to remove a tampon. When you come to remove a tampon it will be saturated with blood, assuming you've used it correctly, so it will be softer and better lubricated so there is less friction upon removal.
Your tampon should be completely saturated with blood after 4-6 hours - if the tampon is dry when removing then you need to use a lower absorbency or switch to pads. If the string is getting blood on it some may be from blood lingering in the vaginal canal before tampon insertion, but it may also be that blood is simply bypassing the tampon. Try different TYPES (not just brands) of tampon, you may also want to consider menstrual cups which don't leak.
A tampon cannot really get stuck at all. A tampon can go no further than your vaginal canal, it can't be pushed any higher than that. As long as you are using a tampon and relaxed upon removal the tampon will come out.
You don't. Paper towels are not absorbent enough and would fall apart within the vagina, you can however make your own tampons out of clean cloth or natural sponge.
Yes, spotting is light bleeding and it will show on a tampon. If the tampon isn't saturated in blood after 4-6 hours then you should be using lowest absorbency or if already using lowest absorbency you need to switch to pads as your flow is too light to be using tampons.
No, tampons cannot just fall out whether on an inner tube or doing any other activity. Tampons are held in place by vaginal walls, with the narrowest point of the vaginal canal beneath the tampon to keep in place.
You can measure a dry tampon, then measure one that's saturated, and calculate the difference in weight to calculate the capacity. Using water is sufficient.
As long as your flow is sufficient for the absorbency, yes. General rule of thumb - use lowest absorbency; if the tampon leaks within 1-2 hours use the next absorbency up, if the tampon is not saturated with blood after 4-6 hours use lower absorbency or switch to pads. Even if the tampon is a lower absorbency than needed chances are you will not bleed through within just one hour.
Depends on how well you know your own anatomy. Squatting over a mirror and having a good look might help, as well as using a tampon that comes with a dispenser. It happens that people try to push the tampon up the urethra instead of the vagina.
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