I just put in a Playtex Gentle Glide Regular Absorbency Tampon, and the size/flow is fine. The problem is that I can feel it like crazy! I have put tampons in millions of times before and it’s always the same problem- i can feel it. This time, i even tried pushing it up farther with the applicator AND with my finger. my finger was in almost all the way and apparently its "still not in far enough". i don’t know what else to do. it is kind of stinging and i feel awkward and i feel like it is leaking and it has only been in for 20 minutes. I tried standing up this time also instead of sitting down. when i am putting it in it kind of looks a little titled, but i think that’s because i’m using my right hand and not both hands. What should i do?! I can’t stand this anymore!!! I need to learn how to use tampons correctly! I put it in until my fingers touched my body and pused it in. when i push it in it hurts. like from the second i start pushing it. maybe i’m not pusing the tube fast enough? help me please:( this is a huge problem.

I have had my period for a while and have been using tampons from the start. When I put the applicator in, I go until my fingers are touching my body, ya know like the directions say. Then when I push the tampon out, I push about halfway down, and it feels like it can’t go in anymore and if I push more, it hurts a bit. So I usually just continue pushing the tampon out, but at the same time taking the applicator out, so I don’t push the tampon in further.

I don’t know if that was confusing, but I just wanna know if it’s bad if I continue to push, even though it feels kinda wierd and it feels like I’m not going anywhere. What am I hitting? I just don’t know if it’s a bad thing if I kept pushing.
Do you get that?
Haha thanks.
And please only answer if you are a girl who has had experience with tampons before.

Okay so every time I insert a tampon, I can feel the very end of it, not the string, but the end of it. My mom says even though i’m putting it in, It’s not at the right angle. It feels like when i’m sitting down the end is poking the inside of the wall and it’s soooooo uncomfortable it’s really hard to sleep. I’ve been using plastic applicators, the slim kind, and when I go to put it in I hold the grip part with my thumb and middle finger and push until my fingers are outside my body, and since it’s not been feeling right, i’ve been putting my fingers inside just a little bit and then using my fore finger to push it in. Is there anything I can do? Please help, even my mom has tried inserting it. The first time I couldn’t feel anything, but now every time I put it in I can. Please, any advice is welcome, this is really tearing me apart and i’ve had so many melt downs and sobbings over this, and kind comments only please.

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Okay so every time I insert a tampon, I can feel the very end of it, not the string, but the end of it. My mom says even though i’m putting it in, It’s not at the right angle. It feels like when i’m sitting down the end is poking the inside of the wall and it’s soooooo uncomfortable it’s really hard to sleep. I’ve been using plastic applicators, the slim kind, and when I go to put it in I hold the grip part with my thumb and middle finger and push until my fingers are outside my body, and since it’s not been feeling right, i’ve been putting my fingers inside just a little bit and then using my fore finger to push it in. Is there anything I can do? Please help, even my mom has tried inserting it. The first time I couldn’t feel anything, but now every time I put it in I can. Please, any advice is welcome, this is really tearing me apart and i’ve had so many melt downs and sobbings over this, and kind comments only please.
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I’m scared of tampons, but I am able to use them…..
I really WANT to like tampons, cause of my heavy flow.
But here’s the scoop. The tampon going in is painless, like it slides right in, that’s not the problem.
The thing is everytime I insert a tampon, it’s NEVER high enough no matter what I do, so it killlls when it’s inside me when I walk or sit down! Like actually, wtf, I’ve used them 6 times and everytime I can feel them inside.

So the last 2 periods I chickend out to use them cause I was scared I wouldn’t put them in high enough and they would hurt and be uncomfy.

So, how can I reassure myself that I will be able to get it in right next time? And also, how can I be able to know I will actually get it in high enough, I insert with one leg on the toilet seat until my fingers are touching my body, so what’s the problem?

Has anybody else ever felt this way, I feel like I’m the only person who can use tampons but am scared of them but want to use them still.

*i’ve used tampax compak and playtex gentle glide in light and regular abosrbencies, so that’s not the problem.
would playtex sport be better? I only want to use applicators and im not interested in diva cup*

im TERRIFIED im 85% sure that i put in a tampon yesterday morning. then yesterday a few hours after that i went to take it out and there was NOTHING THERE. and i remember when i put it in, i gave it an extra shove after it came out of the applicator cuz it didnt seem far up enough. and im sooo scared because i cant get it out and yesterday and today ive been in every single squatting/layingdown/standing up position with my fingers shoved up myself trying to get it out. if there is even one in there… and i feel SOMETHING at the top of my vagina but i dont know if its just part of my body. its kind of roundish but its too hard to feel whether its a tampon texture or a … vagina texture. i cant grab it though. and if there really isnt anything in there, i must be scraping up my vagina pretty bad. im sooo scared. and i dont have time to go to the doctors until saturday because im going on a family trip.

PLEASE HELP only if you actually know something. i dont want TSS im so scared im like crying
P.S. I don’t have a bf that can take it out for me

I don’t have time to go to the doctors til 2 more days

its realllllly far up there =[

Ok, so I was a pad user for a long time, and tried very often to use tampons. I just couldnt get it in; i couldn’t insert AT ALL. Finally, after much lubricant, it slid in easy peasy. Now, I am practically a sliding pro. Ok, not really, i cant tell if its cold or painful. Anyway, I read that you are supposed to aim for your low back, so I did. Thinking I was successful, I stood up, only to find it uncomfortable. I had also read this means that it was not inserted far enough. So, I pulled it out, which proved to be a somewhat painful experience because the thing was still dry (i am using Playtex gentle glide with plastic applicator, smallest size possible). Ok, so i used another, and made sure to push this one further, but still no success, and frank discomfort. I once again pulled it out. Throughout today, I have tried about a million times! I have tried again and again not only because I am persistant, but also my flow was so heavy, i couldnt stand using pads. Its the end of the day now, and I yet to have inserted a tampon that i could wear for more than a minute. Is it the angle? I have pointed toward my low back, and it doesnt work. Is it the depth? I have inserted until my fingers touched my body, and further, as instructed. Any tips as to how to tell when it is far enough? And lastly, throuhgout the day, removal has become more and more painful. At first, not so bad, but it has gotten worse and worse. This last tampon, no matter how hard i pulled, it did not come out, and i was yelping in pain. I had to jump in the shower and get water all over to finally pull it out. Now, i am left discouraged with a sore vagina. How can i insert it so it is comfortable? Any tips besides the finger to body to tell how far to go? And what is the right angle? I am really depressed and in pain. It is a vicious cycle; heavy flow, insert, discomfort, try to pull out only to find more pain, and put right back to using pads again.

I’m 16 and today was my first day using a tampon, after trying for almost a year now. I finally got it in, and I used Tampax Pearl Lites. I can still feel it, and it hurts a little bit. I pushed the applicator far enough in I think, I pushed until my fingers touched my body, and then I pushed the smaller tube inside the larger one. It kind of feels like I have to pee, but I don’t. I can feel it inside when I walk and sit down but idk if that’s just because its my VERY first time using one, and it needs some getting used to….or because I didn’t put it far enough in? I have thought about trying Playtex Gentle Glide so maybe it wouldn’t hurt as much since Tampax only opens widthwise, and maybe it would hurt less. I am going to try taking it out in a couple of hours but I just need advice for the future times! Thankkkkk you
any suggestions on the tampon brand that I should try using next time? or any good advice period!

it doesnt hurt when i acctually put the applicator in, and i always put in till my fingers touch my body and the push the longer skinny part. but when i do that its really uncomfortable feeling-almost hurts. then the rest of the time that i have it in it doesnt hurt at all.

last night i fell asleep with one in by accident and when i woke up and relized it then i took it out right away. it was only about 9 hours.
:/
and i put another one in and this one hurt way more than normal, again it didnt hurt when i pushed the applicator in, but when i pushed the longer skinny part, the upper part of my vagina stung/ felt sore.
it still feels a little sore too.
what should i do?
is this normal?

Okay when I put in a tampon it doesn’t hurt or feel uncomfortable at all. But when I start to walk around or sit I feel some pain at the entrance of my vagina, like the string is rubbing on it, making it very uncomfortable to move. I know i’m putting the tampon in far enough because I insert the applicator all the way until my fingers touch my body and then I push it up a little bit more after that so I know it’s in far enough. I don’t know what to do.I don’t feel the actual tampon inside or feel pain from that area just at the opening. I would like to use tampons because pads are very inconvienent at times and other obvious reasons. Any advice? Something i’m missing?? Thanks
I already use tampax pearl and it is very easy to insert. Like I said I don’t think it’s the actual tampon itself because I don’t feel any pain from that general area and I put it in far enough. It’s just the opening that feels pain. And right after I take it out it goes away instantly.
I use the regular ones, but I guess I could go down a size or two and see how that goes. Thanks for all the responses!
I tried moving the string forward also but I guess it still rubs on me…I guess I’ll have to cut the strings a little short.