Okay this is really frustrating. I have tried multiple brands of tampons and this always happens. I put it in, and a few hours later I go to the bathroom and there is a huge amount of blood on my underwear so I grumble about forgetting to change tampons. I pull out the used tampon and and its not even full! Usually its less than half covered with blood! How am I leaking on my underwear and not filling up the tampon? O_O (yes, i even tried tampax pearl because they expand width-wise, and i'm not using anything bigger than "regular" absorbancy because the bigger ones are painful.)
First of all, you should only wear a tampon for a maximum of two hours due to the possibility of toxic shock syndrome.
This is not unusual with tampons because each woman is shaped a little different in the vaginal canal. The tampon manufacturers can only make one shape, and we are not all that shape.
Although slightly uncomfortable, I prefer pads so that I do not run the risk of bleeding through and I also do not run the risk of toxic shock syndrome.
Thanks for the info, I thought I was the only one with this problem since nobody I asked in real life had agreed with me.
Also I know I'm not supposed to wear them more than 2 hours but I work the Customer Service Desk at a busy grocery store and I'm lucky if I even get 2 breaks in 8.5 hours. =(
Have you had a recent gynecological exam? You might have a uterine tilt or prolapse that prevents the tampon from doing its job correctly. Or, you may simply be inserting it too high so that the lower half is getting saturated while the upper half is isolated up in the recesses between the cervix and vagina. If you haven't already, get a gyne exam and discuss this problem with your gyno.
I actually have my yearly exam in a few weeks so I will definitely discuss this. ^^
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