CP - totally TMI

jja0812 · November 2012

Several years ago, I had a co-worker who thought it was hysterical when she found out that her teenage daughter changed her tampon every time she used the bathroom. Her words: "I had to explain to her that there are two different holes down there! Haha! I always wondered why we went through so many!"

Apparently if she only has to pee, she just moves the string out of the way (again, her words). Ok... but there is still one main orifice that everything flows from. How is the tampon not getting soaked with pee?? I am so confused by this. I never realized that anyone did that, but I kept my mouth shut because this woman was a big mouth and I didn't want to become the source of her laughter.

So my question is, do you change your tampon every time you pee? I made this a clicky poll for privacy reasons, but please feel free to chime in if you are so inclined!

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goldenleaves · November 2012

How would the tampon get soaked with pee? The tampon is well inside of the vagina and the pee comes out of the urethra which is not inside the vagina??

That being said, I do usually change mine every time because by the time I have to pee it's usually time to change my tampon.

laclyn · November 2012

IMO, the pee hole and the "period hole" are far enough apart that if you just pull the string back or tuck it just a little, it doesnt get wet. When I pee, I pee. It doesnt just dribble out. My mom taught me to just tuck the string "back up in there" when I pee and I have to admit, thats how I always keep it anyway. Hey, I wash my hands!!

mle5d · November 2012

Since AF has yet to make her return, I had to think back about 18 months to remember! I am in the "not every time" camp, mainly because I drink about 200+ oz of water a day (I'm a little weird), so I'm in the bathroom A LOT! If I changed it every time, I'd probably go through a box in a couple of days.

lancyjo · November 2012

goldenleaves:

How would the tampon get soaked with pee? The tampon is well inside of the vagina and the pee comes out of the urethra which is not inside the vagina??

That being said, I do usually change mine every time because by the time I have to pee it's usually time to change my tampon.

This. Smile

jja0812 · November 2012

goldenleaves:
How would the tampon get soaked with pee? The tampon is well inside of the vagina and the pee comes out of the urethra which is not inside the vagina??

That being said, I do usually change mine every time because by the time I have to pee it's usually time to change my tampon.

Right, but the string hangs out, and regardless of whether you pull it aside, it's still thisclose to the urethra... I just don't see how it would NOT get wet, and soak the pee up into the tampon? Do I have weird anatomy???

runrinserepeat · November 2012

Jessicameron:
goldenleaves:

How would the tampon get soaked with pee? The tampon is well inside of the vagina and the pee comes out of the urethra which is not inside the vagina??

That being said, I do usually change mine every time because by the time I have to pee it's usually time to change my tampon.

Right, but the string hangs out, and regardless of whether you pull it aside, it's still thisclose to the urethra... I just don't see how it would NOT get wet, and soak the pee up into the tampon? Do I have weird anatomy???

Good lord, the internet really does know everything: https://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Peeing-on-the-Tampon-String

MrMrsandBaby · November 2012

kleMcK:
Jessicameron:
goldenleaves:

How would the tampon get soaked with pee? The tampon is well inside of the vagina and the pee comes out of the urethra which is not inside the vagina??

That being said, I do usually change mine every time because by the time I have to pee it's usually time to change my tampon.

Right, but the string hangs out, and regardless of whether you pull it aside, it's still thisclose to the urethra... I just don't see how it would NOT get wet, and soak the pee up into the tampon? Do I have weird anatomy???

Good lord, the internet really does know everything: https://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Peeing-on-the-Tampon-String

Did you google that!

I'm starting to think I have really heavy periods now...I change it every time I go to the bathroom - maybe 4-6 times a day? Maybe I don't pee enough? I'm so confused and slightly ashamed for some reason!

runrinserepeat · November 2012

MrMrsandBaby:

Did you google that!

No, I'm the one who wrote it. Indifferent LOL, yes, I googled "peeing tampon". There were several hits. It was only a little disturbing. Whatever you do, don't click to change it to an image search. That's when everything went very, very wrong.

goldenleaves · November 2012

Jessicameron:
goldenleaves:

How would the tampon get soaked with pee? The tampon is well inside of the vagina and the pee comes out of the urethra which is not inside the vagina??

That being said, I do usually change mine every time because by the time I have to pee it's usually time to change my tampon.

Right, but the string hangs out, and regardless of whether you pull it aside, it's still thisclose to the urethra... I just don't see how it would NOT get wet, and soak the pee up into the tampon? Do I have weird anatomy???

Totally weird Stick out tongue

MrMrsandBaby · November 2012

kleMcK:
MrMrsandBaby:

Did you google that!

No, I'm the one who wrote it. LOL, yes, I googled "peeing tampon". There were several hits. It was only a little disturbing. Whatever you do, don't click to change it to an image search. That's when everything went very, very wrong.

First of all....Smart Ass!

Second, I can't stop laughing re: the bolded part!

christinak22 · November 2012

jesse1117:
Jessicameron:
Her words: "I had to explain to her that there are two different holes down there! Haha! I always wondered why we went through so many!"
I find it very strange and slightly disturbing that a teenager who was old enough to be using tampons didn't know enough about her anatomy to understand that there are two different holes down there. Am I the only one who thinks that's weird?

One of my friends didn't know that when she was IN COLLEGE. I guess I didn't know until I got my period, but seriously...college?

laclyn · November 2012

kleMcK:
Jessicameron:
goldenleaves:

How would the tampon get soaked with pee? The tampon is well inside of the vagina and the pee comes out of the urethra which is not inside the vagina??

That being said, I do usually change mine every time because by the time I have to pee it's usually time to change my tampon.

Right, but the string hangs out, and regardless of whether you pull it aside, it's still thisclose to the urethra... I just don't see how it would NOT get wet, and soak the pee up into the tampon? Do I have weird anatomy???

Good lord, the internet really does know everything: https://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Peeing-on-the-Tampon-String

The best part is that specific page has been viewed 62,149 times!!

jja0812 · November 2012

jesse1117:
Jessicameron:
Her words: "I had to explain to her that there are two different holes down there! Haha! I always wondered why we went through so many!"
I find it very strange and slightly disturbing that a teenager who was old enough to be using tampons didn't know enough about her anatomy to understand that there are two different holes down there. Am I the only one who thinks that's weird?

I want to say she was probably like me in that she actually knew that, just didn't get the logistics of the whole thing. Knowing her mom, she probably exaggerated the story quite a bit.

After reading the comments here and the tutorial kle found (um, thanks? lol), I feel like the whole process is not any easier than just changing the thing! And as previously mentioned, by the time I have to pee it's usually time to change it anyway. Now I feel like I should mentally apologize to my co-worker for thinking she was weird (on this matter anyway)!

Shawnee11507 · November 2012

AF has been heavier pp, so I have to change every 2-3hrs now but you can wear them up to 8hrs and I used to be very light, so I would wear them 6-8hrs. I think I am able to tuck the string to the side between my labia and thigh while sitting so it doesn't get wet.

runrinserepeat · November 2012

Jessicameron:
jesse1117:
Jessicameron:

Her words: "I had to explain to her that there are two different holes down there! Haha! I always wondered why we went through so many!"

I find it very strange and slightly disturbing that a teenager who was old enough to be using tampons didn't know enough about her anatomy to understand that there are two different holes down there. Am I the only one who thinks that's weird?

I want to say she was probably like me in that she actually knew that, just didn't get the logistics of the whole thing. Knowing her mom, she probably exaggerated the story quite a bit.

After reading the comments here and the tutorial kle found (um, thanks? lol), I feel like the whole process is not any easier than just changing the thing! And as previously mentioned, by the time I have to pee it's usually time to change it anyway. Now I feel like I should mentally apologize to my co-worker for thinking she was weird (on this matter anyway)!

Question: If you change your tampon at every bathroom visit, does that mean you use a lower absorbency level then, since you're changing it so frequently?

I don't think there's a right or a wrong. As long as everyone is washing their hands, I'm not going to judge what you do in there.

jja0812 · November 2012

kleMcK:
Question: If you change your tampon at every bathroom visit, does that mean you use a lower absorbency level then, since you're changing it so frequently?

I don't think there's a right or a wrong. As long as everyone is washing their hands, I'm not going to judge what you do in there.

I pretty much use only regular absorbancy, with maybe a couple supers thrown in on a heavier day, and lights on the last day, if needed. I've never been very heavy, thank goodness.

naturegal79 · November 2012

Wow.....why woman don't understand their own bodies is beyond me!! I had this same conversation with a co-worker.. she thought the tampon was the same hole you pee out of.... I even printed out literature, copied diagrams and she still didn't believe me!!! I would be so embarrassed if I didn't know that!

heymommy · November 2012

jesse1117:
Jessicameron:
Her words: "I had to explain to her that there are two different holes down there! Haha! I always wondered why we went through so many!"
I find it very strange and slightly disturbing that a teenager who was old enough to be using tampons didn't know enough about her anatomy to understand that there are two different holes down there. Am I the only one who thinks that's weird?

I was in middle school before I knew. Maybe 13 or 14.

lancyjo · November 2012

christinak22:
jesse1117:
Jessicameron:

Her words: "I had to explain to her that there are two different holes down there! Haha! I always wondered why we went through so many!"

I find it very strange and slightly disturbing that a teenager who was old enough to be using tampons didn't know enough about her anatomy to understand that there are two different holes down there. Am I the only one who thinks that's weird?

One of my friends didn't know that when she was IN COLLEGE. I guess I didn't know until I got my period, but seriously...college?

My husband didn't know this until he was 25. I explained it to him during a "we have to stay awake" conversation on the way to the airport on our wedding night (morning? It was 3am). I guess hubs got an anatomy lesson that night... just not the one he was hoping for. Stick out tongue

kittyh8r · November 2012

jesse1117:
Jessicameron:
Her words: "I had to explain to her that there are two different holes down there! Haha! I always wondered why we went through so many!"
I find it very strange and slightly disturbing that a teenager who was old enough to be using tampons didn't know enough about her anatomy to understand that there are two different holes down there. Am I the only one who thinks that's weird?

I didn't know until I was...16. haha that's 3 years of periods before someone told me. A friend of mine was making fun of another friend of ours because they didn't know. I did the whole.."omgosh, how could you not know" and it changed me forever.

HawkeyeJulz · November 2012

First of all..I effing love this board. You ladies crack me up. Second, I change Everytime because a former friend used to tell me tampon horror stories she heard from her stepdad who is an ER nurse. That and I'm paranoid about toxic shock syndrome for no rational reason

88eve88 · November 2012

goldenleaves:
That being said, I do usually change mine every time because by the time I have to pee it's usually time to change my tampon.

This is me as well.

However, I've never found a way to move the string out of the way and not pee on my fingers. And to me, a pee-soaked string is gross!

ssimon621 · November 2012

I move the string to the side and hold it while I go. I have never really had a heavy flow and I find it quite uncomfortable to take out a tampon that is not close to full (TMI). I usually only have to change it about 3 times during the day (trying to remember since it's been so long) and I probably go to the bathroom 4 or 5 times a day.

christinak22 · November 2012

ssimon621:
I move the string to the side and hold it while I go. I have never really had a heavy flow and I find it quite uncomfortable to take out a tampon that is not close to full (TMI). I usually only have to change it about 3 times during the day (trying to remember since it's been so long) and I probably go to the bathroom 4 or 5 times a day.

Me too, only since I've had babies. I think everything is permanently drier.

redheadscu · November 2012

Well, I guess I'm just a dirty freak, because it's never ocurred to me to either 1)change the tampon every time I pee, or 2)attempt to prevent the string from getting pee on it.

I just wipe like I normally would. I never thought the pee on the string would be able to travel up the tampon......

I feel so ashamed.

KatelynEA90 · November 2012

I tuck the string to the side unless its time to change anyways.

I have a friend who, at 19, thought girls have periods because we have more blood than men. Her mom taught her this and honestly thought it too. We had to teach them the real reason and both freaked out.

LoveBeingMama · November 2012

redheadscu:
Well, I guess I'm just a dirty freak, because it's never ocurred to me to either 1)change the tampon every time I pee, or 2)attempt to prevent the string from getting pee on it.

I just wipe like I normally would. I never thought the pee on the string would be able to travel up the tampon......

I feel so ashamed.

I've never thought about it either until now.

MrMrsandBaby · November 2012

It never occured to me NOT to change it! How else do you know when to change it? I'm honestly confused on this one ladies...

I think this is a strangely facinating topic BTW.

dmsny · November 2012

naturegal79:
nbsp;
Wow.....whynbsp;woman don't understand their own bodies is beyond me!! I had this same conversation with a coworker.. she thought the tampon was the same hole you pee out of.... I even printed out literature, copied diagrams and she still didn't believe me!!!nbsp; I would be so embarrassed if I didn't know that!

Why don't we know? Two words: Catholic school. The road to fertility and pregnancy was a little bit of an eye opener. I think a lot of women tend to be in the dark about what goes on down there.

christinak22 · November 2012

redheadscu:
Well, I guess I'm just a dirty freak, because it's never ocurred to me to either 1)change the tampon every time I pee, or 2)attempt to prevent the string from getting pee on it.

I just wipe like I normally would. I never thought the pee on the string would be able to travel up the tampon......

I feel so ashamed.

Ha! Okay, me too, but I didn't want to get flamed for being gross. I highly doubt I pee enough on it to travel up the string, though.

runrinserepeat · November 2012

dmsny:
naturegal79:
nbsp; Wow.....whynbsp;woman don't understand their own bodies is beyond me!! I had this same conversation with a coworker.. she thought the tampon was the same hole you pee out of.... I even printed out literature, copied diagrams and she still didn't believe me!!!nbsp; I would be so embarrassed if I didn't know that!
Why don't we know? Two words: Catholic school. The road to fertility and pregnancy was a little bit of an eye opener. I think a lot of women tend to be in the dark about what goes on down there.

Hey man, I went to Catholic school, and I knew what was going on down there. Sex ed, on the other hand consisted of four words: keep your legs together.

Ah, good times.

jmccall79 · November 2012

redheadscu:

Well, I guess I'm just a dirty freak, because it's never ocurred to me to either 1)change the tampon every time I pee, or 2)attempt to prevent the string from getting pee on it.

I just wipe like I normally would. I never thought the pee on the string would be able to travel up the tampon......

I feel so ashamed.

I'm right there with you! I don't wear them...can't...but have a few times in my life. When I have ever worn them, it never occured to me to "not pee on it"!

k3montel · November 2012

redheadscu:
Well, I guess I'm just a dirty freak, because it's never ocurred to me to either 1)change the tampon every time I pee, or 2)attempt to prevent the string from getting pee on it.

I just wipe like I normally would. I never thought the pee on the string would be able to travel up the tampon......

I feel so ashamed.

This.

NatesLady1309 · November 2012

As far as peeing on the string goes, I never move anything out of the way so I'm pretty sure I pee all over the thing. I just use some tp to dab the string mostly dry ( at least not dripping). I figure urine is sterile so it's not hurting anything. It doesn't really bother me.

Shmogan09 · November 2012

Hmm, I don't have this problem because if I give a little push to get the pee out at the end the tampon comes *pop* right out. I guess this means I either do too many kegels or not enough. I'm just going to pretend it is #1.

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