2007-08-13 05:33:10 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
I'm 14 by the way. I've never worn tampons.
2007-08-13 06:35:45 · update #1
you can, but you have to remember it will absorb all of the water, and you will feel like you are wearing a diaper. I would recommend wearing a tampon. If you have never used a tampon. I would recommend going to the store and buying the smallest ones your can find and try them. O.B. also makes some without an applicator that are super small for small vagina's.
Hope this helps!!
2007-08-13 05:38:21 · answer #1 · answered by teddy 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, theoreticaly you can, but I definatly wouldn't! The pad can get soaked up with the water you are in and become very large and uncomfortable. If it is full of the water, it cannot absorb the flow.
Also, the stickyness on the bottom of it becomes unsticky very quickly when wet.
There is a very high chance leaking if wearing a bathing suit.
These things could become uncomfortable or embarresing; its best to wear a tampon! If you can't wear a tampon then just don't go swimming!
2007-08-13 13:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by No Name 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it will fill up with water and be very uncomfortable, not to mention could cause infection.
If you are swimming in a pool, then take the pad off right before you go in the water. Your flow will stop while you're in the water. Just put one back on when you get out.
If you are going to the beach, you might want to use tampons. Scary, I know. But not that bad. Tampons can be worn in the water.
2007-08-13 12:39:04 · answer #3 · answered by snakekeeper27 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, your best bet is to wear a tampon. Pads are going to absorb all the water in the lake, pond, ocean, pool whatever you are swimming in. Try tampax pearls, if this is your first time using a tampon. They are very easy to use! Good luck!
2007-08-13 12:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd say no, definitely not. You will leak and the blood wil be seen, also the pad will unstick and ditach from your swimsuit.
Either wear a tampon or wait a few days, I know it's annoying, I love swimming x
Ps how old are you?
2007-08-13 12:42:53 · answer #5 · answered by Moonlight_princess 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your period does not stop in the water! A pad will only soak up the pool water. Nobody wants to swim in your blood. Use a tampon if you want to swim.
2007-08-13 12:40:38 · answer #6 · answered by doodlebuttus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Come ON really think about that for a minute!!!
REALLY!
A PAD, that SOAKS UP fluid, in the WATER!
NO, you can't wear a pad in the water! It'll be like a diaper and soak up the water before it'll even get to soaking up any menstrual flow!
Its either tampons, or moon/diva cup, or NO swimming.
You period DOES NOT STOP or slow down in water, either! It only gets dispersed into the water, and that is just really nasty.
2007-08-13 13:36:45 · answer #7 · answered by Terri 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
dont you think it would just fill up with water and not do any good for the blood? another thing is the water would relese the blood into the water your swimming in. GROSS. refrain from swimming or use a tampon.
2007-08-13 12:38:58 · answer #8 · answered by deedee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Pads are meant to hold liquid, so if they are immersed, they will expand to hold as much water as possible. If you have a spare pad, try putting it in a sink full of water to see how large it will get. I imagine that some cheaply made pads would also start to disintegrate and bits and pieces may eventually fall off.
If your period is light enough to get you from the changing room to the pool (or lake, etc) without mess, you can go without a pad. Once you are in the water, you won't bleed, because the water pressure outside your body will keep the blood from coming out.
~Kyanna
2007-08-13 12:43:07 · answer #9 · answered by Kyanna S 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
no. they pad will soak up all the water instead of the blood
use a tampon
2007-08-13 12:38:03 · answer #10 · answered by natalie 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋