Pads and Swimming

[confuzzled 0102]

I need to go swimming again during that time of month - the last time I bought every pad I could find, but none of them worked in the pool - can you suggest a pad to use?

[sillymae]

I've never tried to use a pad in the pool - I'd think they would either fall apart or be completely ineffective. Have you thought about trying a tampon? Those work in the water :)

[misslollipop]

i agree with above tampons are the best option

[lucylocket2]

A pad? I'm sorry, but that's a little icky. Why don't ya use a tampon?

[Adevotee]

I agree, you can't swim with a pad, you will need to use a tampon or not go swimming.

[PGB]

That would be like a baby swimming with a diaper.  Wouldn't it?  It would absorb water and swell, wouldn't it?

[Adevotee]

I don't think it would swell but I think, like others have mentioned, that it would fall apart.

Maybe someone should do an "experiment" and put one in water for a bit and see what happens. :)

[PGB]

Not me!!  I'm not volunteering for ANY  "experiments" on MED HELP!
People that do, seem to get in trouble for some reason, don't they?

[gonza]

just wear a Depends, that way if it swells it is velcroed on like a diaper so you wont have to deal with the embarassment of it falling out of your bathing suit.

[Cletus_VanDamm]

LOL!!!!

[have 2 kids]

This is the same poster who asked about braiding her pubic hair.  
I think she's just trying to stir things up.

[Cletus_VanDamm]

WTF?!? Braiding her pubic hair? lol

[PGB]

Well, it's not stirring things up, but it sure is funny to read what everybody is coming up with, isn't it?

[sparkeler]

How about not using anything?   That would seem to suit you the best; just as naieve as your question.

[have 2 kids]

I was thinking the same thing!

[sparkeler]

I tried to put it as nicely as I could.  Not exactly what I wanted to say, but I'm trying to keep Medhelp happy.

[sk2006a]

i going to embarrass myself by admitting that i tried it a few times as a younger teenager.  i couldn't get the darned tampon working right!  needless to say, it wasn't a big success.

and no, i never tried to braid my pubic hair :)

[PGB]

Now how did you know I was about to ask you that very question?

[sk2006a]

cuz i'm smart like that :)

[glad2bamom]

Please see my response to your thread below.

Do ya'll remember the question about the mom who was having a swimming party and a young girl wanted to swim, but had started her period?  For some reason, this post reminded me of that.  Was that issue ever resolved?

[PGB]

I bow down to your superior wisdom!!!!

[Christie04_returns]

This gave me my first laugh of the day.

[glad2bamom]

Wait till you read the next one.

[sparkeler]

MY last response was supposed to be 4 you!!

[paranoidpatty]

This was definitely a good laugh to wake me up this morning. You all had me cracking up.

I read the braiding pubic hair comment below and that's out of this world!!  First off, if anything, wear a tampon to swim or just don't get in the friggin water!! I'd be too paranoid that a red cloud of water would follow me as I swam!! Secondly, if you don't know what to do with your pubic hair, just leave it alone or shave it off!! Why not give it a perm while you're at it? Or better yet, if it's that long to braid, you may not need a pad at all because the extra hair should be extra absorbant. Yeah, that's it, don't wear anything at all!!

This has got to be some guy playing around.