HELP! Tampons for my young daughter??

Originally Posted by Taurus Babe

How about you give the the directions (it has pictures) and tell her you'll wait outside and if she has any questions you'll be right there to help her. Also tell her that it's okay if it takes 10 different tampons until she get is right!

Check this out:

http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/tampon.html

This was a good article! I've printed it out to take home. Thanks

Thanks for the nice comments necee! We are very close....it was just me & her until she was five. I've always believed in open communication & have instilled that in her.

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by Tiger Lily

This was a good article! I've printed it out to take home. Thanks

You may not want to do this, but my doctor said there BC pills that he perscripes for athletes that limit how often you get your thing. I know it would be scary to think of your 10 year old on BC pills, but if she is a serious gymnast this may make her problem less of a problem.

[hle_625]

Ok girls dont laugh at me but..... I have never like tampons! Something about them completely freaks me out! They are never comfortable for me so I spend my whole day thinking about them if I have one in. And I get all squirmy at the thought of one being inside of me all day long! Im weird I know I just never liked them from the beginning!

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by hle_625

Ok girls dont laugh at me but..... I have never like tampons! Something about them completely freaks me out! They are never comfortable for me so I spend my whole day thinking about them if I have one in. And I get all squirmy at the thought of one being inside of me all day long! Im weird I know I just never liked them from the beginning!

For about the first 3 months that I used tampons I felt uncomfortable like they were falling out or something, but after a while you get better at putting them in & then forget they are there.

[Janet]

Oh I never liked them either. My uterus was tipped back a little bit and everytime I would sit it would hurt. I was stuck with those awful pads!!!

I started my period at 14 and my Mother gave me a box of pads. I had extremely heavy periods and they just did not work for me. I had to teach myself how to use them because my mom didn't know how. The first couple of times you hurt yourself, but then you get the hang of it. I don't think being a virgin is even an issue. If her flow is heavy, she may need to use a bigger tampon. It never bothered me. Oh by the way, I admire you for having such an open relationship about such things. My period apparently didn't even warrant a discussion. I am glad that Mothers are capable of sharing in these rites of passage.

[Marilyn]

I ask our pediatrician soon after my daughters started their periods, and he said there is no minimum age, it's all a matter of preferrence.

My daughters are totally different, one uses tampons, one uses pads. When they were young, the tampon companies would send you a starter kit for young girls with a little book showing how to use them from a young girl's perspective. My daughter who uses tampons says the Tampax Pearl have the easiest to insert applicator and they have wings so they absorb better.

I had a hysterectomy 12 years ago, so I'm not personally up to date.

Wishing you and your daughter the best with this and her gymnastics!!

Are there olympic rings in the future????

[BabyNicole]

Ten is kinda of young. Yikes! Then again, I was 11 when I got mine, but I didn't start using them until I was in HS (about 14). Just tell her to be EXTRA careful!! My mom left a tampon inside her for about a week. She went to the DRs b/c she was having stomach pains and he pulled it out. Thank God she didn't get TSS. She didn't use one after that, and she didn't want me to either. But, I did anyway.

Oh yeah, what if the string gets "lost" and she can't find it? Will she be okay at 10 with "searching" for it?

Originally Posted by Ponyup

You may not want to do this, but my doctor said there BC pills that he perscripes for athletes that limit how often you get your thing. I know it would be scary to think of your 10 year old on BC pills, but if she is a serious gymnast this may make her problem less of a problem.

I'll tell you the truth, my daughter has a medical condition where one of the symptoms was precocious puberty. She started breast development at age 2, but the problem was not identified until she was about 4. By the time she was 5 she was on medication to stop further development, including her period. She went off the medicine at age 8 & I was advised that it would take about a year for her to go back to developing. So, it was no surprise that she was a young starter although I hoped she would not be. But, I would be afraid to stop her period again

Thanks for sharing the information though. I can see how it would be useful to others.