Pads and tampons, ladies how did you learn

To the females: how did you learn how to use pads and tampons? Reading the instructions in the box? Mommy told you about it? Maybe mommy did it to show you the first time?

My sister had to help me...we were about to go swimming and I couldn't get up the nerve to stick that thing inside myself

I used pads until I was 17. I learned from the instructions amd friends. I only tried a tampon once because my sister talked me into it. It was very uncomfortable. It also scared me so I never tried it again.

My mom showed me how to use a pad.

And in school there was a class once on girl hygeine and the volunteers showed us a vedio on how to use pads,how To dispose them and how manys pads we should change in a day.

We were never showed how to use a tampon the reason is here in india girls are not allowed to use tampons before marriage.

But my mom is an open minded indian and she let me use tampon whenever needed , Mum gave me a brief idea about tampons Usage.

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I was on my own a lot so I had to figure how to use everything on my own. I put it in wrong and it really hurt. A friend of mine introduced me to the Diva Cup a while ago and I like it a lot better. It saves a lot of money too and doesn't have all the chemicals. One things about being on your own from a young age is that you tend to have older lady friends that are eager to help out and easier to talk to.

For me,I was taught how to use both by my older sister.I was in her bedroom,when she showed me on herself how to insert the tampon.Then she helped me with my insertion of my first tampon,felt very wierd have my sister put it into me,hurt a little,until in place.She also showed me how to place a pad into my panty.I was only 12 at the time.

My mom told me how to use it. But I practised on my own when I got my first period. I also read a lot about pads and tampons in girl magazines.

My mother was my teacher both telling and showing me how to use tampons.

I had heard some from my school friends, but mom was my primary source of information.

I was quite apprehensive when it came to inserting tampons, but mom made it all seem so simple, assuring me that it wasn't difficult and answering all my questions.

C.

My mum, showed me first how to wear panty liners which I did from about 11 as I started spotting, she was initially reluctant to let me use tampons but I started with them at 13 as panty liners weren't enough, my mum inserted the first few for me, then I progressed to inserting while she checked, my older sister has also done it for me too, I guess I understand the reluctance now as im having the same problems with my eldest

Sex wasn't spoken of in my house. Probably why I'm a kinky one today. I read the pamphlet . I am pretty shy so I didn't feel comfortable asking about it. I prefer tampons . Tried the cup and my body just doesn't want to accommodate it and pads are last resort because I don't want to sit in my own blood all day . Yuk. If I could forgo periods all together I would 😁

Between sex ed in school and my mom teaching me, I learned.

This may seem weird but I learned from my step-brother who was several years older. When I had my first period he went to the store and got me both pads and tampons, and then we read the instructions together.

My mother told me how to do it, but the actual insertion was no problem as I read the box and had been inserting fingers, candles and phallic foods for years before puberty.

had been inserting fingers, candles and phallic foods for years before puberty.

Semi self taught, mother had talked about it and shown me the leaflet, stressed changing it regularly etc and after word of encouragement left me to it.

I had put finger in me before this and that is key I think to making it easier, knowing your anatomy and angle. Always get to know your anatomy or encourage anyone you are teaching to look at their anatomy and get a feel of angle of vagina etc. Rookie mistake is trying to ram it up straight.

Out of curiosity what was your favourite phallic food of choice ?

Between my mother and human growth and development class I learned.

My mom showed me how to use the pad. I learned about tampons from my aunt and my girlfriends I was very close to my stepaunt and she was one who I could ask her about anything.

It s my mom who told and show me how its work and i learn myself how to choose what i prefere

I got my first period back in the days of belted pads. My mom knew that this "big event" was not far off and bought me my first belt and a box of pads. Frankly, I hated them and I remember getting dressed after gym one day when one of the other girls said, "Chris, what do you think you're doing?" Some other girls came around and ganged up on me. They wouldn't let me out of the locker room without using a tampon. It took a couple of tries, but I did manage to get it in. Years later it was my daughter who turned me on to menstrual cups, which I think are one great invention.

I learned from my mother. She was very open about menstruation and did not try and hide the fact she was having her period. If we were in the bathroom together she would often change her pad at the same time. To her it was a natural thing. That was good for me because I started my periods very early but I knew what to expect. Buying pads or tampons on my own took a few years.

Dita

Pads were a no-brainer plus I had several friends who had already started to menstruate. I think I only used pads for that first month and told my mom that I wanted to use tampons like some of my friends. Mom was very understanding and she and I spent a lot of time in the bathroom during my second month. It took a few tries to get one in right, but I managed.

I had an older sister and my mom of course. Not a big deal for me as I remember.

I was a late starter with them. My first gf when I was 20 used to like being bottomless in the house and I very much enjoyed looking at her innie vulva with a long slit visible from the front when she was standing. One time I noticed she had the white string dangling down and I told her i'd never used them. She changed hers in front of me so I could see how it was done. I didn't try them until after I'd been fingered, so it was easy to get it in.

I was already aware of my vagina and how it felt with my finger long before I got my period.

So when time came to try tampons I sash properly more relaxed about it then most.

Read the little leaflet got some words of encouragement from mom and I went into the bathroom and emerged triumphant.

Never been a fan of pads so happy I moved to tampons quickly.

I only used pads originally. Then got caught off guard and had to borrow one. Gf only had a tampon so I just stuck it in there. It was so dang comfortable I never went back to pads again. Wanted to let her know how she changed my life, but she was a very good friend only, but who I had had a bad crush on for some time. Fantasized about her putting it in for me first time and looking in me checking it out to be sure it was right. (Although I don't know how you could put a tampon in incorrectly! It only goes one way.)

My mom showed me how to use pads. Long ago they were just pieces of cotton. Then in women's stores appeared belted pads. Latex safety panties. Then cotton pads, later modern absorbent pads. When tampons came up I immediately accepted them as the best invisible solution. In recent years I put daily pad. The reason is that when I laugh strongly it happens that I'm running out of a drop.

My older cousin showed me how to use tampons. I don't know why, she never bought me any. Now I think my cousin had a fetish because she was naked when she showed me. My 13 yr old self just thought she was weird. She inserted one and removed it. She did that at least three times. Instead of wasting good tampons, she could have given them to me.

My mother didn't buy me any tampons or pads either. I was basically using toilet paper. My aunt finally started buying me pads. They didn't have adhesive and had to be used with a belt. This was 1979-1981.

When I got old enough to work, I started buying tampons. Then I started bleeding so much that I had to use tampons and pads. I was glad I didn't have to use that belt anymore.

My wife learnt to use tampons when older because initially her mum only let her use pads. Old prudish lady.

For pads wife just showed how to stick to underwear for our two, it really isnt rocket science.

For tampons read the leaflet through with youngest gave little coaching then she disappeared up stairs by self and came out triumphant after a little while.

Mum showed me how to use pads when I needed them, and not long after I remember we were going on holidays to a park that had an amazing pool complex…and I got my period..I had a total meltdown about it, not being able to go swimming, and mum then got me some tampons. I learned myself how to use them from the leaflet in the box and from articles I'd already read in girls magazines

My mom told me how to use pads. Years later, after I lost my virginity, I have started to use tampons. The first time I tried to insert it inside my vagina while I was sitting on the toilet and pushing with my finger the tampon inside. Now I use only tampons even though when my periods are finishing insertion isn so easy