Periods and Tampons....?

by BB on Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:19 am

Hey, ive had my period for over a year now. Its still pretty weird in its patterns. But this month its been super strong and with heaps of blood. I used a tampon at school today and I had it in for a few hours, but then when I went to the bathroom I saw blood all over my undies and i was like, wtf - I have a tampon.

turns out the flow was really big, and the tampon was actually full.

which now begs the question. I always thought tampons would still work even if they were full. Obviously not now.. there was heaps and heaps of blood in my undies.

im telling you, its a large flow this month! hhah..

so did I just do something wrong with the tampon, or do they always just leak when they are full?

by **Lea029** on Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:26 am

Hey tampons absorb the blood so when its is full there is nowhere else for the blood too go apart from out onto your undies :) If ur having a heavy month change it every few hours to avoid red undies lol.x

by **beanie860** on Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:27 am

Use a super absorbent tampon on the first couple of days because they are usually the heaviest.
If not wear a liner as well as a tampon.
Or stick to a pad on the first days (:

by **Evenstar979** on Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:23 am

Tampons can only take so much....when they get full, they leak. The easiest way to tell...give the string a tug. If the tampons comes out easily, it is probably full. If there is slight pressure, there's probably a bit of time left in it. 2-3 hours is usually the longest i leave one in.

Periods and Tampons....?