Guest guest Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Hi Janessa! I as well could never wear tampons. I just couldn't figure it out, and it wasn't till I met someone off of this website that I was able to understand why! I was so glad I wasn't alone! I had my septum removed in January and the following month tried tampons...I have to admit it was better than before definitely! But I still had to use a panty liner. I'm praying so hard that I won't have to wear tampons for the next 8 months though I'm 6 weeks pregnant finally! Hope this helps! 27 years old U/D, PCOS 6 weeks pregnant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Hi Jenessa I too am UD and had the same problem. I always 'leaked' when I used a tampon; I guess because one side was not protected so the blood loss still came out. I had the v septum removed and no longer have a problem with leaking. I have heard of women using two tampons; one in each side but this did not work well for me as one side was a lot smaller than the other and it was very uncomfortable. tte Tampons and UD Hello ladies. I have a question for all the UD girls out there. Are you able to use tampons alone on AF? I never have been, and I always assumed it was because I had really heavy periods, but now I'm wondering if it's because of the vaginal septum rather than the amount of flow. No matter how heavy or light AF is, the tampons alone do not absorb the flow. Does anyone else have this problem? I'm wondering if having the septum removed would solve this. If anyone has experience with this, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks! Jenessa 26, UD Share bookmarks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MullerianAnomalies/links/ Share files: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MullerianAnomalies/files/ The Congenital Uterine Anomalies Home Page: http://www.wegrokit.com/uterineanomalies/ es/ The Congenital Uterine Anomalies Home Page: http://www.wegrokit.com/uterineanomalies/ _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Jenessa- Hi! I am a old hat fused UD, who has been hiding out on the Cafe board for a few weeks. Our wonderful founder, Beth let us know that there were some UD questions over here, so here I am, at your disposal! I will scan the posts for other questions and answer them as I go along. > I have a question for all the UD girls out there. Are you able to ? >use tampons alone on AF? hehehe.. Girl, you are not alone! I used tampons for about the fist year I had my period. I realize now that the other side just hadn't " started " yet. They started leaking, so here I was, in the 7th grade, wearing a pad AND a tampon. My mom kept buying me bigger, and bigger, and BIGGER tampons, until I was using the super-duper- toilet-paper on a rope version. I was baffled...the tampons weren't getting full, and they still leaked like a seive. Also had horrendous cramps and very looong periods. I know know that was due to one side starting (with cramps) and then anywhere from 12 hours to 3 days later, the other side would start (with cramps.) My doctors had no solution - they just put me on birth control for the cramps and shrugged their shoulders about the tampon problem. (I wasn't diagnosed until I was 19) One thing that you might try - on occasion, (like trips to the beach) I use two teeny-weenie super slender tampons. It takes some manuevering, but for most girls with a vag septum it is doable. Some say it is perfectly comfortable and forgoe pads completely - me, its not exactly uncomfortable, but just doesn't feel 'right.' So most of the time, I just stick with pads. hope that helps, Initally dx 1993, lap/hyst diagnosed fused UD 2004, ttc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 I used to think I'd never be able to use just tampons too, until I was on my honeymoon and AF arrived. Well, there was no way I was staying out of the ocean or pool so I used two tampons at once. It worked perfectly. The way I found insertion the easiest is to put one in, but don't remove the " plunger " until you have the second one in place. Keeping the first one in will help to guide you with the placement of the second one so you'll end up with them side by side rather than one on top of the other. Good luck! Kris -- In MullerianAnomalies , " jkrear " <jkrear@y...> wrote: > Hello ladies. > > I have a question for all the UD girls out there. Are you able to use > tampons alone on AF? I never have been, and I always assumed it was > because I had really heavy periods, but now I'm wondering if it's > because of the vaginal septum rather than the amount of flow. No > matter how heavy or light AF is, the tampons alone do not absorb the > flow. Does anyone else have this problem? I'm wondering if having the > septum removed would solve this. If anyone has experience with this, > I'd love to hear about it. > > Thanks! > Jenessa > 26, UD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 >The way I found insertion the easiest is > to put one in, but don't remove the " plunger " until you have the > second one in place. Keeping the first one in will help to guide > you with the placement of the second one so you'll end up with > them side by side rather than one on top of the other. Kris- That is exactly the way I do it too... fused Ud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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