why can't you use tampons?

loopdido · Dec 27th, 2009, 13:44 PM

for the after bleeding? i mean isn't it just like a prolonged period anyway?

I'm asking cos i'm fed up with having a wet towel stuck to my butt day in day out and it's making me sore

after needing to were towels all the time while preggo i'm forgetting what it's like to just have knickers on! lol

caz81 · Dec 27th, 2009, 13:46 PM

apparently tampons increase the risk of infection, i hate using the towels too, i use tampons when have period and would much rather use them now!!

stephwiggy · Dec 27th, 2009, 13:47 PM

YOu should aviod tampons till yoru 6 week check - due to the risk of infection hun - i know it sucks but better than an infection ?

loopdido · Dec 27th, 2009, 13:51 PM

righto...... I've tried using always thinking they'd feel drier but they just feel like you've lined your knicks with cling film and the thick towels feel like your sat on a pillow......ho hum, hope it's not for too much longer now, keep thinking my bleeding has stopped then it starts up again, esp after a shower. I'll have to put sudocrem on my bits cos it's getting like nappy rash on it, lol.

stephwiggy · Dec 27th, 2009, 13:55 PM

I remember getting that and nipple crean works reaaly well - lol sounds weird now i have told someone

Eala · Dec 28th, 2009, 17:03 PM

I got Always, but not the towels for periods, I think they were maybe the incontinence pads that they do?

Huuuge thick things, but they didn't feel cling-filmy, absorbed LOADS and were really comfy. I had a 2nd degree tear & haematoma, and because they were so thick and cushioned they made it a bit more comfy to sit down

They're in a blue/purple packet. When I was using them, Tesco had them on 3 for 2, so I just stocked up and resigned myself to changing them often!

mamato2more · Dec 30th, 2009, 09:32 AM

Imagine on your uterus, a wound the size of where the placenta attatched. That's what's trying to heal. As the previous gals said, infection..

debbie2911 · Jan 3rd, 2010, 08:22 AM

give yourself time to heal or you may get an infection, its not like a period its an open wound where the placeta was and needs time to heal over, you may notice the more active you are during the day, the heavier you might feel. i would suggest you wait untill you have at least your second real period. sudocream works wonders lol i had nasty grazes and it was the only thing that stopped the pain when peeing

cupcake · Jan 3rd, 2010, 08:27 AM

infection and to be honest I dont think that they would be absorbent enough and may even just fall out, I mean you just really got all stretched up, also trust me you wont want to touch that area never mind stick anything up it. most people are afraid to pee never mind put in a tampon.

Novbaby08 · Jan 6th, 2010, 01:31 AM

Also your cervix takes about 6 weeks to close up

Dec 27th, 2009, 13:44 PM	#1
loopdido Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 1,650	why can't you use tampons? for the after bleeding? i mean isn't it just like a prolonged period anyway? I'm asking cos i'm fed up with having a wet towel stuck to my butt day in day out and it's making me sore after needing to were towels all the time while preggo i'm forgetting what it's like to just have knickers on! lol

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Dec 27th, 2009, 13:46 PM	#2
caz81 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 7,219	apparently tampons increase the risk of infection, i hate using the towels too, i use tampons when have period and would much rather use them now!!

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Dec 27th, 2009, 13:47 PM	#3
stephwiggy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: peterborough ish. Posts: 4,658	YOu should aviod tampons till yoru 6 week check - due to the risk of infection hun - i know it sucks but better than an infection ?

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Dec 27th, 2009, 13:51 PM	#4
loopdido Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 1,650	righto...... I've tried using always thinking they'd feel drier but they just feel like you've lined your knicks with cling film and the thick towels feel like your sat on a pillow......ho hum, hope it's not for too much longer now, keep thinking my bleeding has stopped then it starts up again, esp after a shower. I'll have to put sudocrem on my bits cos it's getting like nappy rash on it, lol.

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Dec 27th, 2009, 13:55 PM	#5
stephwiggy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: peterborough ish. Posts: 4,658	I remember getting that and nipple crean works reaaly well - lol sounds weird now i have told someone

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Dec 28th, 2009, 17:03 PM	#6
Eala Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,223	I got Always, but not the towels for periods, I think they were maybe the incontinence pads that they do? Huuuge thick things, but they didn't feel cling-filmy, absorbed LOADS and were really comfy. I had a 2nd degree tear & haematoma, and because they were so thick and cushioned they made it a bit more comfy to sit down They're in a blue/purple packet. When I was using them, Tesco had them on 3 for 2, so I just stocked up and resigned myself to changing them often!

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Dec 30th, 2009, 09:32 AM	#7
mamato2more Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Colorado Springs, Co, USA Posts: 2,307	Imagine on your uterus, a wound the size of where the placenta attatched. That's what's trying to heal. As the previous gals said, infection..

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Jan 3rd, 2010, 08:22 AM	#8
debbie2911 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: south of england Posts: 177	give yourself time to heal or you may get an infection, its not like a period its an open wound where the placeta was and needs time to heal over, you may notice the more active you are during the day, the heavier you might feel. i would suggest you wait untill you have at least your second real period. sudocream works wonders lol i had nasty grazes and it was the only thing that stopped the pain when peeing

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Jan 3rd, 2010, 08:27 AM	#9
cupcake Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: middle east Posts: 4,375	infection and to be honest I dont think that they would be absorbent enough and may even just fall out, I mean you just really got all stretched up, also trust me you wont want to touch that area never mind stick anything up it. most people are afraid to pee never mind put in a tampon.

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Jan 6th, 2010, 01:31 AM	#10
Novbaby08 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Utah Posts: 2,393	Also your cervix takes about 6 weeks to close up

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