i have been pondering this for along time... what did women use before pads and tampons were invented?
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Rags, that's why periods are called "being on the rag".  They also made something like a sumo wrestler's outfit that you strap onto your waist and attaches to the rag that you wear, you have to remember people also didn't have underwear like we do now back in the day.
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i do tampons by day - pads by night - you don't want to wear tampons ALL the time, it is bad for you and you could get TSS (toxic shock syndrome)!
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I use the product "Instead" which is used instead of tampons or pads.  I like it very much because it is comfortable, easily inserted, and I can keep it in longer during heavier times of the cycle.  Last, but not least, I can have sex with it in and remain clean.\n\nHere is additional data about it here:\n\nhttp://www.softcup.com/\n\nThe last time I went on the site, it had an option of getting free samples of it.\n\nIt IS awkward at first to get used to, even tampons take a little to get used to at first (my first use of a tampon is a horror story that no 13 year old would want to live through ever).  But keep practicing and use light pads at first just to be sure placement is good, and you will be fine.\n___________________________________________\n\nTake a look at this link.  It is inserted back and fits up under your cervix (which is like a classic donut with a hole in the middle) like a bowl.\n\nhttp://www.softcup.com/images/image_how.gif \n\nThe cup is a ring with a clear plastic (or soft clear flexible membrane)that is a flexible cup. \nSee pic here: http://www.softcup.com/images/image_home.gif
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If you're talking about tampons, it's ok to use them if you're a virgin.  Just follow the directions in the box.  It might be a little tricky at first.  Just relax and it'll be easy enough after a few times :) Good luck!
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all time high. tech and powered work was revolutionized. so the most responsible item for the industrial revolution had to be communication. other peers in a field did not have to rely soley on their own working knowledge and experience's for advancement of the field as a whole. just imagine our world 100 yrs from now, knowing that in 1880 leeching was still used although not common. and also the first umm personal vibrator was invented sometime around then, and i think (heard on radio) that it was treatment for phsycopath or something, diagnosed in females with symptoms like irritability etc, but the names might be mixed up. but neat huh? hmmmmmm. i dont know of the truth of the latter. but fte and gnight.
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Yes, you can still use tampons if you're a virgin....and no, it doesn't hurt if you know where to put it. Once it's in, you don't even know it's there. The only evidence is the small string that's there so you can remove it later, and that's virtually unnoticeable. \n\nIt's all in the technique, really... I've found that it's easiest to insert a tampon if you're sitting on the toilet with your legs wide apart, which relaxes the muscles in your pelvic area. The other trick is to remember to go up and back, towards the center of your body, because that's the direction of the vagina.  \n\nIt's also wise to use the lowest absorbency that will control your flow...using a tampon that's too absorbent will make it harder to get it out.
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THE HISTORY OF TOILET PAPER:\n\n \n\nObviously, toilet paper hasn’t been around forever.  We can be pretty sure that those living before the late 19th Century weren’t able to drop by their local quickie mart mega stores to pick up a case of Charmin triple-ply, or Cottonelle flushable moist wipes.  Rather, the innovation of the roll of toilet paper is a very modern product and convenience, in which today, has arguably become a household commodity.  \n\n \n\nSo then, how did we go from nature’s fruitful leaves to the multiple choices that we are bombarded with every time we enter the tissue section at the grocery store today?  \n\n \n\nEvidence seems to suggest that original material used in place of toilet paper ranged anywhere from leaves and sticks, to cobs of corn, or linen.  It is believed that although the earliest form of toilet paper on a roll wasn’t introduced until 1880, people made do with many various items that stemmed from their environments.
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i agree with honesty...\nyou dont have to wear tampons if you dont want to. both virgins and non virgins can wear them.  and same goes for pads.  wear whats more comfortable for you
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The Instead Cup - It's a not-very-popular replacement for tampons.  Fits like a diaphram to collect the fluid and you empty it out every 12 hours or so.  Pretty messy until you get the hang of it.  I never liked it much, but it would work for your stripper friend.
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yes- it can.  So can tampon use and many other things.
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The best person to ask would be your mom but ultimately it is a choice only you can make.  Try both and decide.  I promise you that 50% will say pads and 50% will say tampons.  Your mom is your best advocate on that one.
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Well, I haven't been around since the 1960's, but one thing that has changed a lot just in the time I've been alive is contraception.  We have a lot more options now than women did even a couple decades ago, and the pill has gotten much safer.  The first pills had a huge amount of hormones in them and they had a lot of bad side effects.  They were also very expensive.  Now they have much fewer hormones in them so the side effects are nowhere near as bad as they would have been with the old pills, and they're very affordable--I pay $12/month for mine.  Plus we have all kinds of other contraception options too--the ring, the shot, the implant, the patch, and all the barrier methods.  Hormonal methods that we have today are much more effective than methods they had in the 1960's.
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The youngest I have known is 16 years old, I was about 19 or 20 when I started using one and god did I wish I had known about them when I was 13 as they would have saved me a whole lot of hassle and embarrassment at school with my heavy periods!!\n\nThey are fine for young girls, because there is no risks associated they are a lot better than tampons because there is less risk of TSS that young girls bodies cannot deal as well with due to fewer antibodies and no risk of vaginal splitting, younger girls vaginal walls aren't as thick as women's so more prone to damage. They are a lot easier to put in because they are made form silicone or rubber so no friction and a lot easier for girls to deal with because they don't have to change them all the time. \n\nThe only problems really are that they can break the hymen that may be an issue for some girls and the whole 'ew periods!' sort of response might make them a little squeamish about using one, especially as they don't teach girls about them – normally they get told they have to use either tampons or pads, and they imply pads are for babies so girls feel they have to use tampons in order to be grown up and they are too immature to learn otherwise at that age. Other than that though, it's best for girls to start off with healthy body-positive options like menstrual cups rather than risking tampons or feeling uncomfortable with pads.
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beingirl.com i have had mine for 3 years this month and i used this site from the begning and they can tell you tips. and you can get free pads and tampons and they will send you coupns to go with the ones, there are these things you can fill out and find out what kind of pads and tampons you need and they will tell you how to use them. and since you just started i will tell you that tampons are gods gift to women, try them at lest for a whole box and if you never wear them again that is fine but if you do it right they will be comfterble and people will try to tell you that they hurt but they dont (if you do it right)!!\nwell Good luck with being a woman ( i know it sucks!)
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Already answered this but in 1995 Mark Burnett and the host of survivor said on a VH1 special that they were supplied. This aired many times last year. They also were allowed a doctor, bathrooms as well as, tampons/ kotex.
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There is evidence which suggests that women have been using tampons made of various materials for thousands of years. The tampon with an applicator and string was invented in 1929 and submitted for patent in 1931 by Dr. Earle Haas, an American from Denver, Colorado. Tampons based on Dr. Haas' design were first sold in the U.S. in 1936.
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Do you mean pads?\n\nIt's called menstruation.\n\nTalk to your parents or a trusted adult about it.