I used tampons for about 2 hours to go to Pilates lessons. After the lesson, remove it and start using FLEX before taking a bath.
It worked yesterday, so I thought I’d be fine today.
From the stage where I was taking off my clothes, I was like, “Oh, you’re off.” By the way, if you come out of position, you can touch the feel of the ring by pressing it from the top of the shorts, so you can understand it immediately.
Even if I had a little time after using the tampon, I couldn’t use my middle finger because it was slippery and hurt with my thumb.
In the bath, I tried my best to push it back in with my thumb.
I felt like I was pushing it all the way in, but the ring still touches my fingertips. If you’re in the right position, the transparent vinyl part should hit your fingertips.
I tried several times, but I couldn’t fix this until the end.
In conclusion, it didn’t leak until the next morning. Maybe the position was distorted, but it seems to have been in the place where it should have subsided.
It was quite difficult in the bath, so I reviewed how to use it on flex site again.
There “Down and back is key!” There is an expression, and the thumb is not to push toward the back of the body, but to push it toward “down 👎 (Down)”, and then finally push it toward “➡️ back”.
Yesterday, I thought ➡️ pushed “the back of the house” from the beginning. It seems that practice is still necessary.
Also, when I took it out the next morning, I couldn’t take it out in the same way because the position was different from the first time.
First of all, the ring sticks tightly and does not leave. It feels like the inside of the disk became negative pressure when pressed tightly yesterday. (Imagine breathing in with a bowl in your mouth) Does flex increase the risk of endometriosis? The idea has gone over my mind.
I pushed my finger inside the ring so that air could enter first. From there, I re-scratched my finger, pushed it to the place where it was pressed because it didn’t matter the direction, and pulled it thinking about dragging it out anyway.
I’m still struggling to get in and out, but when I woke up in the morning, I felt very comfortable. It should be in the same state as the tampon, but something is different. Is there a string?
- Down and back is key! – Easy-to-understand explanation using transparent model (FLEX official)
- The cause of endometriosis (Tottori University School of Medicine) “It is thought that the phenomenon of menstrual blood reflying into the abdominal cavity (physiological phenomenon in 90% of women) is deeply related.”
When using something new, I think you should not forget that it involves unknown risks. However, it took more than 20 years for the dangers of tampons to be known, supported by the rapid increase in the number of TSS patients in the 1980s.
* Menstrual discs (a type of menstrual cup) FLEX can Amazon.com in the United States.
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