Thread: Help..has happened 3 months in a row now!!!

Go a month without using tampons and see if you get any pain. If you don't then maybe tampons aren't for you. Also, you really shouldn't use a tampon for a heavy flow if you are on a normal or light day and you most definitely should not use a tampon if you are only spotting. Without the menses to soak up the tampon is dry and may well hurt on removal AND, far more seriously, may leave behind a small mote of cotton that could start an infection which could get very serious very quickly. Please do an internet search on 'tampon toxic shock syndrome'.

When you are spotting use only a panty liner.

On the lightening or your period - well, that can happen. Your period will change throughout your life. When I was in my 20s I had one or two days of light to average flow and then 2 days of spotting (during which time there may or may not have been another few hours of light to regular flow). I don't recall much about my period in my teens other than it was way lighter than what my poor sister suffered and didn't hurt at all. Now I'm heading into my late 30s and have had a child it is completely different again.

On the unprotected sex side of things - eek! It really isn't safe to assume because there is an issue with male fertility in his family that he will also have fertility issues. You've been together for a year and not got pregnant - I think that's enough chancing it. Use contraception at all times unless you want to have a baby.

By the way - if you are at all worried this period change could be due to pregnancy and that you are in fact bleeding despite being pregnant then just take a quick test to confirm you are not pregnant.

The thing is going a month w/o tampons is kinda hard, I cant stand pads/panty liners, and 2nd I dont wear pantys, just uncomfortable and unnecessary. I have looked at the toxic syndrome info, so i know about that, but have never gotten an infection either or any signs of an infection. I believe that is the problem with the pain, with the tampon not having much on it, and causing the pain. I know the cycles change through out life, this might be a time. Just nothing has changed in the the past 3 months for it to be caused by stress or so forth. I dont believe I am pregnant, no signs, no pain nothing. And not using protection we have talked about, If its going to happen it will, for the fact of his family having the infertility problems.

You can't take chances over and over again with toxic shock syndrome. If you get an infection from misusing a tampon then you will be very, very ill and may die.

There is an alternative to pads that may suit you and has no risk of toxic shock. It is called a menstrual cup and two brands I have heard good things of are 'divacup' and 'mooncup'. You wear it like a tampon but it is a soft, flexible cup that sits over the cervix and collects the flow of menses. To 'change' it you simply remove it, rinse it and reinsert. Might be a viable alternative for you.

Nothing has to outward change in your life for your period to change - it may just change. Fickle things, periods

If you are worried about possible gynaecological problems then go to a doctor for a full check up. But please - stop using tampons when you have very light flow or spotting. You are too precious to risk your life for short term comfort.

Thank you for the information. I know nothing has to change in my life for the period to change, just weird all of a sudden, but hopefully its back to normal next month. The cup might work while at home, but dont think it would be the best for while at work.

I agree that you should never wear a tampon during days of spotting, its just not healthy. I had pads to but if its only a day, oh well, I 'd rather be uncomfortable for a day then be ill or in pain. Could be worse, could bleed so heavy for 240 days straight that a tampon would only last for 10 mins if that. Thats my story tho

As for the pain, you are 25 yrs old. Is it a sharp pain or a dull pain. You are a perfect age for functional cysts. I have a Complex cyst in my right ovary and oh my does that thing send out some sharp shooting pains sometimes. others I cant even feel it there. Best thing to do is go to the gyno and talk to them. I'm 26 and used to have periods that lasted about 3 days. never heavy and sometimes it would disappear.

So are you only feeling the pains when you are removing the tampons or are you experiencing pain other times for instance during intercourse?

Originally Posted by lckyclvr4213

Thank you for the information. I know nothing has to change in my life for the period to change, just weird all of a sudden, but hopefully its back to normal next month. The cup might work while at home, but dont think it would be the best for while at work.

Why? What do you work at? I can't see how it would make a difference in even physically demanding job. The cup is completely internal and when inserted properly is even more leak proof than tampons.

just when removing the tampon, so it has to be from not having enough on there. I also took a preg. test just to be sure and it came out neg. as i figured.