In this blog post, I'll show you 3 easy steps to finding your vaginal opening so you know where to insert your tampon!
Many girls tell me they need help finding their opening because they aren't sure where to insert their tampon. But many of girls also tell me that they think period blood is icky and want to find their vaginal opening without looking!
The easiest way to find your vaginal opening is by looking and feeling.
I know period blood can be kind of icky but you will need to get used to it. It's your own period blood and your own body. There is nothing to be afraid of and you cannot break anything down there. If you get period blood on your hand, just wash it off.
Speaking of which, the first thing you need to do is wash your hands!
Speaking of which, the first thing you need to do is wash your hands!
Step 1
Use a hand mirror and place it in between your legs so you can see your vagina.
You will see something like this:
Step 2
Use your fingers and spread your inner lips apart.
Your vaginal opening is located in between the inner lips so use your fingers to spread your lips apart. You will see something like this:
Your vaginal opening may not look like an open hole like it is in my diagram. That's because the vaginal opening isn't just an open hole you can see. It is an opening that can stretch to open like you see in my diagram and can shrink so that it is concealed or hidden.
If you haven't found your vaginal opening yet, move on to the next step.
Step 3
Push your finger in between your inner lips. Your inner lips will
spread apart to your opening.
You do not need to spread your lips apart in this step.
Your finger may even slide inside your vaginal opening. This is exactly how a tampon applicator slides inside.
Your vaginal opening leads to your vaginal canal. Remember your vaginal canal isn't perpendicular (straight up and down). Your vaginal opening is PARALLEL to the ground so to find your opening, insert your finger at an angle like in this diagram here:
Pretend the tampon applicator is your finger!
It's much easier to find your vaginal opening when you can feel with your fingers!
Don't worry, you cannot break your hymen by sliding your finger or tampon applicator inside. The hymen is like a ring of skin that can stretch to fit your finger or tampon applicator.
It is also impossible to accidentally put your finger or tampon applicator inside your urethral opening or pee hole. The urethral opening is too small and your finger is too big.
Are you still having trouble finding your vaginal opening?
Don't worry! I have some very helpful tips to help your find your vaginal opening by looking and feeling:- If you are on your period, feel with your fingers where the blood is coming from. Your period blood leaves your body from your vaginal opening.
- It may be helpful to not look at all and just feel for your vaginal opening. It is the only hole your finger and slide into.
If you still haven't found your vaginal opening yet, leave a comment and tell me which step you are having trouble with.
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The Period Blog's Guide to How to Insert a Tampon
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The Period Blog's Guide to How to Insert a Tampon
An Introduction To Your Vagina: The External Bits
Vaginal Discharge: All your Questions Answered!
Hi! It was great to find this blog!! So I have never used a tampon because I cannot seem to find where I'm supposed to put it. Except, when I use your tips, I stil don't even see a hole, I just see more muscle, no hole at all. Help?!
ReplyDeleteHi!
DeleteHave you tried step 3 yet? You can also wait til your period starts and feel for where your period blood is coming from.
Good luck! Let me know if that helps....
xoxo.
Hi! Thanks for replying. I'm getting my period soon, and planning on trying step 3. Thank you so much!
DeleteI've tried everything and can still not see or feel a hole at all. Help?!
ReplyDeletePush in with your finger. Your finger should slide into your opening. It may help to wait until you have your period or to use lubricant.
DeleteHonestly I just tried putting my finger in and after a year of not being able to use tampons I can now. This seriously kind of made my night!!!!!! I honestly couldn't before and this page helped me so much!!! At first it feels weird but just explore down there with a mirror and buck up courage to use your finger.
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ReplyDeleteThis is beyond embarrassing but every time I take out a tampon I make a huge mess; it drips everywhere and I'm at risk of staining my clothes/hands... I try to catch it right away with a wad of toilet paper but it still gets messy. It's really stressful to have to deal with this in public bathrooms, especially when I'm in school. Any tips?
You should practice at home in a bathroom alone and just use pads at school until you feel ready to use tampons. You also might want to find a comfortable position to insert a tampon.
DeleteHi!
DeleteI had this problem when I first started too. It's completely normal to experience this.
When you go to remove your tampon, sit on the toilet but sit a little further back than you normally wood. Spread your legs and then use your hand to pull out the tampon. This way, any blood dripping from the tampon will just go into the toilet bowl and not onto your panties or pants.
I find it super helpful to have a folded up wad of toilet paper nearby to put your used tampon in to wrap up and throw away.
xoxo!
Anone when you know your period flow you can have an Idea when you might want to use a super tampon
ReplyDeleteHi I know this has nothing to do with this subject but I felt because it was the newest post my question will have a better chance of getting answered. I'm 12 almost13 and I just got my first period. My mom was at work when I got it so I used one I got as a sample from watching the purbety video at school. Now it's 2 days later and my mom dosent have a clue! Help me please I'm too embarrassed to say anything and I will soon run out of pads cause I'm am sneaking them from my mom and it will become obviuse soon. BTW I'm todally recommening this website to all my friends.
ReplyDeleteJust tell your mom~ She was a girl once too and getting your period is a natural thing, so you shouldn't feel embarrassed. When I first told my mother she was screaming in joy because I finally became a "woman" LOL.
DeleteBut if you still are too embarrassed to say anything, why not do it indirectly? Maybe tell her that you're having your period through email or a text? That way you don't have to say it directly to her.
Hope this helps! And best of luck ; v ;
I agree with you 100% your mom has been 12-13 and if you dont wan't to talk to your mom talk to another trusted adult!
DeleteSo I've been on my period for like 9 months and I'm ready to try tampons, and I tried using them and (whoot whoot!) figured it out and got one in. I want to let my mom know I'm using them, but don't really know what to say (I know she won't mind) if you know what i mean lol
ReplyDeleteThis has helped i will try using tampons now
ReplyDeleteHi, I've had my period for 1 year and a half now and I want to use tampons, but I don't know how to tell my mom because I'm embarrassed, any tips?
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteI've been using tampons for about two periods, and I'd like to use them again for my next period. When I put the tampon in, (when I'm pushing it in using the applicator) it will go in, but when there's about a cm of the applicator to push, my lower stomach starts hurting badly. it feels like something is blocking my tampon from going in.I'm pretty sure they aren't cramps, because my stomach hurts only at that stage of inserting a tampon . What could this be? Also, my tampons go in only once in a while. About 2/5 of tampons would go in. What could be the problem? When the tampon doesn't go in, it hurts when the applicator is about a cm inside me. The rest of the times when the tampon does go in, I don't feel any pain, except for the stomach thing I told u about earlier :/ What could be causing this? Also, I can feel the tampon inside me. It sometimes hurts, but most of the time it just feels uncomfortable. Is this normal? One last thing: when I remove the tampon, no matter how much it has absorbed, my lower stomach (again) hurts. Is there a problem with my lower stomach? What do u think is the problem?
I love your blog btw, I've started my period about five months ago and it really has helped me! My mom isn't a tampon user, so I can't really ask her questions :/
You may be inserting it at the wrong angle.
DeleteYour tampon isn't far in enough if it is uncomfortable. Also some people say that that there stomach hurts worse if they use a tampon. You might want to stick with pads! Hope this helped. I just startes mine today. My mom told me about it. I'm already using a tampon now.
ReplyDeleteWell ok, so im 13 but i started my period when i was 9 so ive had it along time, ive always asked to use tampons but my mom wont let me becuase she doesnt use them, should i just use the ones we have and use pads when i run out cuz pads r super gross
ReplyDeleteim going on holiday soon and want to use tampons as i will be spending time in the pool. If the tampon is fresh will the pool water make it expand? x
ReplyDeleteHi, I have a few questions. I'm 14 and got my period in December. I've know that summer would come and I would need to use tampons and pads make me feel moist and gross anyways. I always get nervous for no reason and it just makes me upset that I can't do it! I'm fine with the blood and everything, that's normal, but I feel like I'm going to be in pain like quite a few people say when they first use one. Also, I wear my pads for about 8 hours at school because there aren't any disposers in the stall, so I would have to put it in the trash outside the stall, so that makes me not change all day, will that be fine? It also makes me feel gross. Your blog has been a lot of help, but if you could just guide me on some stuff that would be greatly appreciated. :)
ReplyDeleteYou should change you pad every 2 to 4 hours even if your flow is not heavy as smell can build up and people will be able to make out that you are on your period.Some people say inserting tampons hurt for the first time but you should try one for yourself and see as if it hurts you are probably insert it wrong or not at a right angle.
Deletehi i stil cant find the opening, and i evev used my finger. ever time i try it kinda hurts. i just got my period yesterday and i cant put a tampon in. i swim and im really nervous. i dont know what to do!!! help
ReplyDeleteI have had my period for quite some time now, since I was ten, I've always been afraid to use tampons. I have six sisters and all my older ones say it is easy. I pretend like I wear them but I really don't. Every time I try to put it in, it hurts so bad I start crying. I don't know why it hurts... am I doing something wrong?
ReplyDeleteyou might be putting them in the wrong way. It will hurt a little when you put the tip of the tampon in. Just relax. Don't tense your body up or it will not go in easily. just relax and push in slowly. eventually it will be in there. Make sure before you put a tampon in you have it at an angle, if you have it to much at an angle you will feel it not going in and it might hurt. just readjust it and keep going.
DeleteOkay, so I started my first period the day before the first day of swim team practice. I had to learn how to use a tampon! It's really not bad at all and I prefer them to pads. I just wanted to provide some encouragement to you girls! I promise they aren't too bad!
ReplyDeleteHi I'm 13 and do a lot of dancing. I think pads are ok, but they are very noticeable under the leotard, and I really want to try tampons.
ReplyDeleteI can't ask my mum, because even though she wears tampons, she says I'm to young to try them. But she knows I really want to.
So I was just wondering, what is the best brand of tampons to get for a first timer?
BTW I think your website is great and the day I found it, was the day my friend asked me for a pad! Girl Code Rocks!
Thanks xoxo
Hi!
DeleteI do a lot of dancing as well, and I agree with you, pads are really obvious under a leotard aren't they? And that's really awkward because everyone knows you're on your period.
I really want to try tampons as well, but I think pads are ok as it does until my periods over.
Thanks!
I think a good brand for you would be tampax pearl or kotex regular/light depending on how heavy your flow is. but go with kotex or tampax.
DeleteThanks!! :)
DeleteI can never get my tampon in. I can find it easy until step 3. I have only ever managed to get a tampon in once before, but that really hurt so I took it out.
ReplyDeleteSo how do you get the tampon in?
Please reply SOON as I have a swimming party coming up!
you might be putting them in the wrong way. It will hurt a little when you put the tip of the tampon in. Just relax. Don't tense your body up or it will not go in easily. just relax and push in slowly. eventually it will be in there. Make sure before you put a tampon in you have it at an angle, if you have it to much at an angle you will feel it not going in and it might hurt. just readjust it and keep going. if you cant find your hole, touch the tip of the tampon to your body. where ever it collects the most blood is where your hole is. Also, you might be using to big of a tampon. try using kotex light/regular or tampax pearl brands. depending on how your flow is. most importantly relax. youll be surprised how easy it goes in. it may hurt at first but thats normal. just keep going.
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ReplyDeletei umm I started my period two days ago and I have to go to a water park today and my mom doesn't use tampons and really I told my teacher and she helped me but I can't find my vagina hole please help!
I rrad this page and recently tried, I did it, but it was wierd, my legs felt wobbly and I was worried about it being stuck. I took it out and it really hurt. Im feeling really wobbly, should I not use them?
ReplyDeleteHey,
ReplyDeleteI'm almost 14 and I've had my period for a little less than a year. I'm just starting to try to use tampons because summer is practically here and I want to be able to swim. However, every time I try to insert a tampon, it doesn't work. I think part of it is that I haven't found the opening. But just the overall action of trying to put a tampon in makes me unsure and I feel like I can't do it. I haven't even been able to insert it in at all. I'm going to try these steps and see if they help.
I was just wondering if you guys have any other tips or helpful hints?
Hey!!
ReplyDeleteI have had blood before but I always thought it came from the middle part of your vigina and I always can't find a hole in the middle part