Girls, do you go swimming while on your period?

[Apple1996]

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I always have and just used a tampon but lately going swimming while on my period is causing really bad cramps. Does this happen to anyone else?
Do y'all usually go swimming while on your period or do you try to avoid going during that time?
(I'm leaving this question open to guys just incase y'all have anything to add to this)

Yes

No

I don't have a period/I'm a man/want to see the results

Updates

1 y

Ah shit forgot to leave it open to men oh well lol

[FictionalCharacter]

I love swimming, but I don’t go swimming while I’m on my period. Because while I’m on my period, I feel like I’m going to faint in the first 3 days. That I want to rest and hide under the covers. I also have never been a fan of wearing tampons, because I believe our uterus/vagina is supposed to breathe and remove bacteria on its own. That wearing a tampon (in my case) causes more bloating and bacteria not escaping the uterus. Which causes health complication like more bloating, fever, and fatigue.

[jennifer_bloom]

I had to sit out on multiple vacations cause I got my period during our week at the beach, the vacation would always make my period come ahead of schedule and I am not sure why, maybe the exposure to Pheromones from other females, or the happiness or the sea or climate change or physical stress of being sleep deprived or maybe being on a cruise and having water somehow stimulates my period, never asked a doctor about it.

[Apple1996]

Same thing happens to me. Period always comes during vacation

[petitedollbabee]

I know it’s possible, but the thought of any blood leakage into the water or the water making the tampon swell up and become super uncomfortable puts me off.

[Apple1996]

The pressure of the water makes it impossible to leak into the pool

[EmmaMary]

On the very rare occasion that my period has coincided with going swimming, I simply pop a fresh tampon in and I'm good to go.

[Lucy68]

Nope, I do not go swimming while I'm on period. They say taking baths help but with me it has to be strictly a shower during that time

[CrazyGirl2]

Yeah, I just put a fresh tampon in, before I go swimming, and I’m good to go!

[SafiyaHearts]

I would only go swimming if it's in the ocean. I cannot wear tampons. In someone else's pool no way I'm doing that.

[Blackcosmo]

I don't swim but personally I wouldn't feel comfortable swimming on my period.

[beebella]

I haven't gone swimming in over 10 years, but I probably wouldn't just because I don't want to have to use a tampon.

[Anonymous]

I don’t. But if I’m going on vacation then I’ll take a pill to delay my period so I can go swimming.

[Bubbles16]

Oh no because when I'm on my period I only use pads and I've heard you can't put a pad in a swimsuit

[collie22]

i've done that before but not often mostly i don't feel like swimming or doing anything else