Hello!
I have very light periods and I'm twenty and use a pessary. I think that whether or not taking out your pessary during your period depends on why you have the pessary, if it's painful if you don't wear your pessary, how often your doctor says to remove it, and how long your period lasts.
I take my pessary out every night and it also has two little holes on each end. Usually my pessary sort of gathers all the menstrual fluids and "goo"s so that when I remove it, it's gross but since my period is light, my pessary sort of acts like a period cup. Maybe a period cup would help you out because their rims are circular like a pessary. And you can wear both at the same time.
But your pessary shouldn't make it impossible to use tampons. If you can't fit a regular tampon between your pessary and your vaginal walls, then perhaps your pessary is resting incorrectly. Or we have different pessaries. My urologist says that I can use my pessary and tampon at the same time and I have done so successfully.
The pessary should be tilted with the higher part aiming at your tailbone. This position should allow a tampon to fit on some side of the pessary (but not through it).
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Hello!
I have very light periods and I'm twenty and use a pessary. I think that whether or not taking out your pessary during your period depends on why you have the pessary, if it's painful if you don't wear your pessary, how often your doctor says to remove it, and how long your period lasts.
I take my pessary out every night and it also has two little holes on each end. Usually my pessary sort of gathers all the menstrual fluids and "goo"s so that when I remove it, it's gross but since my period is light, my pessary sort of acts like a period cup. Maybe a period cup would help you out because their rims are circular like a pessary. And you can wear both at the same time.
But your pessary shouldn't make it impossible to use tampons. If you can't fit a regular tampon between your pessary and your vaginal walls, then perhaps your pessary is resting incorrectly. Or we have different pessaries. My urologist says that I can use my pessary and tampon at the same time and I have done so successfully.
The pessary should be tilted with the higher part aiming at your tailbone. This position should allow a tampon to fit on some side of the pessary (but not through it).
September 30, 2015 - 7:34pmThis Comment
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