How do you swim on your period?

Answer 1

To swim on your period you have to use internal sanitary products;

• Tampons.
• Soft tampons.
• Sponges.
• Softcups.
• Diaphragms.
• Menstrual cups.

Menstrual cups are the best option for swimming.
Cups are interna like tampons but safer so no risks of TSS or infections - this means it's safe to wear cups for 12 hours, including before your period or with very light flow so more convenient than tampons. Menstrual cups also don't increase cramps, have anything showing outside your body, absorb water, or leak like tampons.

You cannot use pads when swimming.
In the water pads would become saturated with water so wouldn't be able to absorb any blood, even if they didn't become saturated the blood wouldn't flow down into the pad anyway while in the water. If you use disposable pads these would become very bulky in the water, come unstuck and fall apart too, so are all the more unsuitable.

Your period doesn't stop in the water.

It's a common myth that your period stops in water, it doesn't - if flow is light what little blood leaves your body may be diluted in the water so go unnoticed, but heavier flow and pieces of uterus lining may show in water or once you get out of the pool.

Menstrual flow is as clean and safe as vaginal discharge, and pools are kept clean with filters and chemicals to treat the water, thus it is not gross or any more unhygienic to swim during menstruation as any other time of your menstrual cycle. The problem of swimming on your period is that no one wants to swim through your menstrual blood, and you probably don't want people seeing your blood - thus using correct sanitary products to prevent menstrual flow showing in the pool is really important.

Answer 2

You wear a tampon. Or, your period acutally does kinda shut off while submerged in water, so you could wear only your bathing suit. But, right when you get out of the water, you would have to change out of your bathing suit and use a pad (assuming you don't want to use a tampon.

Tampons are the best way to go though.

Answer 3

To swim on your period you have to use internal sanitary products;
- Tampons.
- Sponges.
- Softcups.
- Diaphragms.
- Menstrual cups.

Menstrual cups are the best option.
Cups are internal like tampons but they are far safer than tampons so no risk of TSS, infections or dioxin - this also means that unlike tampons cups can be worn for 12 hours including before your period and with light flow so more convenient. Menstrual cups are also better for swimming because where as tampons can increase cramps cups reduce cramps, cups don't absorb water, nothing shows outside of your body while wearing a cup, and menstrual cups don't leak like tampons.

You cannot use pads when swimming.
In water the pads would become saturated with water, even if they didn't blood wouldn't flow down into the pad anyway so would make it into the water, also if you use disposable pads these would come unstuck and fall apart so make a big mess. It's also a myth that periods stop in water, they don't.

Fact is that Swimming Pools get bodily fluids, dead cells and even faecal matter in them from all the people swimming - menstrual flow is as clean and safe as vaginal discharge so is the least gross thing to get into a pool, but it's still a non-issue due to everything that is done to keep pools clean. The problem of swimming on your period is that no one wants to be swimming through your blood, and you probably don't want people seeing you blood - so using correct sanitary products is vital.