I’ve just birthed a fossilised tampon...what do I do?!

[MedicinalGin]

Hello.
I’m so embarrassed about this. Have had loads of weird discharge for the past few days and was getting really worried- suddenly this happened. I feel quite well and everything but could I now have an infection or something? It must have been in there for two weeks.

Do I just presume I will now be fine or should I seek official advice (seriously hoping I don’t have to).

Excuse me while I now go and 🤢

Honestly how can you ever have sex after working in those clinics?

It's just a human body . I worked in one such clinic, never had a problem with sex even with someone knew. It's sex, it's a bodily function, it's fun when there's mutual pleasure involved. Everyone has a body and they all work pretty much the same, why not enjoy yours and theirs to the max whilst you have the ability? Would being a gastro surgeon or nurse put you off eating? Or a colorectal HCP put you off shitting? It's just a human being.

Surprised no one mentioned BV yet tbh

What about it? You sound like you have some serious issues with the human body, Steak .

'Napoleon Bonaparte reportedly wrote to Josephine telling her he would be home in a few days and 'not to wash'.'

Did you ever read James Joyce's letters to Nora Barnacle? Can't imagine freshly laundered is how he'd have favoured her! He was all about the earthiness of Nora's body.

Surprised no one mentioned BV yet tbh

Well yeah, that’s one of the things you’re at risk of if you clean inside your vagina. What’s your point?

have not read the full thread, but how can people possibly forget that they have a tampon inside them? I was always taught to change tampons no longer than 4 hours apart

Vlad and Steak you're both in the Hinch Army aren't you? With your total anti sensible advice that proper professionals have given. I'm still 😂😂😂 at the listening to the NHS advice with those stoopid doctors and nurses (other healthcare professionals also available) telling us about our bodies.

Wanders off to ponder whether the world is actually flat because professionals have said it isn't...

See I think I'm asexual, it just seems alien to me that other people on the street sleep with someone else and have sex. I cannot imagine doing it.
I don't see sex as normal human behaviour. I had a friend who compares it to eating and getting hungry again. So for me, eating and going to the toilet are normal. Sex isn't, I know I will not have it again in my lifetime and I am relieved I don't have to.
Each to their own I suppose.

He was all about the earthiness of Nora's body.

There's nothing like a good rut after a long day out doing strenuous exercise and then snuggling up together in a sleeping bag breathing it all in! I'm with him!

It'll be a cold day in hell before I just leave my vagina to get on with it's own daily business.

I want this on a cross stitch sampler.

steakandkidney I guess I can separate work from home life? Most of us don’t bat an eyelid.

The “it’s so gross” side of it doesn’t bother me in the least. The emotional side - cheating spouses (both genders), sexual assault etc is hard of course but you try not to bring the emotion home with you. I’m sure it’s the same for medics and nurses in most fields

It's happened to me, I think most women have forgotten the last one at some point! just keep an eye on your temperature for the next 3-4 days, if it's above normal for more than a few hours seek medical attention as it could mean an infection as set in - but it is probably ok, just gross.

I did mention BV in the quote from the Telegraph above saying you get it when you wash out your vagina. Here it is again:

"Like your gut and skin, your vagina has its own cluster of bacteria to help protect it. ...If the pH increases and becomes less acidic, the vagina can be prone to infections, including bacterial vaginosis or thrush."
www.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/body/should-use-soap-vagina/

birdladyfromhomealone the EXACT same thing happened to me. The nurse found it when I had a smear.

The smell was horrific. Super strong antibiotics and a stern talking to later and I am still traumatised.

Arfff theharpysings

vitaology im crying at gashbusters 😂😂😂

I’m sure it’s the same for medics and nurses in most fields

And in a lot of professions. I work in one dealing with criminals, you just turn it off when you get home.

I really enjoy sex, though.

This thread HAS to go into Mumsnet classics 😂

Already all sorts of myths about that - google vagina dentata, if you dare!

I know about them, that was the joke

white vinegar and bicarb is far more environmentally friendly.

Nice fizzy sensation as well.

Those that wash out their vagina... how do you sanitise your oesophagus?

Do you also sluice up the bum as well?

Concerned I have neglected all my orifices...

Miracle I'm not dead really....

I once did this with my moon cup for an (eeeeek) entire period... i.e. I only realised I'd lost my moon cup when I was due on the following month .... Then I looked everywhere before actually having to buy a new one, and when trying to put it in, I was horrified to find the old one.

In my defence, I can't feel my mooncup when I'm wearing it.... and I apparently do have a roomy vagina. According to the midwife who delivered my daughter (who was brow presentation and came out vaginally without a tear) it is astonishingly capacious. My DH has a huge cock so he's never complained .

I did notice a dodgy whiff and weird colour discharge part way through the month, which i why I had been avoiding sex and building up to going to the doctor.... Although to my continuing shame, DH and I had had a shag earlier in the month and neither of us noticed ! Although I suppose that must be why it was pushed up so high that I forgot about it.

anyway

that was cathartic. I think

Steak you need to gash, i mean hash out your differences with your lady garden and make friends with it. Why do you hate it so much?

I need to take my car in for a proper clean, I wonder if they’d valet ma vajayjay if I bung them an extra fiver? If they stuck one of those smelly trees up there I wouldn’t have to wash for a month (although I suppose I would risk my Fanny resembling a scene from Se7en).

Mine was in and had had sex several times with it in - a tampon doesn't hang round the entrance to your vagina - I'd put more tampons in too so shoved it higher - it must have been there 2 weeks. Stink was awful, was so relieved to have it pop out and have the reason. I was fine.

For those thinking it's disgusting - you are the weird ones, wash right up to your cervix do you?

Luggsays nothing says romance like getting intimate with that new car smell!

Each to their own I suppose.
This yes, definitely, when someone's doing something that doesn't harm them or anyone else. And if they're accidentally doing something harmful, then you give them a tip, right?