TMI tweener girl issues

[peggyfromwastate]

Kate is doing a pre-swim season thing-- it basically is a swim workout 2x per week. She was told by one of her friends that when you are on your period you can't swim in the pool. I think this sounds way off-- because of course she'd be using a tampon. Her friend missed an entire week of practice b/c of her period last week. Kate doesn't want to go tomorrow b/c of this. I'm just a bit skeptical that this is the pool policy? Or is it? Can it be? This program is only 4 weeks long-- seems to me that if girls can't go for 2 practices, they should have a reduced fee for being in the program by 1/4.

I'm tempted to just send her to the workout anyway... But do you think I should call the pool first and ask what their policy is? I honestly can't imagine them having a no-period-even-with-a-tampon rule. That would make no sense at all...

[DCJenn]

Re: TMI tweener girl issues

Sounds like her friend wants to get out of swimming for days at a time.

Peggy- you know I'm a product of the Montgomery County swim teams, right? So, trust me when I tell you that the DAY I got my period, my mom handed me a box of tampons and said, "well, it happens to the best of us." and then paused and looked me in the eye and said, "and yes, you still have to go to swim team."

Jenn

[peggyfromwastate]

Re: TMI tweener girl issues

That's what I thought Jenn-- This is held at a MCPS school pool- and I just don't see the school having a policy that says no swimming when on the period, regardless of tampons or not...

:huh:

It's like the first time Kate had to use a tampon-- it was a swim meet, and I was a timer, and she was hysterical b/c she couldn't figure out how to use the damn thing. I had to send her sweet swim team coach in to talk her through!

Whoever called a period "the curse" was exactly right. Yukkkkk.

[peggyfromwastate]

Re: TMI tweener girl issues

exzactly.

:huh: