Additionally if you are floating or swimming in a horizontal manner the gravity cannot pull the flow down and out the science of swimming.
Can your period stop in the pool.
So feel free to spend some extra.
There is some truth to this.
Also especially in a pool it is not sanitary for you to go in the water with your friends without inserting a tampon or a menstrual cup first.
In the summertime or on holiday your period can feel like even more of a hassle than it usually does.
Your period is still.
When you re in the bathtub or the shower.
It s not magic but physics.
I highly suggest to get familiar with tampons if you want to swim while you have your period.
Though swimming can temporarily reduce your menstrual flow a tampon or cup will contain any flow.
No your period doesn t magically stop in the water but water pressure can prevent your flow from.
It will not stop in the pool it won t stop for anything.
So swimming on or near your period is totally something you should be doing.
However due to the counter pressure of the water the gush is impeded and does not enter the water.
Your period doesn t slow down or stop in water it just may not flow outside the vagina because of the counter pressure of the water says dr.
Although it may seem like it your period doesn t really stop while you re in the water.
If you re going away you want to be free to swim in the pool without fear of leaving a trail.
There s little ones that are very easy to.
The water pressure will work against the force of gravity counteracting your.
Your period does not stop since the coating of the uterus continues to shed.
Plus swimming in a pool or even jumping along with the waves in the ocean can be a form of exercise which research has shown can reduce menstrual aches and pains.