I never used tampons, they scare me. It was always pads, then period underwear for a bit, which is kind of gross. Swimming was a no go (or I used a pad and it was not good).
When my older daughter was in mom + me swim lessons and my first period came back postpartum the morning of a lesson I needed to do something ASAP, skipping wasn’t a choice. Enter: the flex disc. I literally bought it on the way to swim and it’s been incredible.
I have some pelvic floor issues, so leakage does happen, but I just wear period undies too to catch any leaking and have never had an issue. I also had a really bad month after I was sick for a while and my pelvic floor was shot from so much coughing. So, beware, there may be some issues if you have a bad pelvic floor.
This disc has made me the happiest, no more gross feeling, just happy me during the bad time of the month.