No contacts while swimming. They can float out. I just swim without my glasses or contact lenses and I am careful walking to and from the pool or body of water.
If you are wearing tampons correctly, you will not feel them.
Our daughter only wore pads the first cycle, then she said, ok, lets talk about Tampons.
I had her practice pushing the applicator, with one hand first.
Then I told her to sit on the toilet, legs open. Using one hand find her area where her urine came out, then to follow that back to the next opening, and then to the rear area, where BM was released. I told her the tampon goes into that middle area..
Once she had these put together, I told her push the tampon in but holding the applicator and remove the applicator.. I told her to feel for the string..
You will not leak in the water, because first, your period, usually stops while you are in water, but when you get out of the water, it could gush..
The Tampon works to capture the flow.
Our daughter was 11 and had no problem from the first attempt. She never looked back. Now she uses the diva cup.. as well as Tampons depending on her needs. There are excellent instructions in each box of Tampons.
They will change your life.