Your vagina is not a black hole. It’s a muscular tube with a dead end at the cervix. That tampon can’t go “up past your lungs.” The only place it’s hiding is in the upper third of your birth canal. Fun fact: The average vagina is only about 3 to 6 inches deep. Your fingers are longer than that.
So, relax. Tensing up makes muscles clamp down—like a shy octopus. Just breathe. You’ve got this.
