Quote from: Osiris on February 25, 2008, 09:35:04 PM
Wrong ... turn.... curiosity.... erm... Yeah...

Well I'll leave you ladies to it then. *backs out of thread*

Quote from: Osiris on February 25, 2008, 09:35:04 PM
Wrong ... turn.... curiosity.... erm... Yeah...

Well I'll leave you ladies to it then. *backs out of thread*

Girl stuff... Eeeewwww!!!

Quote from: Karen on February 24, 2008, 01:18:15 AM
"...Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." Sigmund Freud

A majority of the time, dilation's a chore, nothing more.  I'd like to have both hands free to type these replies to topics here on Susans -- one-handed is so stinkin' slow, and prone to errors.

For 'variety', though, some of the apparatuses mentioned could prove a diversion to carrying out my my staff duties... >

Karen

P.S., local trial-and-error indicates panties seem to work, but I need to check for unacceptable dimensional changes remaining after a wash-dry cycle...

Hi, Karen,

Is that what Bill Clinton said to Monica Lewinsky?  I had no idea that he could quote Freud.

Go to a store with a good foundation garments/underthings department and see about elastic panties.  They aren't latex or anything that can't breathe.  Usually they're made of Lycra or something like it.  They provide a bit of compression for the times when you might need it.

I hope that this helps.

Wing Walker
Still Flying by the Seat of My Pants

This is gonna be weird, but in my personal experience, I tend to just dilate while sleeping.

I just take panties and put a panty-liner on it so that any excess lubricant doesn't get all over the place.

Then once inserted, I'll lie on my side and bend my knees. It's my favorite sleeping position, plus it helps keep things in place.

Oddly enough I'm now starting to dilate again and it's painful again because I haven't done it in over a year. Basically I stopped dilating after being a year and a half post-op because I was with someone for almost a year and we were very sexually active, so I didn't need it; but we broke up a year ago and I was already in the mindset not to dilate until I started feeling tightness a few weeks ago, so I'm starting to dilate again until I can stop dating guys too shy to make a move. >_<

So I'm dilating again, but I usually take a sleeping pill before inserting to knock me out quickly so I don't have to deal with the pain. :-p

Oh my, oh my, oh my... I couldn't be happier for you, Sandy. 

tink

Quote from: Wing Walker on February 28, 2008, 01:48:54 AM
Still Flying by the Seat of My Pants

D'you know how sometimes you glance at a phrase and your mind extracts a meaning that isn't there?

I just glanced at your sign-out and thought

"Still Flying in the Seat of My Pants"

I now return control of this thread...  >

Karen

Quote from: Tink on March 07, 2008, 09:05:15 PM

Oh my, oh my, oh my... I couldn't be happier for you, Sandy. 

tink

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Just around the corner!

-Sandy

Quote from: Sadako on March 07, 2008, 04:29:32 PM
....

So I'm dilating again, but I usually take a sleeping pill before inserting to knock me out quickly so I don't have to deal with the pain. :-p

I'm not sure if that's a good and safe ideal to take a sleeping pill for avoiding pain from dilation... could it be dangerous, if any condition happens, such as the lub could get dry...

Could you just use one of those "inflatable" things?

I don't know if I should give a straight answer to this funny thread, but here goes:

Once the thing is in place, I just cross my ankles with my legs pretty straight.  The pressure of my thighs keeps the dilator where it is until I wake up when the timer goes off.

- Kate

Quote from: Steph on February 23, 2008, 09:54:19 AM
Geeze the things we talk about

I'm kinda bendy so I often just pull one of my feet back between my legs and hold it in place with the back of my ankle.

That's what I do...in fact it's what I'm doing right now while I'm typing (with both hands) on my laptop.  I also find the pressure to be quite firm and more steady than if I was using my hands.

Quote from: TraciMC on January 11, 2011, 09:59:42 PM
That's what I do...in fact it's what I'm doing right now while I'm typing (with both hands) on my laptop.  I also find the pressure to be quite firm and more steady than if I was using my hands.

I hope you're a long time post-op, because doing that is inadvisable early on, as it can lead to separation around the vaginal orifice.

Yes, 11 years post-op, and never had a problem doing it this way.  But indeed if this does pose a problem for those newly post-op, thank you for pointing this out!