This may be a little tmi...

But I don’t know if I’m the only one or what I should do to help this. So whenever I get my period, especially the first day when my flow is heavier, I start to feel kinda raw and sore down there. It’s not like inside really but on the outside (like the lips lol idk how else to describe it). At first when I was younger I used pads and thought maybe this was the cause of it from the moisture from the pad. But I’ve been using tampons for years now and it still happens even though I change them regularly like I should and everything. With the tampons I don’t even feel like there’s a lot of moisture down there either that could be causing it. It is pretty sore and hurts when standing and walking around. Just wondering if anyone else experiences this or what could help. I know I should have already talked to my gyn about this but every time I go I forget to mention it since I’m not on my period when I go lol the only other thing I can think of that would be causing it is maybe a surge in hormones is causing me to be more sensitive down there