Method for opening a packaging device and retrieving an interlabial absorbent article placed therein

A method for opening and re-sealing a re-sealable individual package with an absorbent interlabial device positioned therein, comprising:

• a) grasping the re-sealable individual package in at least one hand, the re-sealable individual package having a longitudinal axis, a top portion, a bottom portion positioned oppositely to the top portion, a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being the internal surface and the second surface being the external surface, the package being folded about the longitudinal axis to form two halves, the package being sealed on at least three sides, at least one sealed side of the package being re-sealable, one-half of the internal surface of the folded package facing toward the other half of the internal surface of the folded package;
• b) opening the re-sealable individual package to reveal the absorbent interlabial device positioned therein;
• c) grasping the absorbent interlabial device, the absorbent interlabial device being positioned within the re-sealable individual package and having a longitudinal axis, an absorbent portion having a first surface and a second surface, a user grasping the absorbent interlabial device adjacent to the second surface of the absorbent interlabial device;
• d) pulling the absorbent interlabial device from the re-sealable individual package;
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• e) placing the absorbent interlabial device within the labia of the user;
• f) using the absorbent interlabial device within the labia of the user;
• g) retrieving the absorbent interlabial device from within the labia of the user;
• h) placing the absorbent interlabial device within the re-sealable individual package;
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• i) re-sealing the re-sealable individual package with the absorbent interlabial device positioned therein for disposal.