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Give her time. That is my suggestion. My son had lots of trouble and would do the same thing (hold it). Finally, we got a big cardboard box and filled it with Dollar Store toys and let him pick one after each time he'd go potty. Eventually he started going and was so proud of himself that he forgot about the prizes. He was potty trained at 3 yrs and 9 months old. It was rough, but just try not to push too much. No one goes off to college in Pull-Ups. LOL

If you are serious about potty training her then you need to get rid of all diapers. Only have her wear panties. Next to get her to go in the potty(I'm assuming that she is holding number 2 in)is give her things to eat like lots of fruits and vegetables, baby prune juice mixed in some other kind of juice so she won't notice about twice a day, and any other kinds of foods that are high in fiber. She eventually will have to go and can no longer hold it in. She then will see it isn't that scary. Reward her everytime she goes with some kind of candy pieces that is her favorite. Give her 2 pieces for number 1 and 4 pieces for number 2. Put no more diapers on her!!! I had the same struggle with my daughter who is also 3. Just have patience. I know it is hard. I have included a website that shows some foods high in fiber.

she might not be ready. whos to say that they HAVE to be trained at this age or that age? i would not worry about what others say. they have no idea what your child needs. that is only a chart to estimate where they should be... I dont think you should worry.

as for training her, i would tell her how well she does when she is using the toilet and not her pants. give her something she loves. read a book... anything to keep her on the potty. I would make sure she is on there least 10 min. kinda long but it is hard to hold it when you are sitting there reading... and you are entertaining her. I really would stop trying a while and re try in about a month. just put it all away... try again soon.