Cloth Menstral pads? A few questions for those who use them.
Ok ladies. I am perhaps the BIGGEST skeptic of these Cloth menstral pads, but..... I am thinking about trying them. I have horriable periods. I mean the first 2 days feel like I just gave birth. (No I have no medical reasons for this) I have extremely heavy bleeding and cramps. I have heard that with cloth pads it cuts down on some of these symptoms. But I have a few questions....
Do you feel wet all the time?
How do you wash them? Is it the same as like a Cloth Diaper?
Is there anywhere that will let you buy them cheap(like super cheap?) to test out?
We are on a really tight budget and I honestly only spend about $10-15 a month on Tampons, but I dont have the money to buy a bunch of these if I dont like them ya know? But I am searching for some way to help my menstral cycle. Thanks ladies!!
Rhea...I don't know if you believe in crystal healing or oils...but holding a piece of moonstone to your tummy and a few drops of Geranium oil in your bath and or oil burner will help...You can also use these with your Midol etc....
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Quoting Just_Bethy:
Rhea...I don't know if you believe in crystal healing or oils...but holding a piece of moonstone to your tummy and a few drops of Geranium oil in your bath and or oil burner will help...You can also use these with your Midol etc....
Midol does nothing, so I am willing to try anything,lol. Thanks! I am still about a week away but I will let ya know how if it helps.
Kathryn
I'm a breastfeeding (and child-led weaning), babywearing, bed-sharing, anti-CIO, anti-Babywise/ anti-baby training, cloth and disposable diaper using, gentle grace-based disciplining, Southern born and raised, Native American (Potawatomi), Christian, Libertarian, lactivist, attached parent and loving wife to Clay and mommy to Eleanor Yvonne (born 3-30-09) who is going to be ERF in her MyRide 65 until she's 40 pounds.
ok, I have yet to have a period since the birth of my 3rd dd. However I did use cloth and disposables for the post partum period. They are FAR more comfortable than disposables. The disposables seemed to make me feel constantly sweaty or moist, they stuck to my butt =(. The cloth felt nice and soft and comfy. You have to change them more often than a disposable one I think because cloth doesn't absorb as much as those little crystals that are in disposables. You can get pads with a waterproof backing or ones without. They wash like cloth diapers. When you change one you can stick it in a container of water mixed with a little peroxide to help keep it from staining until wash day. I keep the container under the sink in the bathroom. Wash in a 'free' detergent with no fabric softeners or additives in the detergent.
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Oh and I have found for really sucky menstral symptoms taking alot of evening primrose oil really helps.
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is also a government big enough to take from you all that you have." - Gerald Ford
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - Ronald Reagan
I am kinda skeptical too. i belong to the Cuties with Cloth Booties group because I cloth diaper and one of the mamas was asking for testers.. I was lucky enough to get picked. I know she doesn't need any more testers but there seem to be more people making them lately.
I haven't used them but I've seen them on Etsy. Why would they cut down bleeding and cramps though? Just wondering. I have heard great things about the Diva cup. I have pretty short light periods and only go through like 15-20 tampons total so I've never really been concerned w it. But I would consider the Diva cup before cloth pads.
I honestly have never heard of any of this before...what the heck is a Diva cup????
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on Jan. 23, 2010 at 10:43 PM