Cotton Menstrual Pads

[cest-la-vie.livejournal.com]

Not sure if this goes here, but I really had to ask.

Yesterday I went to a convention and there was a booth from a company called Glad Rags. I was wondering if anyone here had ever used them and if so what they thought of them. It seems a bit unusual to me and the only way I can describe it is like using a cloth diaper for a baby.

Anyone have any thoughts?

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[ourika.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of different varieties of pads out there. My personal favorite brand is:
http://www.hindsightdiapers.com/rhythmandblues.htm

But if you wanted to look at different options, you can go to froogle (http://www.froogle.com) or even just google and do a search on menstrual cloth pads or something like that. There's also http://www.wahmall.com (which also sells a lot of products for babies!).

There are a lot of different companies and styles. Some have holders with liners that you insert to the thickness you need for your current flow level, some are just thick pads without them. Some use snaps, some use velcro, some even use belts. Some have a nylon lining to make them more waterproof. Some are flannel, some are fleece, etc. So many options to choose from! I really like finding ones with neat-o designs (I love tie-dye, so I was really happy when I found tie-dye ones). And I've noticed that the ones that I find less comfortable actually are from the same company as some that I really like. It was because the flannel they used for one pattern was a different consistency than other ones. Oddly enough, glad rags are my least favorite (I bought four different brands to do a comparison with), but a friend loves her glad rags.

They don't feel like diapers to me. They are softer and more comfortable than regular pads. The flannel "breaths" better, and I find that I get less of a chafing feel than with the disposables. I will be honest, the disposables are much thinner (at least in comparison to the ultra thin ones that a lot of people buy these days). And while they are thicker, the softness (for me at least) makes up for that. They can't be seen under my clothes (slacks, jeans, or skirt), and an extra side effect that I hadn't been counting on was that they are adjustable! When I use a disposable pad, once I stick it on my panties, it's stuck there. I can put the cloth pad on my panties, stand-up, and then adjust them b/c the wings are snapped underneath the pantie instead of being stickered on. And there's also the price benefit (once you lay out the original price, you don't have to waste as much money purchasing pads that you throw out) as well as the environmental benefit of not purchasing/throwing out disposable products (as well as not dealing with as many chlorine bleached products!)