As a person who's been using cloth pads for the past 7 years who's flow can be pretty heavy at times, I can vouch for how good and safe they are for me. How much better my periods have gotten, because of cloth pads. I have overnight/heavy pads as well as regular ones. Not spending money on buying pads, now. 👏🏾😩
Cloth pads are so good. Periods stopped being so bad. I used to think there was a lot of blood before, but now it just seemed to be a problem with disposable pads. Plus, no more crinkling sounds. No plastic that creates more sweat. No more smell. A few tips I'll share for reusable pads. Go for natural breathable and moisture-wicking fabrics. The more layers the more absorbent. Have multiple pads for different flows, with different sizes and layers. Avoid any synthetic fabrics like PUL unless you think its really necessary for heavy flows. Rinse em in cold water, or treat with hydrogen peroxide, or just throw in the washer with the rest of your laundry. Reusable pads are part of your clothes now. Its really simple, if you have access to clean water. If not, reusable or disposable menstrual cups and disks are also an option.
Washing them is a real headache for me + they're good but I don't feel hygienic even after washing again and again, using anti biotic liquids too, and feels a li'l wet always.Using big sized hankies folding them as pads will be better in order to clean it easy, I guess.
@@SphitiMishra Its a real hassle to clean, so I recommend having enough pads for the week. For me I only have enough for one day, but I was able to make do even at work at a remote worksite and camping, I'd rather wash them immediately every single time than to go back to the store bought kind. You can add vinegar to soften up the fabrics again. And you can machine wash them every use or at the end of the week if wanted.
It's less disgusting than bleeding through your pants bc of a thinner pad. Back when I was in school, I was in construction class (all guys except one other girl). I bled through my light blue jeans during that class😢 The other girl helped me. I'd rather have to wash a more absorbent pad than for that incident to happen again 🥲
I was insecure with that big thick purple Always let alone a cloth pad. I think a cloth pad is for people with cute periods not for people with cysts or fibroids.
We actually have a ton of customers that have switched over to cloth pads because disposables couldn’t contain their flow and cloth could. We use a waterproof bottom fabric, more sizing options with much larger coverage and absorbent fabric that was designed with the purpose of absorbing bodily waste while still being able to wash out easily. The combination of these things can make the right cloth pad an amazing solution for ultra heavy periods.
My periods used to make my bed look like a m*rder scene. Store-bought pads just never were absorbent enough and I always got the level 5 ones. I love my cloth ones! I'll never go back. Plus, I just learned that there are bad chemicals in the store pads... That can cause our period bl00d to smell worse, and it can cause more cramping. I don't have those issues either with the cloth ones.
Do you know douching & wearing pads make your ph balance off ?! My mom said that’s how she ended up with fibroids. Even certain foods can. You have to find out the cause.
I have a heavy flow, when I used disposable pads (the nighttime ones with wings, always a good brand) I’d go through 3 or 4 a day. Now I use disposable pads I only use one for all day and one for all night and it’s much more comfortable, doesn’t dry my vuvla out, doesn’t smell and it’s reusable!
@messagegoeshere741 i use both super absorbency tampons and overnight pads together the first 4 days of my period & I still leak sometimes at work if I'm with a customer & unable to go to the restroom quickly. I also have to set my alarm at night to change my pad & tampon every 3 hours or my bed would be ruined😖 I just can't see reusing a pad, too time-consuming to clean and wait to dry when i go through so many. And if I'm at work, where should I keep the blood drenched pad until I go home. 😟
@@mizz308 yes, I have endometriosis & a thick uterine lining. The docs always want to put me on birth control, but I have serious side effects from synthetic hormones 😭
I always use cloth pad it is comfortable I use 1 for whole day and it doesn't leak if I use normal pad it will leak and i can't change it in my school so I use cloth pad. 1 for night In periods i perfer to sit down mostly ❤
Hated using disposable pads for years, switched to the cup and it changed my life!! I recently acquired two reusable pads and they're pretty comfy and absorb nicely, but the complete comfort and lack of smell of the cup is unmatched.
So ladies, my wife says that the liquid was being poured faster onto the disposable pad. So, the reusable pad will look like it absorbs more and faster. Idk. Being a guy, I'm just trying to be more empathetic and understanding of what you ladies go through. Is she right?
You're right, we all saw that. But when you have period blood doesn't leak so much in so short ime. And IF it does, we always use bigger sizes of pads.
Plus, the blood from a woman's period is not always as liquid as this video depicts. And, blood isn't the only thing which is eliminated from a woman's body during that time. Thank you for being so willing to understand more about that time in a woman's life. Some men aren't willing to learn about such. 👍
Your wife is of course right ☺️ The liquid was poured faster, because the disposable pad appears to have faster absorbance. I think once the cotton pad is washed a few times, it will be able to absorb liquids just as fast as the disposable one. I can see how this could be an issue when the cotton pad is fairly new. Period blood can be thicker, and if there is a sudden gush, the unabsorbed blood could spill over. I'm excited to try these out, hopefully there will be no accidents 👍
Usually I have normal period, buy sometimes in first days of the period I leak so fast and so much that fresh normal pads (Lines, Always) don't have time to absorb the blood and it leaks on my legs and pants. If I'm out and at work I use tampon and smaller pad (I don't mean daily ones, they are too small). So in that cases would reusable pad absorb quickly enough?
For some people it does go all over like that actually. But for those where it stays in one spot, both pads would essentially hold less overall but the cloth one would still hold a comparable amount if not more in that same middle spot
I'm assuming these handmade pads are for home use only. There is way a women will change the pad and store them in a bag or wash them in a public bathroom😂
Idk. After washing the used pads with laundry soap & using peroxide for disinfectant and blood removal, is that any better for the water and environment? Not to mention if one uses the dryer vs hang drying a menstruation pad.
Definitely better for the environment! It creates less landfill waste and reduces plastic use. The amount of water used to wash the pad is negligible tbh, especially since water /is/ a renewable resource. If you're worried about peroxide use, you can simply not use it. It's more helpful for stain removal anyways, it's not necessary for disinfecting (soap will do that just fine).
You know my mom was born in the 1940s and I remember she would tell me in her day that they used to use a cloth that they used to use for their periods back in those 40s and 50s days and they had to wash and stuff of course but it was a claw that they used for a pad that was rewardable that they could use or change out some of them had multiple of these some didn't I guess and she said this was something they used when they were growing up so when you were talking about cloth pads it made me think of what my mama told me when I was growing up
My mom told me about her cloth pad horror stories. When I mentioned that I was thinking of switching over for myself and my step daughters, also would would be a fun sewing project for us, I could tell she got triggered and started saying, "no how could you do that to them that's not right" 😂 but people now a days seem to like it so idk.
I already have problems washing blood stains from my panties. So my only concern is how to wash them. I don't want to put them with my other loundy and it's not convenient to put two pieces in washing machine. Otherwise I would like to try them. I think they are way more healthier than regular "plastic" pads.
Exactly. I live an apartment and don’t have my own washing machine. I was thinking constantly hand washing them. What about swapping it out in public!?? Would we use normal for a day out of the house? It would be horrifying if a bloody cloth pad in a ziplock bag fell out of our purse!
@@nadinedominique414 omg that would be terrible ...not only if the bloody pad would fell out from our purse or something similar but also bringing them for almost 8 hours around I think the smell would be noticed. I would use them only when home..if 🙃
We have pads designed for super heavy flow too! Ones with much more coverage and absorbency than the one shown here. We also offer something called an interlabial pad (ILP) which is a great heavy flow accessory for those with a flow that just cant be contained by a pad alone no matter the size
@fareedakhanum6080 are you daft😂 of course you can. Nothing is magic, just look at what your trying to figure out and use Google to learn what you don't know. Soon you be Einstein.
Ok so no one’s going to talk about how you have to CLEAN THEM…… AFTER EVERY USE!!! I DO NOT THINK I COULD DO IT! 😫 The smell of blood and water AND. I just want to lay down after cleaning up a whole potential schmurder scene! HARD PASS! Can some one convince me cleaning them isn’t so bad?? Why is no one talking about this ???
@@softtacoreusables ummm with all the blood still saturated in it? Don’t you have to wash/rinse it out and place it in something as the ALL collect and then put it in a washing machine? Cuz just ONE bloody pad tossed in a washing machine is not going to be practical. You have to STILL collect them and rinse them out with easy use multiple times a day. So disposable ones seem to be the way to go. Unless you can explain the process better from application to discarding for the entire length of your cycle. The days of “isn’t this cute let’s pretend there isn’t some grimy thing behind getting this cute thing” are over. What is the process of using a modern day non disposable “BLOOD CLAT” (blood cloth aka cloth pad) that women will be subjected to.. cuz back in the day my mom had to wash EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM every time she had to change her cloth. She HATED IT. How will it be different NOW?
I dont think we can use cloth outside home... As a adult women with heavy bleeding i m insecure to even try in public. Better to use around 4th or 5th day or when we r at home. 👍
They dont even share the weight of the pad(dry form)....as even tht matters when u wearing it down there...n sell them as non returnable items....whole cheat game...better to use menstrual cups
Disposable pads are pushed because companies make a lot of money off people continuing to buy them over and over again, not because they are better for you. Cloth pads are safe, effective, comfortable and can last years which can save a lot of money in the long run
Cup changed my life fr!! I can talk for hours about it. My periods went from "it's that hellish week of the month" to "oh right, I'm on my period, I forgot"
Es una excelente opción, me estoy iniciando en la construcción de mis propias toallas ecológicas, estoy aprendiendo, tengo zorb primera generación, no estoy segura cuantas capas usar para cada tipo de flujo, también tengo PUL. Gracias por compartir tu conocimiento
Oh! I am going to use reusable pads when my next period comes, my first was last month and I’m 2 weeks late for this one. Yes idk why I’m that late but do you know how I go on the website x
Don't worry about your period being late, its your second one. When I started mine were always late, or too early. It stabled out in about a year. (This time is the first time it has been off schedule in 5 years.)
