I am on week two of using pads and I am about to lose my frickin' mind. Actually, this rant is also going include the people who make the underwear that I am attaching said pads to.
First and foremost let me say that I haven't used pads on more than an occasional basis for 25 years and I am not any more impressed with them. Maybe I had to come from the era where they were attached to sting around my waist to think they've gotten any better?
Here is my problem:
I am a petite woman. I'm not quite 5 feet tall. I wear petite pants because my rise is shorter. So, I've got to believe that the exterior width of my vagina has to got to be petite, too. I have a hell of a time finding underwear that don't bunch in the middle (I have no clue what the technical term for that area is - but it is the area that usually has a cotton panel on it and spans the front to the back). I feel like the elastic is constantly pinching, rubbing and in-every-way-possible irritating the skin where the vagina and the leg meet.
The problem is then compounded because all these damn pads are too wide, too!
It is 100 degrees out. I am so sick of feeling like I am walking around with a mattress between my legs! Arrrgggh!
Any ideas, ladies?
Honestly, I usually just wear thongs because it is too friggin hard to find undies that fit. And yes, I do know that they have thong bads but I'm just not feeling good about that with the amount of flow I'm having.
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a piece of cloth . . . like
a piece of cloth . . . like a homeade luna pad? maybe a cut up sweatshirt.
Oh mama i so feel you. I had
Oh mama i so feel you. I had to wear them as well from my recent situation and I hate them. how in fuck do people wear these on a regular basis. hate them hate them hate them. o.k. i feel like they are alwys stuck in the crack of my arse and that you can see them through my pants not to mention that you better remain completely upright to contain said fluids. Augh!!!!! not to mention it leaked on my desk chair hello! i have absolutely not one word of advice but i have plenty o bitchin to do about them. I mean when i had to go to the store to by them i stood there for literally 20 minutes or more trying to figure out which ones to get. I apparently got the wrong ones as i was constantly diggin in my booty.not to mention how gross it feels to feel all that shit coming out. sorry about the hijack but you hit a nerve with this one.
Jessica
"It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life"
Good Riddance, Green Day.
Jessica
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind~~Dr.Seuss
Do you have any old diapers?
Do you have any old diapers? Really. I cut up some of my old rainbow dipers and just stitched the edges - I hate pads, too, but these ones are really soft cotton and BREATHE.
What I hate more than anything with pads is the adhesive strip and/or "wings" to grab hold of any stray pubes.
"Step off my big ass."
- Anthromom
ha ha ha the wings always
ha ha ha the wings always get stuck to the sticky on the pad before i can eve line it up right.
Jessica
"It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life"
Good Riddance, Green Day.
Jessica
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind~~Dr.Seuss
ay yi yi
I don't know what to say except I can so relate, for the same reasons unfortunately. Not much help I know.
sea sponges
i am in love with sea sponges. I have never had a leakage problem, and your not putting something toxic in your body. also super cheap. i just bought a huge sea spong in the loofah section at the grocery store, and cut it into the perfect sizes.
"If a woman who sleeps with other women is smashing patriarchy, then a woman who sleeps with whomever she wants is just plain anarchy."
-Unknown
i'm in the same boat
outside of one abortion, giving birth to dd, and 2 miscarriages I have not worn pads since 1992. I fucking hate those fucking things so fucking much!!!!! I would wear them when I went out during these times of my life (above) but when I'm home I just let it flow...I know it's gross but the idea of having to change my "that time of the month" undies every hour irks me a lot less than changing a fucking pad or having blood rubbing all over my yoni. I am short 5'3" but not petite. except for my tiny ass which has shrunk out of my size smalls from victoria's secret even though the rest of me wears size 16 (stupid out of sync body!) I had to wear little girl's undies until I got pregnant with dd and now it looks like I am on my way there again...It sucks hard to try to fit pads onto suck small underwear, and I know what you mean about the middle part not fitting right. maybe that is why I hate pads so much? I would suggest cloth pads...or going commando if you can even though it's majorly grody.
good luck
"If nothing else, life in the suburbs promised that you might go from day to day without finding shit in our hair." ~ David Sedaris
"If nothing else, life in the suburbs promised that you might go from day to day without finding shit in our hair." ~ David Sedaris
Don't give up yet -
cloth pads are so much nicer than disposeable ones. Night and day. Still, they also can feel big. They breath and have no sticky-side. I highly recommend trying them out.
That said, after 2 years of cloth pads I just started using o.b. tampons. They're great! I will probably buy or make some more cloth and have both systems to choose from.
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diary of a mad bitch
"Macaroni - let me finish! - salad."
really?
how often do you change them?
wings suck!
i understand the concept but the execution just does not work.
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