Organic Cotton Menstrual Pad

I know of a few different brands of reusable pads but I'v only tried Lunapads. I bought one organic cotton pantiliner and I loved it. Then I decided to buy a long pad with regular cotton. When I tried it, the liners bunched up and moved around which gets messy. They feel bulky too. The "ric-rac" bands didn't keep the liners in place at all. So I was wondering since other brands have insert-able liners, would they would better? Has anyone used those kinds of reusable pads (example: gladrags) ?
I live in the Southern part of the United States and I'm 16.

I know this isn't all that common and a lot of people are clueless about reusable menstrual products. There is information on the internet about it, if anyone cares. For one, they are sanitary, meaning you WASH them each time before and after you use them. That means they're CLEAN. And many women don't think reusable pads are "gross". If you have a period and you're comfortable with that fact, it shouldn't seem gross. They're more comfortable than disposable brands like Always, Kotex, Carefree, and so on. They don't have toxins that irritate your skin and they don't cause waste like disposables. If you are going to answer this question, answer it. Please don't comment about how gross you think it is. Thank you.
Thanks lilmama127, I think I'll try Gladrags. I know! You're exactly right. Maybe one day more people will realize that.
Thanks you half_breed71 and ohiorganic.

I have used Gladrags for about a year and have been pleased.

I don't understand why women are not concerned about the plastic/chemicals against their skin with the disposable pantie liners. I guess they would rather get cancers than deal with the natural flow from their bodies, sad.

2008-11-06 18:54:06 by La La Laaaa

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Commercial tampons – e.g. Tampax
Organic tampons – e.g. Natracare
Soft tampons – e.g. Gynotex
Sponge tampons – e.g. Jade & Pearl
Homemade/Cloth tampons
Commercial pads – e.g. Always
Organic pads – e.g. Cottons
Cloth pads – e.g. Gladrags
Period belts – e.g. Reddy’s
Homemade/Cloth pads
Padded panties – e.g. Lunapanties
Period blankets
Toilet paper
Silicone menstrual cups – e.g. Divacup
Rubber menstrual cups – e.g. Keeper
Homemade menstrual cups
Diaphragms as menstrual cups
Softcups –e.g. Instead
Free-flow
Free-flow layering
Free-flow instinctive
Extraction
Other – please specify

I’m doing a small project about how attitudes to menstruation are changing as women are becoming more aware of issues of health and environment that surround commercial options and as advertisments change. If you could tell me what option or options you currently use and what you have tried it’d be great, maybe also what you've heard of – thanks!
branddxb - sorry, had to point out, tampons are not flushable!
Dawn J – Not many people use extraction anymore, became popular in the 70’s amongst feminists, now it’s normally just used as a method of abortion. Basically rather than have your period you go to a trained professional and have the lining of your uterus sucked out of you so there is no mess and no period. There's an article about it on Sisterzeus - http://www.sisterzeus.com/MenExt.htm
angelfire_manchester – well at least you’ve heard of other things :o)

Softcups work on the same idea as menstrual cups, they are cups that catch menstrual flow so they aren’t as unsafe as tampons and so can be left in for 12 hours at a time. Softcups are made from polymers and sit up the top of your vagina near your cervix, they are disposable (unlike menstrual cups) so a lot of women prefer them or will try them before they move onto using menstrual cups - a lot of women use them purely for mess-free sex during their period.
http://www.softcups.com

Period belts are the sorts of pads your gran or mom may have used, they are cloth pads but rather than be fastened in your underwear they are held around your waste, a lot of people like them as they give more protection and don’t move about as much so more comfortable than perhaps cloth pads would be.
http://www.reddyspads.com

I use a Mooncup which is a silicone menstrual cup (like the Diva but a different brand). That is all I currently use.

I used pads as a teenager but switched to tampons at about 15, so I used Kotex Tampons for about 13 years. I tried Instead for one cycle and then switched to the Mooncup which I have now used for two cycles and I have no plans to change. Instead was better than tampons but not as good as the Mooncup, they are messier and more likely to leak and are not reusable.

My main reasons for using the Mooncup are, in order of priority, 1) It's much healthier than tampons. There are no chemicals leached into your body or fibers left behind and no risk of TSS. 2) I hate the thought of putting more and more disposable products into landfills over the next 25 years I have til menopause. 3) It's more convenient in my opinion. I have to empty and reinsert much less often than I'd have to change a tampon, I never have to worry about whether I have enough tampons to last my whole cycle or make an emergency trip to the store, I can wear it when I lap swim without any chlorine and who knows what else is in that water being absorbed into my vagina by a tampon. It also feels cleaner to me.

Note to Tampon users...it's not really true that they just "flush away." You might as well put them in the trash, because what happens with the flushed ones is that they are caught by a screen at the sewage treatment plant (hopefully) where they have to be fished out and taken to the landfill because they don't break up like toilet paper. The ones that aren't caught go into the water system with the treated sewage.

2008-06-16 04:43:50 by Lola

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