A few questions about products

[mangojellytoast.livejournal.com]

Does anyone in here know of a reuseable cup (similar to the Keeper) that isn't made of (or doesn't contain) natural rubber latex? (i'm allergic)

Also, anyone in here that uses washable pads, how do you go about washing them?

Thanks.

Comments

Re: This is the way I wash my pads

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Wow, Oxiclean doesn't remove pigments? I don't mind stained pads, but I'd like to rescue some underwear.

Re: This is the way I wash my pads

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Cool. I usually avoid bleach whenever possible because I don't want to add chlorine to water unnecessarily, but oxiclean isn't as icky on the environment. :)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

When I was using washable pads, I'd rinse them in the bathroom and keep them in my room until I got to a washing machine. It got old because I was using a coin laundry 2 miles away at the time, and had no car—I'd essentially go through a whole period before I could get to the laundry, and I couldn't afford that many pads. :)

The place I bought them (before most folks had internet access) was a natural foods store, and the pads came with a tiny paper catalog, in which was advertised a small clay jar to keep beside the toilet. They recommended keeping it full of water and dropping each pad in as it was used, then washing them when you do the laundry. Were I using them now, I'd probably just do the same with some sort of opaque kitchen container, or else just rinse them in the sing then toss them into the tub. I'm pretty much the only one who uses my bathroom, so I can store them there until I can wash them, as we now have a washer and dryer.

I've used my one remaining 15-year-old pad off and on ever since, and it's always survived the washer and dryer just fine.

[mangojellytoast.livejournal.com]

just out of curiousity... why don't you use them anymore?

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

They're not that comfy—they wad up, or did when I first tried them. :)
The snapping "wraps" hadn't been invented then. But also, because my flow's changed. I tend to have one or two days of heavy flow, which *requires* 3 or 4 tampons a day for two days.

(Ten years ago, it was 10 tampons a day with pads for the inevitable catastropic leak, or I'd just sit home in the bathtub and read while I drained when I could.)

After those two days, which are really too heavy for cloth pads unless I want to carry around extras—and soiled pads—I just change my undies once in the middle of the day, as the remaining 3 days of my period are pretty much spotting.

[mangojellytoast.livejournal.com]

my periods a lot like yours, though not as extreme (i cannot imagine 10 tampons a day!) i generally have 3 tampons with a pad for the first two days and for the rest it's really light but with lots of little clots and that icky blackish stuff

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, the years of super-flow are gone, at least for now. :)

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

oh, 10 is a lot? I have to change super-tampons every 2 hours for the first day or two of bleeding. Then I have my checkups with my doctor or gynecologist and they ask me "are your periods heavy or light?" (and then I twitch because the word 'period' is about the most disgusting term I can think of for it) and I say "how the heck should I know? compared to what? I have to change my super-tampon every 2 hours on a heavy day." and they never told me if that was heavy or not. Useless medical people. Dumb questions. Bleah.

[posterchild.livejournal.com]

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