We offer Cloth Menstrual Products!!
It’s time for a change. Time for your skin to breathe. No more plastics to make your girly bits feel all stuffy. No more waste in our landfills. When it comes time for your cycle, or after the birth of your sweet babe, or even just for daily wear or as back-up, cloth is the best! Let your body breathe. Use cloth.
Why use cloth???
Some of you may wonder why would you want to use cloth? Aren’t my disposable products enough? Isn’t it much easier to just throw them away? What’s wrong with disposables? Won’t cloth shift? How do I care for cloth pads?
Hopefully I can help you answer some of these questions.. First off, cloth feels good. Traditional disposable pads contain plastics. Not only do plastics not breathe making you susceptible to yeast infections and other vaginal issues but they’re petroleum products and only contribute to our dependency on the oil industry. There is also energy spent on creating all the pads or tampons you use during your cycle. Plastics don’t break down completely. They turn into icky chemical stuff (yes, stuff is the technical term ;)). Either way. Yuck. Also, many swear that using cloth has reduced the pain surrounding their cycles. The bonus of having cloth is there are no pesky adhesives to stick to the hair in this very delicate region.
Of course there is the whole waste issue. You throw disposables away. It creates waste. I found a nice little tidbit* on the internet to share with you. “Approximately 70% U.S. women who menstruate will use tampons for a significant length of time to deal with their menstrual blood, with a cumulative average of 11,400 tampons used over the course of the fertile years. Add in approximately 3,000 pads for a total of 250 to 300 pounds of waste created per woman through the use of disposable feminine hygiene products.”
Now you ask about the lack of adhesive...
But how do you care for your cloth? It’s super easy to care for! Some girls soak their pads after use (thrift store cookie jars are great for this) and some leave them dry. Either way is fine but from talking with others the word is you have less staining with soaking. You can always use the water you soaked them in for your garden. Plants love the nutrients, but maybe not good for *food* gardens (the tissue carrying bacteria can be an issue). Some people add hydrogen peroxide or oxygen bleach to their soaking water. Although you might not want to use the water in the garden if you’re soaking them in that stuff.
What about sanitation? If you’re concerned with bacteria being mean to your bits you can always add some tea tree oil as it’s naturally antibacterial. Also, the core is made with hemp/cotton and hemp is naturally antimicrobial so that will assist in putting the sanitary into your napkin. How you wash them is a matter of preference. I’m lazy so I wash and dry them like normal clothes. If you do this you may opt to put them in a lingerie bag. Many girls hand wash their pads and lay them out to dry. Hand washing will make your fabric last longer as fibers, over time, will wash away. Once again, it’s all preference.
Still not digging the idea of cloth? Prefer something internal? Try the Mooncup UK
