My organicup
As you
might have worked out I love reusable things such as nappies. But I also use
reusable things for myself. I let my
kids wear cloth nappies for a reason and that is because I don’t want to cover
my body in plastic and paper and that’s how I see onetime nappes and menstruation
products. This is why I use cloth sanitary pads as well as a menstruation cup
depending on how I feel. I’m going to give you some reasons why I use reusable
sanitary products and I’m hoping you’ll rethink your use of different menstruation
products after this.
1, It’s better for the
environment to use reusable products because you don’t help the mountain of garbage
that can’t get reused.
2, It’s very friendly for
your wallet because you don’t have to spend money every month sanitary pads or
tampons. You have a onetime cost every ten years which will save you a lot of
money over time. Just think that all women at least will have their period for
30 years very roughly as we are all very different there are some that will
have it for much longer and some much shorter.
3, A cup Its better
for your health, do you know all the material in your tampons for example? Hardly
anyone does as there isn’t any information on the packets about the ingredients
which is very concerning for me as I want to know what I have in my body for a
week every month for the next 30 years.
4, You are minimising
the risk of toxic shock syndrome if you use a cup instead of tampons.
4 Some can feel dry when
you use a tampon which can be painful. A menstruation Cup collet the fluids and
don’t suck up the fluids like a tampon do.
5, Who would choose
boring white plastic if you got to choose between them or your favourite
patterns? For me my period isn’t fun but I will grab every chance to make my
life more colourful and fun even the boring parts. My different pads make my
life a lot more colourful.
6, You can have the
cup in for longer than a tampon which is a really good thing night time without
it risking your health, and you can have use it even before your period if you
know you’re expecting it soon which you shouldn’t do with a tampon.
7, But don’t they
leak? No the pads work just the same as
onetime pads, you have different once depending on whether you have heavy or
light flow and extended nigh time use. As for the cups I’d like to say no as
well as long as you have the right cup and you’ve gotten hang of, it won’t leak
until its full.
8, One of the arguments against is that its unsanitary or really hard to the
cup use. I’d like to say to my defence it’s not unsanitary as you sterilise the
cup before you use it. I sterilise it
before I use it for the first time and after my period has finished as well. I
keep the pads in a little PUL* bag the used once in my bag or in a little one
at home and I wash them in either 60 or 90 degrees which kills the germs. Yes,
they can look a bit stained after washing but just put them in the sun and the
sun will fade the stains never use bleach or anything else similar. The cup isn’t
hard to use when you have gotten hang of it the in the beginning it might be
hard to get it right before you get used to it. With my second period using a
cup I got the hang of it and after that it’s like riding a bike.
9, And for my last argument
I’d like to give you a really good argument for reusable products. You’ll never
run out of protection.
And last I’d
like to make a little how to use guide out of my own experiences, if you have
any more ideas please feel free to write them I’m the comments or if you got a
question about any of them.
Cloth sanitary pads:
1, Make sure you always
wash your pads without softener as that will ruin the suction of the pad.
2, Never use bleach or
any stain removers, the sun is a really good stain remover.
3, Its very individual
how many pads you need I combine the pads with my cup so I don’t need as many
but only you know how many you’ll need as its very individual how many days and
how much you bleed.
4, Wash your pads in 60-
90 degrees with preferably perfume free detergent.
5, Storage is
something people do different I use a small PUL bag during days for my pads and
when I get home they stay in a small bucket with cold water and get washed with
minis nappies. Some people store them without water so it’s up to you. I wash the nappies every other day so the pads
don’t stay for long in water. I change the water daily but you’ll find out what
works best for you and how much washing you have to do.
5, Do not tumble-dry
I've tried a few different brands mostly work at home mums and their
different brands with different materials. I even have some I’ve made myself. But
I also got the honour to be a test pilot for poops which was really fun especially
since I loved the sanitary pads that they came up with. I love being able to help and give feedback
when it’s about something I’m really passionate about and I have to say that
out of all my different pads poops once are one of the best once I’ve tried and
I have not been asked to write about Poops but I wanted to because I think it
would be a positive experience as a firs time user to cloth to try them.
I’ve tried
to answer as clearly as I possibly could and tried to cover as much as I can about
cloth pads and cups. But if you have any more questions feel free to ask or if
you feel like I’ve missed something. After all we all have different
experiences and ideas and that’s a really good thing. What works for me might not work for you but it’s
all about finding the system that works the best for you.
The webpage
to poops is www.poops.se and the sanitary
pads will hopefully come out online today I’m so excited.
Plus, there
are a lot on pages on social media where work at home mums have groups and sell
which are all round the world and I’ve tried a few whom I like and I love my
own ones as well.
*PUL bag is
a bag made from a material that will won’t let through any fluids. The same
material is used on some nappies that are reusable.
Not all my sanitary pads but some
No comments:
Post a Comment