Comments on: Do You Pay For Things You Throw Away? – Ladies Only Version

By: Tammi

Tammi — Wed, 19 May 2010 03:54:59 +0000

It's DEFINITELY a big hygiene issue! Have you heard about the high incidence of female problems suffered by workers making disposable diapers and menses pads? No way am I putting those things on my delicate area ever again.

I've had progressively less cramps, and lighter flow since switching to "mama cloth" (used to have flash flooding and lots of pain for about a week). I don't throw away my washcloths or underwear after each use, maybe I'm just old-fashioned that way…

By: LJ

LJ — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:12:23 +0000

I used to think OB tampons were just beyond the line of gross (no inserter). But…I started using a Diva cup out of sheer desperation after my daughter was born — body changes left me with a flow that while not “dangerously heavy” is still way more than standard pads and tampons can cope with. I love my Divas, and I have two of them to make changing at work a bit easier.

I have to use a pad with them, though, and I am considering the Moon pads in the future. Sewing my own just seems like too much work.

By: Molly

Molly — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:49:49 +0000

I’ve found the scent to be nonexistent as long as they’re let dry before sticking in a dry bucket or the hamper.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:56:58 +0000

I love the reusables!! I personally have a Mooncup, and I hardly ever use pads. My sister had LunaPads which she loved, so she asked me to make her more pads. It is quite fun, fairly easy and we get very customizable! While pads are not my preference, I have not had any trouble with the laundry. I keep an old plastic baby wipe tub on the back of the toilet to put the dirty ones in until washday. No one in the family has ever noticed an odor. I don't like soaking them though– if you don't do laundry that day that is a bit gross for me. (That definitely gets an "odor")

Now for the TP– I like the idea for Number 1, and might be able to convert my family. I can wrap my head around it for number 2 (no different from dirty cloth diapers…) and have done this for my little kids with the cloth wipes that I have made, but I can't see my family really converting. I kept a small diaper pail next to the potty for the clothes. Chuck em in, wash them later.

By: anon_canary

anon_canary — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:55:00 +0000

I had what may have been a slight case of TSS in my college years, after which my doc said tampons weren’t safe. But I can’t handle the feel of pads (no matter the brand, and I think I tried them all). So I spent a lot of $$ over the years on light-volume disposable tampons, changed them all the time, and hoped, except when I got frustrated with having to change them all the time, and went with the absorbency suited for the day, and _prayed_ nothing worse than cramps would happen…

I wish I’d known about the Diva Cup and all its ilk back then! Mine has more than paid for itself in peace of mind, but in pocketbook measure, it took about three months. Less time than I’d figured when I ran the numbers, even, but I hadn’t realized how much I spent going with the juniors instead of the super.

By: Beverly

Beverly — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:48:06 +0000

This is just a super way to save trees. And who cares what we think? Go for it..

By: Crystal

Crystal — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:53:09 +0000

I once had a miserable camping trip with a potty-training two-year-old, a nursing-’round-the-clock four-month-old, their father and my uncle. I’d had a molar extracted the morning we left home and started my period the second day in the woods. I generally love camping, but I was not what you’d call a happy camper that trip. The best thing that came from that nightmare of exhaustion and effluvia was discovering Glad Rags in the grocery store in the northern California hippie town nearest our campgrounds.

I’d gone into town for tampons, and I bought those too. The kids and I both made the switch to disposables for road-trips. I’d heard of cloth pads as a teenager and had been immediately and deeply horrified. Two kids, and countless loads of cloth diapers and wipes, later I was totally ready to not have one more thing to worry about running out of. Now I rely mostly on Lunapads, Lunapanties and my Mooncup, except for on roadtrips. That position hasn’t changed.

If I had my own bathroom, I’d happily switch to reusable toilet “paper,” but I don’t, so I won’t.

By: Nicki at Domestic Cents

Nicki at Domestic Cents — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:28:00 +0000

Wow. I just read ALL of those comments. This is a really interesting topic to me. When I gave birth to my daughter 4 years ago I didn’t know a single person that used cloth diapers. I didn’t even consider it because I knew nothing about it. She’s completely potty-trained now and I wish I knew then what I know now. If kiddo number 2 comes along I’ll def. use cloth.

As for myself and my own time of the month … I’ve never considered reusable pads but I have toyed with the idea of trying out the diva cup. I really dislike the amount of waste I create with the disposable products, but again, no one else in my life has ever tried or encouraged me to try a reusable option. Sometimes, I am very thankful for the Internet I really appreciate all of the comments above. They were helpful to me!!

Oh, and family cloth … mentioned it to my husband. He laughed. Guess I’ll wait a little on that one.
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By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:13:54 +0000

I’ve tried to educate friends and family, too. I even gave the greenest one some for Christmas. No dice. It makes me sad.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:02:04 +0000

NO. THANK. YOU. This is taking frugal too far in my opinion. As a working mom of two teenage girls who also have Aunt Flo as a regular visitor, dealing with this for 3 of us is way more than I want to even consider. Honestly, even if it were just me I wouldn’t do it.
As for the reusable toilet paper…some folks do it but again, not anything I would consider. Flush your poo wipes.
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