Cloth menstual pads; a simple solution?

We all know about cloth nappies...have you considered cloth menstrual pads?






This BLOG entry is from Wendy Dumaresq the director of Rad Pads and the Natural Woman Network www.radpads.com.au.


It is worth a read, some thought and hopefully for some, an action........I must admit this is not something I have yet tried (oh the benefits of pregnancy and then breastfeeding!) but the recommendations for these come in fast and furious, so here is what Wendy says.......


Several years ago, I started receiving feedback from women attending my clinic that they had been using Rad-Pads, cloth menstrual pads and felt that their menstrual bleed symptoms had improved.

‘Well’, I thought, ‘anything so economical and simple that can have positive effects like that is worth investigating’. So I got on the blower to Jane Bennett, who owned Rad-Pads at the time and ordered some for the clinic and also for myself.

On a personal level, to say I haven’t looked back is an understatement. I couldn’t believe that something so simple could have such a great impact – I felt more in touch with my cycle, I felt much more comfortable without the scratchy, ‘bandaid like’ other things, I enjoyed washing them, hanging them on the line and putting the pads away for the next period and best of all I have saved hundreds of dollars not buying disposables – this would have been thousands possibly if I had started when I was a teen!

I was caught short without my ‘girls’ (as I fondly call my pads) not long ago and had to use one of those ‘other (disposable) things”. Wow, I had forgotten just how comfortable Rad-Pads were in comparison! Couldn’t wait to get home and get into the ‘girls’.

I was so impressed with my own results and the feedback from others that when Rad-Pads came on to the market a few years ago, it seemed like a natural progression to become the next ‘custodian’ of Rad-Pads. It worked in well with my clinical practice in which I see a lot of women of all ages.

Since then, I have amassed a pile of feedback from women all over the world about this simple method of ‘catching the blood’. It is so gratifying to be doing something to assist women with the menses, to help reduce the dollar cost of having a bleed and also providing an eco-friendly, sustainable option for all the terrible waste and chemicals which go into our environment every day from disposable products.

Can we afford NOT to use sustainable options such as cloth pads?


I admit that for some this may be a bit to get your head around, we are so trained to treat menstruation as something dirty that having to chuck cloth pads in the wash does seem too much in some ways. When we cast societal pressures aside however, it makes perfect sense, just as cloth nappies do. Both are perfectly natural. If it is something you would like to know more about visit www.radpads.com.au