Gladrags Feminine Hygiene Pads

Description

Glad Rags

Each Glad Rags Menstrual Pad consists of one envelope and two insertable liners. Open the envelope, place the liners inside, then snap the envelope around your panties with the un-seamed side next to your body. They are highly absorbent. They’re designed not to slip or bunch up. This system provides both a mini and a maxi. For heavy flow days use both liners: on light days use just one. The envelope can be used alone as a panty liner. Glad Rags are made with a woman’s health and safety in mind. All made of very soft spun, comfortable cotton.

Glad Rags Reusable Cotton Pantyliners

The glad rag’s pantyliners are slim and absorbent, perfect for light every day protection or as a back up for your menstrual cup or tampon. They are made of comfortably soft and breathable cotton, a wonderful and healthy alternative that does’t irritate. Glad Rags Pantyliners are made to last for years which is a real plus for your pocket book and the environment.

To use, the Glad Rag Pantyliner snaps snugly around your underwear. They can be easily machine washed and dried. They come three to a package and it is recommended 3-6 pantyliners per cycle. Glad Rages come in two options: organic un-dyed cotton or assorted colors and patterns.

Feminine Hygiene Products

We live in an age of advanced technology. Steps taken since our Grandmothers’ youth are awe inspiring. We not only reap the rewards of that technology, but the dangers. With the ease of disposable menstrual pads come the dangers. Traditional tampons and disposable pads currently on the market are made from cotton, rayon and blends of these fibers. The cotton used in these products has been grown using as many as 35 different pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. Then they are manufactured using a chlorine process to whiten or transform the wood fibers to make rayon. Chlorine bleaching produces an unwanted by – product called dioxin – a toxic substance linked to breast cancer, endometriosis, low sperm counts, cancer, birth defects, miscarriages and immune system suppression. These products are also run through acid baths and caustic sodas during manufacturing to enhance absorbency. Disposable pads and tampons are left un-rinsed of these toxic residues. Deodorizing chemicals are sometimes added. All this is a danger because the vagina is a main entry point into the body. What is absorbed through this skin goes into the blood circulation.

Tampons and disposable pads are often a source of vaginal irritation as well, due to the wood and chemicals that together form their extreme absorbent fiber. An additional problem is created by synthetic backing on disposable pads that prevent air from circulating, which can lead to bacterial growth and odors not normally associated with menstruation.

While many women haven’t even thought about the dangers of feminine hygiene products, there is an alternative available. Non-disposable menstrual pads provide the non-chemical comfort of cotton. The soft cotton conforms naturally to the bodies shape. Cotton also allows for air circulation so there is significantly less problem with chafing and odor. Several layers of cotton make for a highly absorbent product. You change the cotton as often as you would a disposable pad. Cotton pads take up no more room in your purse than disposable. Washing is not a complicated matter. Separate layers and soak in a bucket during the week . Some women add borax to the soak, others tea tree oil, others oxy-boost (a wonderful non-chlorine destainer and deodorizer – for a description see our laundry page). At the end of your time, wring or pour in your washer and spin; then wash and dry to your preference (by machine or hand and line). All of these pads come in layers for easier washing and quicker drying times.

At 1st glance the price of these products may seem high, but when you consider they aren’t just for months use; but for many years, and consider what you spend monthly for disposables, they are really quite economical as well as healthful.

A friend recently shared with me that her husband was glad to find this alternative to protect her from the chemical dangers of disposables, that he as a health practitioner had been concerned about for some time. And naturally, this is not just a women’s issue, but one for all those who are concerned about their wives and daughters.