Drop the Disposables, Part 3
Have a happy period.
If you've got television,
you've most
likely seen the Always commercial telling you how their plastic pads
are going to make your life easier, fresher, and yes, happier. The truth is, plastic
disposable pads aren't all that great--they're
full of all sorts of chemicals, very pricey and make weird noises in
public restrooms. They're also totally not breathable and they're
boring. Yup, I said boring.
Cloth pads make sense in
many ways. They're a much greener
choice--no weird gels to soak up exponential amounts of Aunty Flo, no
pads piling up in your local landfill. They're highly breathable
and I
no longer experience the grown-up diaper rash that I had with plastic
pads. Some women find their periods are shorter and lighter with
cloth
pads, and this has been true for me. Like other cloth items such
as
napkins and diapers, you buy or make them once and use them for
years.
You can even use them postpartum. For less than $200, you can
have
menstrual protection to last five years or more.
Now to the unboring
part....
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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