Home made sanitary pads
08-12-2010, 05:36 AM
#41
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What a funny topic!! We really are spoiled though. When my Mom and her sisters were growing up there was no money for those products. They used rags and boiled them. I thought it was so gross but I guess you do what you need to do!! :D
08-12-2010, 06:38 AM
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Wilderness camper here. That means p'ng and sh*t'ng in the woods. But I'll choose luxury of indoor plumping any day. Same goes for sanitary products-- store bought, disposable instead of washable, homemade. I'm sure my mom had used homemade when she was young. I embrace the recycle, reuse philosophy whenever I can but not sure about this one. However, personally doesn't affect me anymore.
08-12-2010, 07:22 AM
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LOL - I'm with you gals on this one. I would switch over to a homemade one if I had to, but for now I will stick to my disposable ones.
PS - I've used a folded up kitchen flour sacking towel once at a reenactment when, surprise!, guess what showed up.. (threw it away when I got home)
PS - I've used a folded up kitchen flour sacking towel once at a reenactment when, surprise!, guess what showed up.. (threw it away when I got home)
08-12-2010, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by trupeach1
Now this is really gross, on a blog the lady said she takes the water from the diaper and mama pail and dumps it in her garden. She said is has lot of nutrients and everything grows huge. I don't know her personally but since she writes of her veggies garden I don't think if I did I would ever have a tomato sandwich at her house. Which is also silly look at all the people who use cow manure. Like everything else it is what we are use to and what has been considered exceptable.
And cow manure used as compost only touches the roots (and if properly composted is DIRT and not manure anymore), but I'm assuming some of this water could get on the leaves or vegetables of the garden.
I'm not saying it's totally bad, but I think it's something you'd have to be careful about. But I'm super paranoid about parasites from spending time in Ecuador, where it's much more common - nearly everyone has parasites, and if you spend enough time there, nearly everyone GETS parasites (yes, and I had some too). It's just standard practice to wash veggies and fruits that you can't peel with a special disinfecting wash or bleach water.
So that's my tangent on that. I have used reusable sanitary pads, and they're easy to make with flannel or cotton dish toweling. I was not good enough about washing them in a timely manner, though, so I quit using them.
08-12-2010, 07:45 AM
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Well I don't think Terri asked us all for our opinions on the matter.....she wanted a pattern.....but this discussion is so great! I think I should offer mine. Honestly until now I have never even heard of this practice...or such a pattern/product.
It all makes sense to me.
I am not sure if I should do this or not because I have so many people in my house and to many boys that would go blabbing about what was in our bucket?
BUt should I feel shame in trying to save money or the environment?
Sometimes the uncomfortable thing to do is the right thing to do right?
I will think about this.
It all makes sense to me.
I am not sure if I should do this or not because I have so many people in my house and to many boys that would go blabbing about what was in our bucket?
BUt should I feel shame in trying to save money or the environment?
Sometimes the uncomfortable thing to do is the right thing to do right?
I will think about this.
08-12-2010, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
What a funny topic!! They used rags and boiled them. :D
08-12-2010, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by charismah
Well I don't think Terri asked us all for our opinions on the matter.....she wanted a pattern.....but this discussion is so great! I think I should offer mine. Honestly until now I have never even heard of this practice...or such a pattern/product.
It all makes sense to me.
I am not sure if I should do this or not because I have so many people in my house and to many boys that would go blabbing about what was in our bucket?
BUt should I feel shame in trying to save money or the environment?
Sometimes the uncomfortable thing to do is the right thing to do right?
I will think about this.
It all makes sense to me.
I am not sure if I should do this or not because I have so many people in my house and to many boys that would go blabbing about what was in our bucket?
BUt should I feel shame in trying to save money or the environment?
Sometimes the uncomfortable thing to do is the right thing to do right?
I will think about this.
08-12-2010, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by redkimba
PS - I've used a folded up kitchen flour sacking towel once at a reenactment when, surprise!, guess what showed up.. (threw it away when I got home)
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