Sainsbury's is selling Period Knickers!

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I'm past that stage of my life but I thought I'd post this for those who haven't.... apologies if this isn't news!

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Smell and comfort is for me much better than pads. I do have a light flow though.

That's why you cold rinse it first. Most of the stuff is out before you put it in with the rest of your wash. Just like having a blood stain on an item of clothing. I often put a bit of stain remover on the pad as well before washing with normal wash and a scoop of Oxyclean.

One of the main brands, sorry don't have time to link, has a side clip allowing you to remove the knickers to change them whilst wearing trousers. Think it is WUKA.

Changing wise it obviously depends on your flow and the knickers you choose. Lots of pre-teen girls wear period pants under their dance leotard if they don't wear tampons.

Some people can wear them all day, some people need to change them.
I could always tell when certain women in the office I worked in were on their periods because I could smell Always fucking Ultra scented pads. Not the blood. The scented pad.

I wear mine as a back up, still use towel, but just incase of leaks ( vv heavy). I was finding nightime a nightmare and mine ( not sainsburys) have saved me ( just a really small leak, as opposed to getting up twice to change).
I think they would be great to wear, when your cycle is unpredictable or need extra security, but I could wear them on their own.

I'm 10 years post-menopause and so Googled period pants and how they work - first up came the Thinx website. It used the phrase "people with periods".

Aside from how this infuriates me generally (only women/girls bleed), the grammar of it is crap - "people with periods"? Whoever was tasked with coming up with the woke alternative didn't think about it long enough to use the better term 'who have periods'?

Dd has been using reusable pads for a year - no stains. Even on her favourite ones which are made from an old, mostly white, Star wars stormtrooper T-shirt.

@VickyEadieofThigh another reason why we don't use Thinx.

I think they are good for a back up, if flow is heavy and you are not sure your protection will hold.

The idea of cold rinsing 'period pants'- no thanks! I had enough of trying washable nappies and they had the benefit of disposable inner linings. Sorry I can't think of anything worse, don't understand why someone wouldn't use something like a menstrual cup to at least take some of the flow. But then I do have quite heavy periods.

Washable nappies for the babies I mean not myself!

The T-shirt is a topper obviously. We have bamboo fleece and zorb for the core and polar fleece for the backer. In case you think dd has scrunched up old T-shirts instead of pads.

@Orangeblossom78 , I find reusable nappies a bit of a "not for me", but menstrual blood isn't an issue for me. Horses for courses.

I just have a Tupperware with cold water and a mesh bag in it and pads/pants go in that to soak and then the bag comes out and goes into the washing machine. It's not really any extra work v unwrapping disposable pads, disposing of them, etc. But then we use reusable nappies for DD and I don't find them much work either.

We have some modibodi for the 10.5 year old I look after. She started her periods 2 weeks after her 20th birthday, she also has special needs. There's no way she could cope with changing/disposing of sanitary towels and these period pants give her some dignity and control. They tend to last all day except on her heaviest days where they get changed after lunch and put into a waterproof bag to bring home. Fantastic invention.

Cold rinsing period pants seems no worse to me than rinsing your mooncup.

DD is using period pants she loves them. I’m post menopause now but I’d been using cloth pads before that, they were brilliant too.

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My teen daughter has sn. Period pants have been a lifesaver for us. We buy Thinx for her. We have bout pants for medium and heavy flow days. The original outlay is rather high but worth it for us.

You dont have to rinse all of them. Modibodi yes, I have some others where you don't. I forget which, but I tried the first time and nothing really came out.

Excellent. I have some from Amazon and they are amazing. They save me on my heavy days (day 1/2) and allow me to skip tampons entirely for days 3/4.

I can't see these working for people with heavy flows. At my worst I'm changing tampons every hour as I bleed through!

Which are the best ones?

I use Modibodi, bought specifically for very very heavy periods, just before the menopause kicked in, mind blowing, I could relax. Also my 10 year old granddaughter uses them, so she can be just like her friends and not worry about pads at school.

yes they are expensive, but they work.

They don't replace tampons for a heavy flow. They replace pads for backup and light days. I've cut my pads by probably 60% and my accidents by 100%, I love them.

I am interested in something like this. I use pads, hate tampons so I don't want to spend lots on a cup.
It just seems slightly too good to be true! Comfy, clean and ecological?

I have these and they're great.

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07GCM857R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?psc=1&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&ie=UTF8