Period pads in bathroom bin

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My mum gets worried and anxious about all sorts of crazy things, courtesy of her mother. I am much more chilled and so we clash a bit...

I gave birth 2 weeks ago and, of course, I'm still bleeding a bit and wear biggish daily pads (the biggest one of the small ones, you know). My mum said to me that I shouldn't put them in the bin in the bathroom because of my DH and FIL. I should take a separate bag (and put it where???!!!).

Let me be straight with you: my answer was "not happening"!!!

Are you team "my mum" or, like me, you think "though"?? (Btw the boys of the house don't usually empty the bathroom bin)

Put them in a nappy sack tied up.

Do you live with her?

Surely walking them to the kitchen bin in front of everyone would be much more awkward.

@switswooo

YANBU. Are you wrapping them though? Maybe get a box of those small plastic sanpro bags? Then first wrap pad in the plastic from the new pad, and then put in a sanpro bag.

Who empties the bin? You should empty the bin every two days so the bathroom doesn’t smell.

This.

Pads contain plastic and come wrapped in plastic, but at least those bits of plastic arguably serve a purpose. A special bag is just adding another layer of plastic that serves no purpose at all

Agree with this. Money making con and more landfill waste.

Just use the wrapper of the one you are changing or go reusable

What does she think the issue is? Some people still have some strange rules around period stuff. I would only acquiesce on this if you live in their house. It may be a batshit rule but them's the breaks if you live in someone else's house.

My mum told me as a teen that I wasn't allowed to put sanitary products in the bathroom bin because I shared a bathroom with my brother...even though she put them in her bathroom bin and shared with her husband.

Who empties the bin? You should empty the bin every two days so the bathroom doesn’t smell.

I agree the bin should be emptied regularly but why the fuck does it matter who empties it?

Roll and wrap. I would be rather annoyed if my dp complained, it's no different to his razors

Yes of course they can go in the bin.. that’s what bathroom bins are for.

I would make sure there is a bin liner, but there is really no need for nappy sacks if the pads are rolled up and wrapped in tissue... it’s very unnecessary plastic waste.

Theh are rolled and wrapped and put in the bathroom bin.

Dp also has no problem emptying then bin either.
I also don't hide sanitary products, they are all kept on the side. My ds and dp don't batter an eyelid.

I remember growing up not ever seeing sanitary products in the bathroom and I know friends who have to keep them hidden away.

You should save them all until night and burn them in the garden so you don’t frighten the bin men, of course.

Please don’t put them in nappy bags though - what a waste of plastic.

Who’s house? I always used to put pads in the bathroom bin in my home. As a child, mother made me give them to her to burn on the fire because it was disgusting to put them in the bin..... not even allowed in the dustbin. Now that was embarrassing seeing as I have a brother. Even as an adult she wouldn’t accept mine wrapped in the kitchen bin, they had to go outside. Fucked up.

roll and wrap, mind you it can be a bit smelly so i usually empty the bin daily when it's period time.

Very early on in my married life my DH asked me not to have the tampons within easy reach (on top of the cistern) because it might squick out our male visitors. Nope.

And in fact a male friend came out once and said "oy, Breff, tampons and pads is a bit belt and braces, isn't it?"

My Mum used to put her pads in a paper bag which she burned in the garden at the end of her period!! 😦 We had no bathroom bin when I lived there.I think some of this must be generational!

@Ihatesandwiches we do that actually!!! Plumbing is not great in this house....

I do roll and wrap. My mum is just difficult.... she said I needed to hide my post pregnancy belly with flowy clothes when we went out

I'm curious as to how she knows you do this.

(I don't have a bin in the bathroom. I use washable pads and so they go in the laundry basket. I have a very light bleed though, I guess if it were heavier I'd probably have a tub for soaking them).

@tearinyourhand

As long as it's wrapped it's fine. Wrapping it in extra plastic bags is ridiculous though, those single use sanitary disposal bags are a perfect example of a need being invented by a company who wanted to sell something. Pads contain plastic and come wrapped in plastic, but at least those bits of plastic arguably serve a purpose. A special bag is just adding another layer of plastic that serves no purpose at all.

Totally agree with you. We buy biodegradable San pro so not going to use those daft bags to put them in.

Wrap and throw in a bin with a lid. Why would they be digging around your bin?

If your bin has a lid, fine, I wrap in either the wrapper for the next one or toilet paper if the next product is a tampon

I think that it depends whose bathroom it is. If it's your bathroom it's up to you what you put in your bin

My ds and dp don't batter an eyelid.

I liked this.

Please do not wrap in plastic. Just empty the bin frequently.

If DH and FIL are offended then they are misogynists (I hope that they are not offended, by the way). OPs mum is wrong I think.

Wrapped and into a nappy bag - can't see what's in 'em, can't smell 'em. That's just courtesy - nobody, male or female, wants stuff like that "public" in any way, any more than poo or pee.

FWIW - my mother used to hide all used sanitary stuff and burn it on the fire after my dad had gone out.

There was no women's lib in our house, thank you very much.

I think with the wrapping in plastic it might be that some people dislike the sight of blood. I know my tampons will soak through unless I wrap them in a whole roll of toilet paper. My son would be bothered by it, he can't talk about blood when eating or really much at all, it grosses him out. Blood phobias aren't uncommon.

Mind you a lid would help but maybe if someone is sometimes using the bin themselves it would still bother them.