Period panties

As a replacement for tampons and pads, does anyone have any experience with the “Period Panties” - currently advertised as “environmentally friendly”? Is this a new thing or have they been around a while and just got into TV advertising? I asked my wife and she said “no way” - she would have stuck with tampons!

I recently bought a couple of pairs for my ”light days”. They do work ok but it is a pain cleaning them or changing a menstrual panty in the ladies room. I prefer to use a light days panty liner with them for easier cleanup and changing when I am out and about. They are definitely a really great backup when I am using my menstrual diaphragm on my heavy days. The menstrual panties are more comfortable than the backup stick on sanitary pad I had to wear if my menstrual diaphragm had a leak. I can play tennis or go jogging with certainty that I will not have an embarrassing leak. These new menstrual panties are a godsend!

Dita

My period is light and I started using them on day two and three. ( first day is my heaviest)

I also wear them on days I feel extra horny 😉

I find them very comfortable to wear and just wash them in machine on a 60 wash without conditioner

Back in my teens (1960s) girls had period panties. In part because napkins didn't stick buy were held in place by cloth “tails” and they were attached to fasteners inside the panty. They also had rubber crotches to prevent any leaks getting out. But not the same as modern ones.

I currently have some of the “disposable period panties” that you can buy sort of as a test. My period is often quite heavy early on and even with the largest pad I can find I often have leaks at night and I have looked at period panties as an option to help counter that. So for the disposables have been great, so I’ll probably get some cloth ones soon.

Unfortunately, I am past that stage of my life. I do miss period sex though!

My wife has been through with her periods for some time now, but back in the day she had a pretty heavy flow. She always wanted to avoid an “accident” and on heavy days she would use a tampon and a pad. I mentioned once while shopping that she try an item like an “Always Discreet” disposable pant but she didn't like the diaper connotation. Odd though, she did wear a pair of the 3 for $10 catalog vinyl pants to bed on heavy days to avoid messing the bed…

For me I don't think any product really improves on the tampon. I get its not environmentally friendly but whilst cars and factories belch out Co2 and billionaires are blasting rockets into space I don't think the product I use to absorb my menstruation is adding much to damage environment in the grand scheme.

Period panties reminds me of Sanitary Panties circa 1950's and seen if you google “sanitary panties 1950s” .

Period panties reminds me of Sanitary Panties circa 1950's and seen if you google “sanitary panties 1950s” .

@reddevil I did look! Some of those vintage panties sell upwards of $250 on Etsy and other resale sites!!!! Nice to look at, but I don't think I would buy used menstrual panties for my wife - or me if I was into that! Not at those prices!!

Sanitary panties were cheap in those years. But so were Playtex rubber girdles and now the sky is the limit for them. Oh and many women used the closed crotch Playtex girdles during their periods

In the 70s we still had that horrible belt that you attached a pad to. They hadn't made the sticky kind and there weren't mini pads or different sizes. They were big or bigger from what I remember. It took me a awhile to be able to use a tampon.

Also found this little gem several years ago, Menstrual Museum, now closed.

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2116

Diva Cup

Diva Cup

@Nurse_Phillips

I often wonder how a woman takes one of those things out, when it is full of period blood, without spilling any? Is there something called a ‘mooncup as well, perhaps it’s the same thing…

In the 70s we still had that horrible belt that you attached a pad to. They hadn't made the sticky kind and there weren't mini pads or different sizes. They were big or bigger from what I remember. It took me a awhile to be able to use a tampon.

@Turkey1

I remember the girls at school used those belts and towels, I think they were called ‘Dr Whites’

@Nurse_Phillips

I often wonder how a woman takes one of those things out, when it is full of period blood, without spilling any? Is there something called a ‘mooncup as well, perhaps it’s the same thing…

Brand difference I think is all. You do it over the toilet and if you’re careful it’s not a big deal.

Also found this little gem several years ago, Menstrual Museum, now closed.

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2116

Archived by the Library of Congress at http://mum.org/