It may seem disgusting but it's just your consumer conscience telling you, "Ending is better than mending." Shake it off. Stop wasting!
Disposable menstrual pads as well as tampons, contribute to large amounts of landfill waste. There is fewer chemicals, they degrade naturally, and it costs next to nothing to make them yourself out materials you already have. Since you make them yourself, you can customize them to fit your own tastes. Some good examples:
Other advantages are that they may help with certain types of vaginitis, reduce any rashes or dermatitis, and they are more breathable. However, one disadvantage is that if you have a yeast infection, once its treated and gone, you will have to sanitize your homemade pads to prevent another infection.
You could wing it, and begin right now if you have cloth, string, and a needle at hand, but if you want to make them fancy, here are some sites that give good instructions and a couple online stores if you are that lazy:
Pink flower pattern for sewing machine
Many Moons is very informative
Lunapads!
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