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I first started hearing about mama cloth shortly after ourventure into cloth diapers began. The idintrigued me but I had several my concerns.
I was lucky enough to win a beautiful set of mama cloth from Pretty Eco Intamates. Following is my review of these specific pads.
My cycle has always been a bit of a beast. Heavy flow and painful cramping lasting for as long as 10 days. I have not been able to wear tampons as they worsen the already unbearable cramps. So for the sake of simplicitity this review will be a comparison between standard pads and cloth.
The pads arrived soft and seemed very sturdy and well stitched. Included was well written care instructions and contact information. After prep washing I found that the cotton desgign fabric had not been pre-shrunk and thus ened up bunching. Luckily this did not effect function or comfort.
Cloth pads are so much more comfortable the standard. You feel a little extra bulk, but not a harsh chaf causing friction, like store bought pads. Pretty Eco Intimates also a wide variety of sizes and absorbencies, much more then your standard options. And how about the pretty fabrics to boot.
I had zero leaking issues with the fleece backed pads. The inner absorbing layers did bunch a bit after wash cycles, but by pulling the ends of the pad while unbunching the core that problem was easily solved.
So lets face the facts. Regular pads bunch up, cause chaffing, and are generaly just uncomfortable. I did experiance some minor ( comperable) bunching with the cloth pads. But they washed completly clean, and were a million more times comfortable.
So.... Washing? I was a little freaked out about this part. One thing to remember, it looks like a lot more blood then it really is. That being said, a quick rinse and a toss into the wet bag and it was not really so bad as i imagined.
If you want to give cloth a try... DO IT. just try it out.
And .... pretty Eco Intimates will be sponsering a give away right here after the new year!
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