Dr.Brown's: Protections

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

Few Tips on Using Sanitary Pads Properly

It is incredible to imagine that a woman will use around 10,000 sanitary pads during her lifetime, if you don’t believe me sit down and do the math!

So, it makes sense that serious consideration should be given as to how we use sanitary pads for optimum results.

UNICEF 2010 asserts that one out of every 50 women use sanitary pads wrongly (some ladies use one PER DAY with no change). Ideally, the standard time to change a sanitary pad is once every 6 hours, although naturally this depends on your needs. Whilst some women with a light flow can afford to change every 6 hours the same can’t be said about women with heavy flow because they need to change theirs at shorter intervals.

Here are a few tips on using your Sanitary Pads Properly.

Selecting a Pad

* Always choose a pad that meets your peculiar needs; sanitary pads vary from length and absorbency level depending on the flow. We can use the super absorbency ones for the first few days, the longer for nighttime.

* Using a scented sanitary pad is usually not advisable as it contains chemicals that can be harmful to our sensitive part. Also, panty liners shouldn’t be used as a substitute for sanitary pads irrespective of the flow, especially during menstruation.

Putting it on

* Remove pad from individual wrapper

Most pads are individually wrapped,and the wrappers should be removed but don’t throw it away … use it to wrap your old pad conveniently before you place it in the dustbin.

* Take off the adhesives and fold out the wings ( if you use the ones with wings) . Wings usually help to provide extra comfort with super adhesive to fit perfectly into the panties.

* Stick the adhesive part of the sanitary pad in a position where it is directly beneath the vagina, one should also ensure the pad firmly clips the panties by aligning it a little further back to prevent leakage.

* Many of us dig out our old panties or our granny pants during this time of the month so we should probably leave our thongs for another day!

Disposing Used Pads

*It’s very important to maintain a high standard of hygiene while menstruating. At every change, one should thoroughly wash the hands.

*It is really important that we DO NOT flush sanitary pads. They will block the sewage pipe Instead, wrap the used pad properly and place discreetly in the trash. When removing the pad from the underwear, pull from the top end and hold firmly before wrapping for disposal.

Do not forget to carry an extra sanitary pad as most come in individual packs and are purse friendly for those unusually heavy days.

Have a pain free period!

Monday, 8 June 2015

Panty Liners and its Uses

At a tender age of 11 a female depending on her nature will most likely experience vaginal discharge, physicians asserts that the vagina serves as a passage between the outside body and the inner reproductive organs. Thus, as the mouth is constantly made moist by saliva, the vagina discharge is absolutely normal, as it is as a result of hormonal changes in a female body. Experts say that the discharges help keep the pH level balance of the vagina intact which ultimately prevents infection from occurring. So a healthy vagina is the one that secretes fluids to cleanse and regulate itself, basically the discharge is a natural lubricant but when not properly managed it becomes harmful.

So how can we manage vaginal discharge? Panty liners are the perfect options for managing discharges. As the name implies it lines the pant to prevent the vaginal discharge from staining the pants and eventually causing irritation. Gynaecologist, Dr.Angela Abiodun, says normal vaginal discharges vary in consistency, as they might be thin and slightly sticky, they can also vary in color some can be clear, cloudy, bloody, whitish or yellowish. So the panty liner comes handy, instead of discharging straight to the pants it goes to the liner which serves as a form of protection. Panty liner aside from being a form of protection for the pants can arguably be said to be more hygienic and comforting.

What other ways can we use the panty liner?

Ideally a panty liner is the same thing with a sanitary pad, but much thinner and lighter as it is not for menstruation. However, a panty liner can be used as a precursor for irregular periods (just in case), when period is almost over.

Panty liners can be used as a leak guard when using tampons for heavy menstruation, as leaks can be very embarrassing, really panty liners rock at keeping giving you extra protection.

Panty liners can be worn during gym and work out sessions as it is normal to sweat during work outs, these sweats can be harmful to the vagina and over time can cause bad odour, the panty liner can come in handy in such situations.

Panty liner can be used to lessen the effect of wearing jeans, leggings, and even G-string; it cushions the female delicate body parts and makes it more comfortable to wear all sorts.

It is important to know that a woman can negatively impact her vagina’s natural pH balance if she uses vaginal douches and fails to properly take care of her vagina. It’s absolutely not advisable to use scented feminine products as it is very harmful. So watch out for scented sanitary products, allow the vagina to smell like….well the vagina.