{"id":390,"date":"2011-06-16T07:42:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T07:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2011-06-16T07:42:12","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T07:42:12","slug":"ive-decided-to-make-the-switch-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/16\/ive-decided-to-make-the-switch-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve decided to make the switch, now\u00a0what?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So you’ve decided that you’re finally going to do it!<\/p>\n

You’re going to make that big switch, the switch from disposable pads, to cloth pads.<\/p>\n

Now what?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Where to begin? What to buy? There’s SO many options, so much to choose from, it can be SO confusing!<\/p>\n

How many pads does one truly\u00a0\u2018NEED\u2019<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0for their period?<\/p>\n

I’m going to try and keep this post as simple, and short, yet as informative as possible.<\/p>\n

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How many pads\u00a0YOU<\/strong> will need in total depends a lot upon how often you’ll be washing your stash. For example, if you are able to wash your stash daily then your stash needn’t be so large.<\/p>\n

If you usually wear one disposable pad per night, then you just need\u00a0one night time pad per day.<\/p>\n

If you are changing out your disposable pads 4-8 times per day, then you’d need 4-8 regular flow pads per day.<\/p>\n

If you have a lighter flow, you\u2019ll need even less pads.<\/p>\n

If your flow is heavier, you will need more pads, OR simply more of the heavy flow pads instead of more of the regular flow pads.<\/p>\n

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I’ve found in speaking with hundreds<\/strong><\/em> of women about their periods, even those with the heaviest flow usually have days where their flow does taper down. Personally, I use about 4-6 heavy flow pads per day for my cycle because I have 24-48 hours where my flow is very heavy. However, once it tapers down, I am fine with the regular flow pads and I really only need about 4-8 of those per day. As my flow tapers down even more, I switch over to a light pad\/panty liner. I really don’t like to wear more pad then I need to.<\/p>\n

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So to re-cap in real short form, here are a few examples of packages for each type of flow.<\/p>\n

Typical Regular- Heavy Flow Package:<\/strong><\/p>\n