* The following article first appeared on the Nishmat website in 2011 and is listed in the citations for this Harvard Divinity School article, published by the Cambridge University Press. We thank the kind folk at Nishmat for sharing the original article with us. The article has been updated and revised by the author. Natural Options …
Cloth Pad photos courtesy of Glad Rags As I mentioned, my first fore into the alternative menstrual product world was with cloth pads, a.k.a. “rags,” “Moon Rags,” “Mama Cloth,” “lochia landing strips” (for the post-partum among us) and so on and so forth. Basically, they are all the same thing, menstrual “napkins” made from …
After my initial surgery for Endometriosis and upon refusing my doctor’s prescribed treatment of “Lupron Therapy,” I realized that proceeding within the Western Medical Model came with great risks. I needed another way to fight this disease. It was at this point in my research that I stumbled upon some information about monthly menstrual products. …
We just can’t run off to the red tent and bleed into the ground, neglecting our children, husbands/partners, jobs and other duties, can we? We need something to collect that menstrual flow! Well, if you’re like me, you were taught that the thoroughly “modern woman” will use disposable pads or tampons. With disposable pads, you …
