Just needing to vent...

[rainbow_slinky]

I thought I was ALL prepared for my period. Have a bunch of pads in all shapes and sizes, all had been washed and were ready to go. Hah. After bleeding out the front of 3 of them, I realized that they weren't absorbing and I need to wash them a bunch more times. So now I'm wearing an evil plastic pad while reading through back posts to figure out

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[devilindisgize]

HOT water makes them absorb. Oh man, they arent my pads you bled out of are they??

[rainbow_slinky]

LOL, no it wasn't yours!

[devilindisgize]

PHEW! I was so worried!

[rainbow_slinky]

Besides, it wasn't a leak through at all...I think the pads I was wearing were too short AND need to be washed a few times. So hot water eh?

[devilindisgize]

I cloth diaper, and they always say to either wash 4-5 times in hot water or Boil water in a pan and let it sit for about 10 minutes and all done :)

[rainbow_slinky]

Ok, thank you!!!! Mind you, I'm also bleeding up the front of plastic pads, so I'm not sure what's going on with me this month. Aaaaah!

[superjen]

maybe you just need to reposition them.

[rainbow_slinky]

I just don't understand why all of a sudden out of the blue, nothing fits like it used to. I could reposition, I'd be moving them all forward about 3 inches, and that just scares me that I'll end up leaking out the back!

So confused.

[superjen]

that's strange. surely they didn't shrink that much? longer pads, it is, i guess.

[rainbow_slinky]

No not at all..and it's even the Always pads too that I'm wearing while I'm washing my cloth a few times. It's just me being defective. :/

[original_cliche]

I started to bleed at the front when my period returned after my daughter was born. I'm so confused too - I've always been a "back bleeder" before - lol.

[rainbow_slinky]

Exactly! I haven't had any babies though so I have no clue what's caused this change, but it's disturbing.