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Why Switch to Cloth Pads?

You could spend around $11.50 on disposable pads a month (probably more), which adds up to around $140 a year. 

There are many reasons why Women choose to switch to using cloth pads.  Personally for me it was 99%  environmental and 1% because I wanted cool (purple) funky pads.  Cost benefits and feel were just a bonus.  it was because of the environment I made the switch.

Money saving. 
The average women goes through about $150 worth of menstrual products a year, every year for around 30-40 years - Thats around $6,000!  That works out at a lot of money flushed away or buried in landfill.  That number is also fairly conservative... many women (partcularly younger ones) have g-string pads, night pads, heavy pads, light pads and a huge assortment of sanitary products - often very expensive  brands.  Cloth menstrual pads can be reused for around 4-6 years, maybe longer if you take care of them.

Environmentally friendly.
Disposable sanitary products are filled and packaged with plastics and the paper is bleached with chemicals.  All this contributes to our already overflowing landfill and global pollution. Cloth pads are reusable and when you are finished with them, they are biodegradable (with the exception of any waterproof layer, which can be removed and forms a tiny part of the overall pad).  The rinse water is a great fertiliser for your garden, so grab a watering can and give back to Mother Earth!

Nicer for you. 
Being made of cotton and natural fibres, the skin can breathe and they are super soft!  No more boring white, you can go as funky and wild or as plain as you like with cloth pads.  Think of them as a   part of your clothing, not just something to pop into your undies to collect blood! 

Fun & Empowering. 
In today's society we are taught that menstruating is almost shameful.  Something to secretly hide away and "endure" once a month. They even market tampons and pads with "quieter" packaging,  so that women in the toilet stalls next to you won't even know you have your period!  I'm sure I am not the only one who finds this silly.  Women menstruate, why are we ashamed of it? Many Women who have chosen cloth pads  remark on how they actually enjoy their monthly bleeding time and often look forward to it.  By  bringing this time back to a more personal pampering time, we can shun those negative images of  menstruation and begin to enjoy it.

Reducing Duration and Severity of Menstruation. 
Interestingly, many Women find that after they switch to cloth their periods are lighter, last a shorter time and they have less problems with clotting, cramping and other such things.  To my knowledge there have been no studied into this, so it's just Women's accounts of how their flow changes, but it seems more than just a coincidence.

Health Reasons.
Disposable pads can contain latex (maxes the plastic soft), dioxins (a carcinogen left from the bleaching process), sodium polyacrylate crystals (Super-absorbent crystals, the same ones found in nappies that can cause extreme skin irritation)

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1487684
"Twenty-eight women experienced vulvar itching and burning, often associated with eruptions resembling contact dermatitis, of the vulvar and perineal surfaces after using Always sanitary napkins"

http://www.mediresource.com/sdm/sdm/english/disease_detail.asp?disease_id=235
"certain sanitary napkins can cause irritation at the entrance to the vagina"

http://www.wdxcyber.com/nvulva08.htm
"The chemicals in many pads can cause perineal skin irritation."