What did women use as pads/tampons back in Colonial days?!
Question: What did women use as pads/tampons back in Colonial days.?
I've always wondered this. What did they use, if anything.?Health Question & Answer
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just cloths...my aunt actualy still uses that instead of pads i dont know y lolHealth Question & Answer
some used rags that they would wash and use again...some used grass...i've even read where some persons would wear nothing at all..they would just bleed into their clothes....and they said persons were used to seeing it so it was basically acceptableHealth Question & Answer
rags,then washed and repeated!Health Question & Answer
cloths in small pieces and they would wash them after ! Sounds primitive but that's what they did!Health Question & Answer
Rags (even dirty ones... eww!) or like cups.Health Question & Answer
wool i heard onceHealth Question & Answer