Ahhh, that lovely time of your life called pregnancy. It's so wonderful and amazing. I mean once you get past the nausea, headaches, acne, frizzy hair, mood swings, exhaustion, swelling...and inevitably increase in vaginal discharge. Don't quote me but I do believe the discharge is due to an increase in estrogen and it's main mechanism is to keep bacteria away from your baby. Uncomfortable none the less, and approriately coined, 'the snail trail'. So as a little present to myself for reaching 20 weeks today (arbitrary half way point) I decided to make myself a reusable panty liner.
All teasing aside I'm very blessed to be expecting and can't wait. After having some difficulty concieving I definitely have a new place in my heart for all mom's who have empty wombs and empty arms.
I found a tutorial at http://diy-pads.livejournal.com/45190.html, or rather the link to the tutorial.
I really enjoyed this project and wished I had thought of it earlier as I probably would have done 365 days of pad making. How fun! It was actually REALLY easy. A great beginner project and quick so you can get that early satisfaction.
One of the tricks I likes the best was to not leave a gap in the seam for turning but rather just cutting a new hole in both pieces and then when sewing together making sure both were together, thus hidden.
This panty liner is 4 layers thick so wouldn't hold much, but does the trick for the snail trail and just some scant spotting, but I wouldn't trust it for much else, even a small amount of stress incontinence. After some research I did find out that you could easily sandwhich some extra layers and/or make it bigger for more absorbency. So I will definitely be adding more styles to my stash as time goes on.
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