Re: Shower: When I was a kid, I lived overseas for a short period in a place with no hot water and no bathtub. A friend gave us a bucket (10 L?) with a spout on it. To take a shower, we'd hang it on the wall, fill it 2/3rds full of cold water, and then add a kettle of hot water, which would be enough to make it lukewarm. That was just enough to have a shower and wash your hair. Open the spout to rinse yourself, close it, lather up, and then open the spout again to wash off the soap/shampoo. BTW, the so-called spout was just a small piece of rubber tubing that we'd close with a clothespin. It worked remarkably well and I got used to it quickly, despite having been raised as a North American middle class kid.
When I was in Mongolia I asked where I can have a dhower and the man gave me a small can of water. 😅 Different cultures different habits and possibilities.
My grandparents lived in the countryside in Russia. When it was warm outside they would take showers in an outside shower where the water would be heat up by the sun. However they still had to add the water there which was an ordeal when they got older. They brought the water from a well down the street in big water cans. God, we should really appreciate the comfort of our modern life more.
@@zhevtonewe definitely should appreciate and be grateful for all the modern comforts we have!!! thats a really good point, I should be grateful for that more often
I respect and jibe with this. I basically have a 404 when I try to imagine how someone is able to stand under a running shower for more than a minute to get clean… and why people dont stop the water if they are lathering hair/applying bodywash:face wash/detangling hair
I’ve been using cloth pads for almost 15 years. I found sellers online who made soft luxurious pads, that are still my favorites and I don’t have to run to the store to buy them ever. I do soak and then washing machine and dryer clean them.
I’ve been super curious about cloth pads lately, would you be ok with sharing how you soak them before washing? In the past I used menstrual cups and it worked well, but sometimes it’s a bit inconvenient to do the whole “remove, empty, wash, dry, reinsert” process. 😂
@@hannahbarrett12211. you have to rinse them with cold water (if possible) right after the use till the water does not come red anymore ( this is very important because you can not remove fresh blood stains with warm water). 2. After the rinse: prewash per hand using soap. afterwards you can wash them in your wasching maschine using a program with more then 40°C and dry them. I would recommend to choose a dark colour for the pads. you will feel more clean if you don't see the mess. Also I find period panties more comfortable compared to regular cloth pants. they are available for different strong blood flows. If you are not at home and have change at some other place you can use a "wetbag" to store your used item (clothpad or periodpanty) till you get home.
@@hannahbarrett1221 I also use cloth pads, and I will occasionally do the soak method, but I usually rinse out the blood right away as I change my pads (and let dry and then wash later) instead. The soak method is a lot easier though , I learned from a channel called Precious Stars (highly recommend), basically you fold your pads in half with bloody side inside and clip it together, and then store in a bucket (or wet bag if not at home) with air flow until my period is over and then soak pad in a bucket of water with a little bit of oxyclean. I then let it sit over night with either nothing or only a cloth covering the top. Drain the water into the toilet and then throw the pads in the washing machine and run. Drying will depend on the instructions that come with the pad, some are air dry only, and some do better in the dryer in my experience. Again, 90% of my knowledge comes from the YT channel Precious Stars, the rest is me playing around and figuring out what works for me. I hope this helped!
Reusable menstrual products make more sense when hot water comes from a tap and there's a machine to do a lot of the work. I pre-wash by hand to address any difficult spots but the real wash is in the washing machine and total it is probably 1/100th of the work it would be without those things. If I was going to be abandoned in the wilderness for a long time I would prefer a menstrual cup, very low maintenance--but certainly too modern as well.
100%! It's super easy with a washing machine. I just rinse my pads in cold water when I change them then wash them in batches. I love them compared to disposables (I only switched a few years ago, and I can't use products you insert at the moment due to vaginismus). Tbh as long as there is water to wash them they can sometimes make more sense even if you have to handwash though. If you're in a place that's more remote where it's harder to get disposables regularly, and there is nowhere to properly, hygienically dispose of them for example. I've seen charities that supply cloth pads for use in these areas where teens are missing school during their period due to lack of supplies, because they can keep the pads and reuse them for years. They just have to focus on ensuring water is easier and safer to access too so they can be washed.
Exactly what I was thinking! It's pretty easy and, even then, I get tired of the work and messy feeling so I use disposables (natural) part-time. Menstrual cups are also great but they require sanitation, moreso than the pads that you wash.
@jayaom4946 what do you mean by "natural" disposables? Are there disposables that don't have any synthetics or plastics in them? If so, I'd love that, so please do share!! I can't always bring myself to properly care for my reusable pads, so I do use disposables a lot. But I prefer the reusables because they are softer and probably way better for me long-term (and obvi more sustainable.)
Genuinely curious- how do you use a menstrual cup hygienically in the wilderness? I would feel so uncomfortable using one if I couldn't thoroughly wash my hands and the cup extremely well every single time. I am very susceptible to infection, so even with all the modern conveniences available to me, using a cup just isn't feasible. I got BV when I tried one. 😞
@@Aelffwynn Probably not. I just buy some "organic" ones that are on the shelf at the store. I don't think about it too much 😳, I do try to use reusable menstrual stuff whenever possible. It would be really hard to deal with periods in past times, right?!
What a great channel. I'm glad it ended up in my feed. I've read a couple of books of individuals who left the Amish. I find it fascinating but also heartbreaking.
I was not raised Amish, but we did the same. Square Galvanized tub, once a week, water heated on a wood stove in the winter. Summers was a bucket with holes in the bottom, filled by a hose and showered in cold water. We also had an outhouse that was our only toilet. The hundred-yard dash through the snow in the winter was how I also did it. We did have running well water and toilet paper.
As someone who switched to cloth pads they are no more bothersome than any other laundry. I do use a washing machine & just toss them in with a regular load (no soaking necessary);but I have also hand washed them and while it is a mild inconvenience for someone used to a machine it is barely adding to inconvenience if also hand washing other items (I semi regularly hand wash in my sink when a load isn’t being enough for the washer)
I'm so glad you can provide us with this information. Also, given that contraception and abstinence wasn't recommended by the Church, women probably went through not many years of menstruation.
@@Rose-jz6sx I think the previous comment was referring to the fact that having 19 kids, reduces the number of months when menstruation occurs during those years, just because of the months spent being pregnant.
Breastfeeding can stop periods returning after having a baby (or babies) - not guaranteed to happen for every woman though. Also, breastfeeding isn't guaranteed to protect you from conceiving again. Having 19 children and (likely) breastfeeding them would mean many years where they wouldn't have had any periods whatsoever. I had a friend who conceived her third child without having a period after delivering her second child. She thought that breastfeeding would stop her conceiving. Unfortunately she was wrong - the third baby was most welcomed, if unplanned (at that point in time) and far closer in age to the second baby than they'd have preferred.
I use reusable menstruation panties. They just go in the laundry machine. With a program that has an extra wash or rinse. Works perfect. No hassle and no garbage.
This doesnt seem so odd to me... My grandparents had kids very late in life (she was 45, he was 60 when my mom was born), so they were both from the late 1800s. These ways just seem a little bit in the past to me, as they were also very poor & my mom had neither a refrigerator or an electric washing machine in her home until her teen years. She had her first in-home TV in the late 1960s as a young mother. She made me learn all these things just in case i would need homemaking skills to survive, but thankfully realized that women in my generation would have to be prepared for a whole career, not just a little job for a few years, so I had to do academics & extra curriculars too . Very glad for all the knowledge but i was way too busy as a teen.
You were doing great for the environment too without realizing it at the time probably. Less water used, recycling etc Thank you for sharing - it’s really interesting.
Thank you for thst video. I am glad rhat you are not having to live by Amish rules anymore. You are a smart, beautiful lady. Now you can shine. ❤️. God loves you if you are Amish or not. 😃
My grandmother lived in a half-abandoned village in the north of Russia. They had mostly the same idea of hygiene, but they used bathhouses (it was a public one that worked in weekends - one day for men and one day for women; swithed every week, as they only heated it in Saturday and wanted it to be equal - and some people had their personal ones or used ones in their friends' households). Also I guess just bathing in a river when it was hot was OK (I'm not sure if it was ever hot there before XX century). They probably had pads though (I never needed them, as I haven't started my period at the time, but they had supply, so I believe they had stuff like that).
I always use cloth pads because the plastic ones give me sores. I just chuck them in the normal washing with the rest of my delicates and they come out fine. Some of them are a bit stained, but I don’t care because no one sees them but me, and they’re clean. I like the Glad Rags brand.
In rural Greece we used cloth pads we made ourselves and, like you, washed, dried and reused. Saved the landfill that way. And because there was no running water for showers, we would heat up the rain water caught in the barrel outside which had been poured into the caldron placed over the fire in the ``bath shed,`` take a sauce pan, and wash using the saucepan to throw water over our lathered bodies. We would wash our hair separately inside over a basin. It was the norm and no big deal.
With indoor plumbing and washing machines cloth pads are easy, affordable and way better for the environment. Menstrual underwear is better. A menstrual cup is THE BEST! IMO
I can't imagine going without at least a sponge bath everyday. The smell of body odor from private parts would be disgusting. When I was growing up that is what we did instead of showers daily. Now I feel awfully dirty without cleaning myself. I have a friend that doesn't shower often because her doctor told her not to due to her skin. She does have a odor if I get close to her.@@mygoodlife204
Question: Apparently, there are lots of kids in Amish families. How they are "distributed" in the houses? Were there many rooms in Amish houses? If girls shared bedrooms how the night dating went (lying with the man in the bed)? Were there the sisters too in the room?
@@chickadee3Wasn't a case with Amish dating. This lady spoke about it in a recent video. They were talking, hugging in bed (no sex) and even kissing. Amish youth in her order was allowed (strangely enough) to date only at night in their rooms.
@chickadee3 guys showed up in girls' rooms late at night/early morning. The guy's friends would bring him. Officially, no s3x was involved, and they would talk. Yes, the girl was in her night gown. Look for her video on dating
But to be fair, a lot of the newer cloth pads are very well designed and they use modern technology. So they aren't just regular old cloths. They have like something in them for it absorbency I believe. I'm not really sure what the purpose of it is. But I've been looking into the reusable them because it's so expensive to keep buying disposable feminine hygiene products and personally they tend to irritate my skin and give me issues.
I would like to know if girls/women with different sized bodies or body parts were treated differently or ostracized in any way simply for how they were born??
when I volunteered in Uganda years ago we taught locals how to make reusable pads with cloth and towels as the inside liner. I have some reusable pads as back ups and period panties as well, but you only know what you know. dispoables are nice in that respect, but reusing is much better for hygiene and the environment.
We also use reusable pads. I did buy them though. It's just much more environmentally friendly and healthy. (A menstruation cup would even better probably) I don't really mind soaking and washing them.
People have been taking sponge baths for a very long time. A basin or a bucket of water and a washcloth. Just as you can wash your face with these two simple tools you can wash everything else.
Did you ever get to use cleaning gloves for tasks like washing those? I am wondering now if Amish people have really rough hands from all of the extra cleaning and labor that comes from doing everything in that self-sustaining way. Also, what did you use to clean things? Like wiping down counters, windows, etc. I am guessing vinegar or baking soda could be common products? I can't picture a bottle of Lysol or Mr. Clean in an Amish kitchen.
I wish my mom spoke about it with me more when I was a teenager. Mind you, we were living in the capital of the country. Now that I have a daughter, I prepare myself to make it as Easy as possible for her. Now as a mature woman, I recognize it is a tough talk to do
Hello great channel! It’s always very interesting stuff that you talk about! ❤😊 I was wondering how u disposed of the dirty menstruation water after cleaning it. As there are those ‘clumps’ (😅) and it might be difficult to just throw out anywhere on the ground without it being red and ‘clumpy’ and obvious of what it is
I don’t know if you’ve covered this or are comfortable with covering this but if you are, How did your community deal with serious/violent crimes (assaults in the community, taking advantage of, violation, ab*se) did they take you seriously, and especially the women seriously? Was there misogyny?
I use a lot of natural products and reusable pads which there are some really awesome ones out there, a bit better than sewn together blankets. I agree about the unhealthy chemicals, the pads at the store caused me so much irritation every single cycle.
I use cloth pads or underwear with a pad built in because I'm allergic to the adhesive on maxi pads. I rinse them when I shower or in the sink until the water runs clear then add them to my regular laundry.
I switched to reusable pads last year. While not all disposable pads contain chlorine and other byproducts, those that do are much more easily absorbed into the body and can cause period symptoms such as cramps and mood swings to be more pronounced. I have a set of reusable pads that I rinse in the shower after use, and then run through a washing machine to ensure cleanliness. I also keep a few packs of the pricier organic disposable pads just in case. This is not at all to invalidate your experience. Hygiene is what is most important to you and your comfort, and so disposable pads are what is best for you. I just figured I should mention that many women choose reusable pads because disposable ones can worsen physical menstruation symptoms.
@@lizzieenswellness I tried organic brands but went back to my common product because they felt very hard uncomfortable painful when I sit at my working desk all day so I only used the remaining ones at night
@@codename495I've heard that too but I cannot confirm it out of personal experience. I've tried the menstrual cups too and not really a big difference but my symptoms aren't too bad traditionally (unlike my mom's were, quite severe)
My family homesteaded when I was a teen. For a time, we had to haul water from the neighbors about 1/4 mile (1500m) away. We washed every night and were allotted 1 gal (a little less than 4L). If we wanted more, we had to haul it ourselves. I had hair long enough to sit on, and I found that I could get myself and my hair thoroughly clean with one gallon of water. In summer you leave the water in a sunny place and it's plenty warm for the evening wash. In winter, well, you're going to keep a pot of water on the wood stove all day for the humidity. Pour some of your water into the pot and top off your jug with enough hot water to warm the gallon, and you are good to go. For the record, our initial bathing facility was a wooden pallet on the ground with sheets strung around it for privacy and a shelf made of limbs with the bark still on. When we got a well and put a 50 gallon drum on the roof to collect heat during the day and rigged a shower next to the house for our evening washing, we felt we were uptown! Note: we were in the middle of 40 acres of heavily wooded land, so privacy wasn't the issue it would be in the burbs or surrounded by open fields.
It's actually a trend and a thing now days, that was done from hundreds of years ago, coming back, to do the reuseable Cloth or the Period Panties! SO MUCH CHEAPER! and ECO friendly! Have a little pot with lid with vinegar sitting at the stool to just put used one in til washing time. Like we used to do for cloth diapers with our babies. Nightly bath at times for us was... if not to dirty was called "Bird Bath" A Bowl hot water and wash the nasty parts. Taught to start with the face first LOL! We definitely should appreciate instant Shower/bath Hot water comforts. BUT have had slow hot water with a well pump that heating the water so slow it was faster to heat and pour into a bow. But we also had a shower hang bags! Hahaha
Dishsoapsalt baking soda and Cold water rinse well squeeze all the water out and pour 1/4 cup of vinegar on it rinse and then put 1/4 cup peroxide on it and throw it in your regular colorfast wash
I lived with Swartzentruber Amish in the 1970’s as a young adult. (Too long a story for here, but was raised in NYC and in military family.) I found that old diapers made excellent pads. Once I’d mastered sewing, I cheated by sewing a few layers of old plastic wrapping inside to prevent leaks. I also made tampons from the same material, tightly rolled with string affixed. I could insert them by hand or partially inside out with a pencil, eraser side at top. Once in place, pull gently on the string to unroll. Washing them was a bit of a nuisance, but like anything else, you get used to it. It IS funny now that woke women are buying reusable pads! Fortunately, at 73, I’m done with all that!
You don't have to be "woke" to care for the environment. I care much for the environment and use reusable pads, mostly walk instead of drive, limit our meat consumption, among other things. But I don't consider myself woke. Being environmentally conscious doesn't always coincide with certain political views.
Now there's mentrual cups and period underwear made from high-tech absorbable material. Maybe not perfect, but probably still much more eco-friendly than disposable pads and tampons. I swear by them-- the underpants are machine-washable (though it's best to hang them to dry). And the cups hold so much that you can practically forget that you're on your period! You only have to empty and rinse/wash them morning and night-- that's it!
I used menstrual cup the last few years I was menstruating. I loved it once I figured out how to get it in. I felt so clean all day and would forget I was on my period. Mine was called Luna.
@@lauranilsen8988 I was considering trying a menstrual cup because my periods were always horribly heavy. But I ended up with endometrial polyps, which I had never heard of before, and bled profusely for 3 months straight and had to miss a ton of work. Because I was already in my 40s, I ended up opting for an endometrial ablation. The other choices were surgery for the polyps or hysterectomy. The ablation was WAY less invasive. It got rid of the polyps and stopped my periods forever! I sure wish I would have done it ten years before then.
There aren't any Amish here but still my music teacher who retired in 2003 says they always walked barefoot in summer when he was a child and then when it became cold outside the shoes they had were like plastic-cky so the callous came off in one piece like he said and it was uncomfortable 😬😬
@@anniebe4992well where I live it's 100+ everyday in summer. It's hot most of the year actually. I am from Southern California. I would t recommend going barefoot here.
This is what we used when my 2nd daughter was in diapers, for our first we just washed them ourselves. Better for the environment & costs so much less than buying disposables :)
What about reusable period underwear? Would that be acceptable in the Amish community/how do you think they’d feel about it? Because as far as I’m aware, the underwear doesn’t have any chemicals on it
I've used reusable menstrual products for over 16 years, cloth pads then menstrual cups, then back to cloth pads and now period underwear. I just wish they were offered to me as a teenager because I regret all the plastic I put into landfill. Nonetheless my daughters have only reusable products and I've received no complaints from them.
Honestly I would recommend trying out a cup or something like that. It’s annoying to figure out but I don’t bleed as much or as long plus I don’t think I cramp as bad. They have period panties and reusable pads. They pay for themselves quickly and it makes you feel better knowing nothing harmful is inside or outside of your body. I heard but idk if it is true but I heard they put asbestos inside tampons to make you bleed more so you use more of their products. I saw on Temu they have an applicator to put it in place.
I switched to cloth pads a couple years ago to save $, interestingly, started getting way less cramps. Although, it now looks like I’m in menopause, thankfully!!!
Liked your video. I know I am a guy but I have 5 daughters. I try to learn things (different things) in case things get bad and can't get to the store. I really don't want to stock pile this type of product.
I have made a few pairs of my own period underwear just using old t-shirts and layers of scrap fabric. They don't even have a plastic or waterproof layer, but they hardly ever leak. I just rinse them with water then put them in the washing machine. They are so much more comfortable than disposable pads!
My mom used old blankets but I was allowed to use store bought pads. We didn't have a bathtub until I was 10 years old. We got washed at the kitchen sink. I wasn't Amish.
How wast he 1st shower and taking a bath or going to swim in the ocean (if you ever did) or a pool for you, after you ran away from the Amish-lifestyle?
My dad was 1 of 10 (but not Plain ppl, just poor). No indoor plumbing. They bathed every night. They were down South so didn’t need very warm water most the year so maybe that’s why 🤷🏼♀️ Now my gma, however, would not allow the girls to bathe while on their period tho. 😂
So i know theres no bathing everyday, but what about "washing up"? My dad grew up in South Carolina in the 40s and 50s and they did not bathe daily either. But they would at least wash up every morning and night with a wash coth, water and a little soap. Basically wash your armpits, butt and private area. Is that not thing in the Amish community?
Hey Lizzie! 🤗💖🙏Been loving watching your videos and learning about your (former) order of Amish. Im from PA originally, so know a little bit about the Amish, but never heard of your order. Had a question after watching this vid...i saw your other video on what you were taught about sex/intimacy, where you said you were taught basically nothing before getting married, so i was wondering - what were you taught periods were / were for? Like how did they explain it without talking about reproduction? Just curious!
I also suspect women dodn't have periods too often since they have no birth control and give birth so often. 19 kids is pretty much 20 years of no period.
true however between 11 and 16/18 they don't have children yet, a monthly period until marriage but keep in mind, after each birth women have the lochia for around 10 days which requires menstrual pads too, even really thick pads at the beginning
My mother said as a young gir,l the first few years at least, the girls used their own home made cloth pads too. She was happy when she was able to change to disposable pads. Texas. Not Amish.
I switched to re-useables about 8 years ago, never looked back. Any of you could make an abundance of cloth pads and sell them. Or period underwear; that's my favoritest. Do you make your own underwear too?
I cannot believe there was 19 children!!! Crazy. Are you and your sister the only set of twins and what is the age span between the oldest and the youngest? Did you get along with all of them or even know all of them?
@@lizzieenswellnessoh yes, that’s such an interesting question! Did you in fact know all of your siblings well? Do you still remember all of them? I’m so curious
only a bath once a week? did you get smelly? i feel like you'd be working a lot as someone who is amish. wouldn't you start to get sweaty pretty often?
All of that sounds pretty normal in the absence of modern municipal conveniences. My great-grandparents didn't always have indoor plumbing and electricity so at least part of their lives neither did my grandparents. Even some of my neighbors, who have always lived in the area, remember life before modern utilities became ubiquitous.
Since Amish women are allowed to buy underwear at stores, can they just by the underwear that are for periods with pads already in them, or would be cheating and you'd get shunned or punished?
I use reusable pads/period undies that you just wash. Honestly, changed my life. They're fantastic. However... they're actually really well designed. They're comfortable and streamlined. Layering scraps of an old cotton blanket sounds miserable af
Feminine hygiene doesn’t mean were you bathing everyday, there’s evidence that’s actually not even healthy. They wanted to know what products you used.
Maxi Pads to wash and re-use. That's not really very hard compared to many diapers a Family with 19 Children would need. I believe when I was a baby my Mother used Cotton re-usable Diapers. There actually still was Diaper Delivery services up into the 1960's maybe the 1970's too. It would not take me 5 minutes to research on google .. Disposable diapers are rather expensive. You need to bath more often when it's hot . I always took my baths in the Lake in the Summer growing up. Here in Michigan ponds are very common. The water table is very high .. most of Ohio has a lime stone bedrock so digging a pond is not always so easy .
That sounds really stressful and humiliating to have to wash and reuse the old rags for your menstrual cycle, but like what were you supposed to do? My younger sister said she uses one of those cups. That seems like it would be convenient and less toxic than tampons or pads. I agree those are super full of chemicals and harmful to women (probably on purpose, let's be real).
Why would it be humiliating? Humans for thousands of years have been doing a similar process, and dealt with messes from babies the same way. If it's what you know, it's not a big deal at all. Cloth is actually a lot better than putting plastic up next to such a sensitive area.
My mom had to do this when she was younger, and she wasn't Amish. It's literally what most women in the US did until disposable pads became affordable.
@@lizzieenswellness how about marriage to other Amish communities? Eli Yoder wasn't allowed to. But then basically everyone is related to each other one day? 😬 which can cause hereditary illnesses to come to effect 😬 I mean e.g. the Icelandic have a certain app to know whether they're related because they're not so many people, especially not many coming to Iceland from elsewhere 🤔 (yes, apps and phones are not a thing among most Amish orders)
Re: Shower: When I was a kid, I lived overseas for a short period in a place with no hot water and no bathtub. A friend gave us a bucket (10 L?) with a spout on it. To take a shower, we'd hang it on the wall, fill it 2/3rds full of cold water, and then add a kettle of hot water, which would be enough to make it lukewarm. That was just enough to have a shower and wash your hair. Open the spout to rinse yourself, close it, lather up, and then open the spout again to wash off the soap/shampoo. BTW, the so-called spout was just a small piece of rubber tubing that we'd close with a clothespin. It worked remarkably well and I got used to it quickly, despite having been raised as a North American middle class kid.
When I was in Mongolia I asked where I can have a dhower and the man gave me a small can of water. 😅 Different cultures different habits and possibilities.
I don’t get used to no shower esp one with inadequate water
My grandparents lived in the countryside in Russia. When it was warm outside they would take showers in an outside shower where the water would be heat up by the sun. However they still had to add the water there which was an ordeal when they got older. They brought the water from a well down the street in big water cans. God, we should really appreciate the comfort of our modern life more.
@@zhevtonewe definitely should appreciate and be grateful for all the modern comforts we have!!! thats a really good point, I should be grateful for that more often
I respect and jibe with this. I basically have a 404 when I try to imagine how someone is able to stand under a running shower for more than a minute to get clean… and why people dont stop the water if they are lathering hair/applying bodywash:face wash/detangling hair
I’ve been using cloth pads for almost 15 years. I found sellers online who made soft luxurious pads, that are still my favorites and I don’t have to run to the store to buy them ever.
I do soak and then washing machine and dryer clean them.
I’ve been super curious about cloth pads lately, would you be ok with sharing how you soak them before washing? In the past I used menstrual cups and it worked well, but sometimes it’s a bit inconvenient to do the whole “remove, empty, wash, dry, reinsert” process. 😂
@@hannahbarrett12211. you have to rinse them with cold water (if possible) right after the use till the water does not come red anymore ( this is very important because you can not remove fresh blood stains with warm water). 2. After the rinse: prewash per hand using soap. afterwards you can wash them in your wasching maschine using a program with more then 40°C and dry them. I would recommend to choose a dark colour for the pads. you will feel more clean if you don't see the mess. Also I find period panties more comfortable compared to regular cloth pants. they are available for different strong blood flows. If you are not at home and have change at some other place you can use a "wetbag" to store your used item (clothpad or periodpanty) till you get home.
Curious aswell!
@@hannahbarrett1221 I also use cloth pads, and I will occasionally do the soak method, but I usually rinse out the blood right away as I change my pads (and let dry and then wash later) instead. The soak method is a lot easier though , I learned from a channel called Precious Stars (highly recommend), basically you fold your pads in half with bloody side inside and clip it together, and then store in a bucket (or wet bag if not at home) with air flow until my period is over and then soak pad in a bucket of water with a little bit of oxyclean. I then let it sit over night with either nothing or only a cloth covering the top. Drain the water into the toilet and then throw the pads in the washing machine and run. Drying will depend on the instructions that come with the pad, some are air dry only, and some do better in the dryer in my experience. Again, 90% of my knowledge comes from the YT channel Precious Stars, the rest is me playing around and figuring out what works for me. I hope this helped!
I just rinse mine after use and then wash with hot water and soap like regular laundry.
Reusable menstrual products make more sense when hot water comes from a tap and there's a machine to do a lot of the work. I pre-wash by hand to address any difficult spots but the real wash is in the washing machine and total it is probably 1/100th of the work it would be without those things.
If I was going to be abandoned in the wilderness for a long time I would prefer a menstrual cup, very low maintenance--but certainly too modern as well.
100%! It's super easy with a washing machine. I just rinse my pads in cold water when I change them then wash them in batches. I love them compared to disposables (I only switched a few years ago, and I can't use products you insert at the moment due to vaginismus).
Tbh as long as there is water to wash them they can sometimes make more sense even if you have to handwash though. If you're in a place that's more remote where it's harder to get disposables regularly, and there is nowhere to properly, hygienically dispose of them for example. I've seen charities that supply cloth pads for use in these areas where teens are missing school during their period due to lack of supplies, because they can keep the pads and reuse them for years. They just have to focus on ensuring water is easier and safer to access too so they can be washed.
Exactly what I was thinking! It's pretty easy and, even then, I get tired of the work and messy feeling so I use disposables (natural) part-time. Menstrual cups are also great but they require sanitation, moreso than the pads that you wash.
@jayaom4946 what do you mean by "natural" disposables? Are there disposables that don't have any synthetics or plastics in them? If so, I'd love that, so please do share!! I can't always bring myself to properly care for my reusable pads, so I do use disposables a lot. But I prefer the reusables because they are softer and probably way better for me long-term (and obvi more sustainable.)
Genuinely curious- how do you use a menstrual cup hygienically in the wilderness? I would feel so uncomfortable using one if I couldn't thoroughly wash my hands and the cup extremely well every single time. I am very susceptible to infection, so even with all the modern conveniences available to me, using a cup just isn't feasible. I got BV when I tried one. 😞
@@Aelffwynn Probably not. I just buy some "organic" ones that are on the shelf at the store. I don't think about it too much 😳, I do try to use reusable menstrual stuff whenever possible. It would be really hard to deal with periods in past times, right?!
What a great channel. I'm glad it ended up in my feed. I've read a couple of books of individuals who left the Amish. I find it fascinating but also heartbreaking.
Thank you for sharing! I think most of us out here have been very curious about this! 😊❤
You are welcome :)
I was not raised Amish, but we did the same. Square Galvanized tub, once a week, water heated on a wood stove in the winter. Summers was a bucket with holes in the bottom, filled by a hose and showered in cold water. We also had an outhouse that was our only toilet. The hundred-yard dash through the snow in the winter was how I also did it. We did have running well water and toilet paper.
As someone who switched to cloth pads they are no more bothersome than any other laundry. I do use a washing machine & just toss them in with a regular load (no soaking necessary);but I have also hand washed them and while it is a mild inconvenience for someone used to a machine it is barely adding to inconvenience if also hand washing other items (I semi regularly hand wash in my sink when a load isn’t being enough for the washer)
I'm so glad you can provide us with this information. Also, given that contraception and abstinence wasn't recommended by the Church, women probably went through not many years of menstruation.
You go through the same amount of years of menstruation whether or not you use contraception.
@@Rose-jz6sx I think the previous comment was referring to the fact that having 19 kids, reduces the number of months when menstruation occurs during those years, just because of the months spent being pregnant.
@murakisredmoon omg of course haha I was tired last night and totally misunderstood!
Breastfeeding can stop periods returning after having a baby (or babies) - not guaranteed to happen for every woman though.
Also, breastfeeding isn't guaranteed to protect you from conceiving again.
Having 19 children and (likely) breastfeeding them would mean many years where they wouldn't have had any periods whatsoever.
I had a friend who conceived her third child without having a period after delivering her second child. She thought that breastfeeding would stop her conceiving. Unfortunately she was wrong - the third baby was most welcomed, if unplanned (at that point in time) and far closer in age to the second baby than they'd have preferred.
think about it, 19 kids that is 171 months without a period.@@Rose-jz6sx
I use reusable menstruation panties. They just go in the laundry machine. With a program that has an extra wash or rinse. Works perfect. No hassle and no garbage.
Thanks for your courage for speaking on this subject.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing. I use cloth pads too.
Really like the channel. One question, which of the normal modern conveniences could you not do without being now non amish?
This doesnt seem so odd to me... My grandparents had kids very late in life (she was 45, he was 60 when my mom was born), so they were both from the late 1800s. These ways just seem a little bit in the past to me, as they were also very poor & my mom had neither a refrigerator or an electric washing machine in her home until her teen years. She had her first in-home TV in the late 1960s as a young mother. She made me learn all these things just in case i would need homemaking skills to survive, but thankfully realized that women in my generation would have to be prepared for a whole career, not just a little job for a few years, so I had to do academics & extra curriculars too . Very glad for all the knowledge but i was way too busy as a teen.
You were doing great for the environment too without realizing it at the time probably. Less water used, recycling etc Thank you for sharing - it’s really interesting.
Thank you for thst video. I am glad rhat you are not having to live by Amish rules anymore. You are a smart, beautiful lady. Now you can shine. ❤️. God loves you if you are Amish or not. 😃
My grandmother lived in a half-abandoned village in the north of Russia. They had mostly the same idea of hygiene, but they used bathhouses (it was a public one that worked in weekends - one day for men and one day for women; swithed every week, as they only heated it in Saturday and wanted it to be equal - and some people had their personal ones or used ones in their friends' households). Also I guess just bathing in a river when it was hot was OK (I'm not sure if it was ever hot there before XX century). They probably had pads though (I never needed them, as I haven't started my period at the time, but they had supply, so I believe they had stuff like that).
I always use cloth pads because the plastic ones give me sores. I just chuck them in the normal washing with the rest of my delicates and they come out fine. Some of them are a bit stained, but I don’t care because no one sees them but me, and they’re clean. I like the Glad Rags brand.
I tried my first cloth pad a few years ago for light flow days and I was like my God. It’s like my snooch is sitting on a couch
This made me laugh!😂
@@Karenpayne47thought I was drunk reading this
I gotta remember to use that word SNOOCH ...... 😮
Is that a cross of “snatch” and “cooch”?.
Cloth period pads are my passion! 😊 i love making them, using them, and washing and drying them.
You’re nuts
In rural Greece we used cloth pads we made ourselves and, like you, washed, dried and reused. Saved the landfill that way. And because there was no running water for showers, we would heat up the rain water caught in the barrel outside which had been poured into the caldron placed over the fire in the ``bath shed,`` take a sauce pan, and wash using the saucepan to throw water over our lathered bodies. We would wash our hair separately inside over a basin. It was the norm and no big deal.
With indoor plumbing and washing machines cloth pads are easy, affordable and way better for the environment. Menstrual underwear is better. A menstrual cup is THE BEST! IMO
Did you wash your 'parts' off more often during this time? Just thinking you'd be pretty messy by the end of a week.
was waiting for her to mention this but she only mentioned washing feet at night.
I can't imagine going without at least a sponge bath everyday. The smell of body odor from private parts would be disgusting. When I was growing up that is what we did instead of showers daily. Now I feel awfully dirty without cleaning myself. I have a friend that doesn't shower often because her doctor told her not to due to her skin. She does have a odor if I get close to her.@@mygoodlife204
Interesting. Reusable cloth pads are healthier and lately they have been making a comeback for multiple reasons.
I know. Its kinda cool:)
Very interesting, enlightening and educational. Thank you,Lizzie.
Question: Apparently, there are lots of kids in Amish families. How they are "distributed" in the houses? Were there many rooms in Amish houses? If girls shared bedrooms how the night dating went (lying with the man in the bed)? Were there the sisters too in the room?
No sex until marriage. No guys spending the night.
@@chickadee3The comment is not about sex. It referred to an other video about dating when boys are spending to in the girls' rooms.
@@chickadee3Wasn't a case with Amish dating. This lady spoke about it in a recent video. They were talking, hugging in bed (no sex) and even kissing. Amish youth in her order was allowed (strangely enough) to date only at night in their rooms.
@@chickadee3 OP is referring to the dating practice of “bundling” not sex
@chickadee3 guys showed up in girls' rooms late at night/early morning. The guy's friends would bring him. Officially, no s3x was involved, and they would talk. Yes, the girl was in her night gown.
Look for her video on dating
But to be fair, a lot of the newer cloth pads are very well designed and they use modern technology. So they aren't just regular old cloths. They have like something in them for it absorbency I believe. I'm not really sure what the purpose of it is. But I've been looking into the reusable them because it's so expensive to keep buying disposable feminine hygiene products and personally they tend to irritate my skin and give me issues.
reusable things are better
I would like to know if girls/women with different sized bodies or body parts were treated differently or ostracized in any way simply for how they were born??
Hi. I didn't grow up Amish but I suspect as people wear very similar clothing and loose clothing that there is wayyy less emphasis on a person's body.
when I volunteered in Uganda years ago we taught locals how to make reusable pads with cloth and towels as the inside liner. I have some reusable pads as back ups and period panties as well, but you only know what you know. dispoables are nice in that respect, but reusing is much better for hygiene and the environment.
We also use reusable pads. I did buy them though.
It's just much more environmentally friendly and healthy. (A menstruation cup would even better probably) I don't really mind soaking and washing them.
I use cloth pads that I can put in the washer and dryer, so best of both worlds. They really do help improve your period.
People have been taking sponge baths for a very long time. A basin or a bucket of water and a washcloth.
Just as you can wash your face with these two simple tools you can wash everything else.
Did you ever get to use cleaning gloves for tasks like washing those? I am wondering now if Amish people have really rough hands from all of the extra cleaning and labor that comes from doing everything in that self-sustaining way. Also, what did you use to clean things? Like wiping down counters, windows, etc. I am guessing vinegar or baking soda could be common products? I can't picture a bottle of Lysol or Mr. Clean in an Amish kitchen.
Lysol surely not 😳 it's not even recommended for daily use in households, soap/dish soap and water is fine
So interesting! I never knew how to ask this question, lol 😅 thank you for sharing, I love learning from your content! ❤
I use cloth pads and I love them. Disposable ones irritate my skin
I know it’s not really related but I often was wondering this regarding “Little House on the Prairie” era, & also how the bathroom situation worked.
I wish my mom spoke about it with me more when I was a teenager. Mind you, we were living in the capital of the country. Now that I have a daughter, I prepare myself to make it as Easy as possible for her. Now as a mature woman, I recognize it is a tough talk to do
Hello great channel! It’s always very interesting stuff that you talk about! ❤😊
I was wondering how u disposed of the dirty menstruation water after cleaning it. As there are those ‘clumps’ (😅) and it might be difficult to just throw out anywhere on the ground without it being red and ‘clumpy’ and obvious of what it is
Taking a bath once a week was common in Europe not that long ago. 70s maybe. They had bidets though.
I don’t know if you’ve covered this or are comfortable with covering this but if you are,
How did your community deal with serious/violent crimes (assaults in the community, taking advantage of, violation, ab*se) did they take you seriously, and especially the women seriously? Was there misogyny?
Was there misogyny? Yes. Rape victims were blamed for causing it, men who rape their daughters blame their wives and the community concurs.
Obviously 😮
So crime against women is OK with them? How cruel and wrong. That's probably going to change, soon. A new age without evil is coming.
@@mariantreber8055 Eli Yoder, another ex Amish on RUclips, has a campaign website to help Amish victims with that
A Bath once a Week Would be Getting a Bit Smelly Down there If u Had Sex every Second Night by the end of the Week
What a nightmare. There must have been so many leaks
I use reusable now comma, but I have a modern washing machine. I can only imagine doing it by hand.
I think that is the major difference.
I use a lot of natural products and reusable pads which there are some really awesome ones out there, a bit better than sewn together blankets. I agree about the unhealthy chemicals, the pads at the store caused me so much irritation every single cycle.
I prefer non toxic brands and am really picky with what I use :)
I use cloth pads or underwear with a pad built in because I'm allergic to the adhesive on maxi pads. I rinse them when I shower or in the sink until the water runs clear then add them to my regular laundry.
I switched to reusable pads last year. While not all disposable pads contain chlorine and other byproducts, those that do are much more easily absorbed into the body and can cause period symptoms such as cramps and mood swings to be more pronounced. I have a set of reusable pads that I rinse in the shower after use, and then run through a washing machine to ensure cleanliness. I also keep a few packs of the pricier organic disposable pads just in case.
This is not at all to invalidate your experience. Hygiene is what is most important to you and your comfort, and so disposable pads are what is best for you. I just figured I should mention that many women choose reusable pads because disposable ones can worsen physical menstruation symptoms.
Yes definitey aware of that. I use a non toxic brand myself :)
Can you cite valid sources regarding the “ chlorine making symptoms worse”?
@@lizzieenswellness I tried organic brands but went back to my common product because they felt very hard uncomfortable painful when I sit at my working desk all day so I only used the remaining ones at night
@@codename495I've heard that too but I cannot confirm it out of personal experience. I've tried the menstrual cups too and not really a big difference but my symptoms aren't too bad traditionally (unlike my mom's were, quite severe)
My family homesteaded when I was a teen. For a time, we had to haul water from the neighbors about 1/4 mile (1500m) away. We washed every night and were allotted 1 gal (a little less than 4L). If we wanted more, we had to haul it ourselves.
I had hair long enough to sit on, and I found that I could get myself and my hair thoroughly clean with one gallon of water.
In summer you leave the water in a sunny place and it's plenty warm for the evening wash. In winter, well, you're going to keep a pot of water on the wood stove all day for the humidity. Pour some of your water into the pot and top off your jug with enough hot water to warm the gallon, and you are good to go.
For the record, our initial bathing facility was a wooden pallet on the ground with sheets strung around it for privacy and a shelf made of limbs with the bark still on. When we got a well and put a 50 gallon drum on the roof to collect heat during the day and rigged a shower next to the house for our evening washing, we felt we were uptown!
Note: we were in the middle of 40 acres of heavily wooded land, so privacy wasn't the issue it would be in the burbs or surrounded by open fields.
What time of life are you living
@@LanetteHarding ?
Did they renew the bathing water for each person or did you have to share it?
It's actually a trend and a thing now days, that was done from hundreds of years ago, coming back, to do the reuseable Cloth or the Period Panties! SO MUCH CHEAPER! and ECO friendly! Have a little pot with lid with vinegar sitting at the stool to just put used one in til washing time. Like we used to do for cloth diapers with our babies. Nightly bath at times for us was... if not to dirty was called "Bird Bath" A Bowl hot water and wash the nasty parts. Taught to start with the face first LOL! We definitely should appreciate instant Shower/bath Hot water comforts. BUT have had slow hot water with a well pump that heating the water so slow it was faster to heat and pour into a bow. But we also had a shower hang bags! Hahaha
Dishsoapsalt baking soda and Cold water rinse well squeeze all the water out and pour 1/4 cup of vinegar on it rinse and then put 1/4 cup peroxide on it and throw it in your regular colorfast wash
I lived with Swartzentruber Amish in the 1970’s as a young adult. (Too long a story for here, but was raised in NYC and in military family.) I found that old diapers made excellent pads. Once I’d mastered sewing, I cheated by sewing a few layers of old plastic wrapping inside to prevent leaks. I also made tampons from the same material, tightly rolled with string affixed. I could insert them by hand or partially inside out with a pencil, eraser side at top. Once in place, pull gently on the string to unroll. Washing them was a bit of a nuisance, but like anything else, you get used to it. It IS funny now that woke women are buying reusable pads! Fortunately, at 73, I’m done with all that!
You don't have to be "woke" to care for the environment. I care much for the environment and use reusable pads, mostly walk instead of drive, limit our meat consumption, among other things. But I don't consider myself woke.
Being environmentally conscious doesn't always coincide with certain political views.
Now there's mentrual cups and period underwear made from high-tech absorbable material. Maybe not perfect, but probably still much more eco-friendly than disposable pads and tampons. I swear by them-- the underpants are machine-washable (though it's best to hang them to dry). And the cups hold so much that you can practically forget that you're on your period! You only have to empty and rinse/wash them morning and night-- that's it!
I used menstrual cup the last few years I was menstruating. I loved it once I figured out how to get it in. I felt so clean all day and would forget I was on my period. Mine was called Luna.
@@lauranilsen8988 I was considering trying a menstrual cup because my periods were always horribly heavy. But I ended up with endometrial polyps, which I had never heard of before, and bled profusely for 3 months straight and had to miss a ton of work. Because I was already in my 40s, I ended up opting for an endometrial ablation. The other choices were surgery for the polyps or hysterectomy. The ablation was WAY less invasive. It got rid of the polyps and stopped my periods forever! I sure wish I would have done it ten years before then.
I love your outfit. You look amazing!
And omg not wearing shoes in summer 😬
Hahha thank you
There aren't any Amish here but still my music teacher who retired in 2003 says they always walked barefoot in summer when he was a child and then when it became cold outside the shoes they had were like plastic-cky so the callous came off in one piece like he said and it was uncomfortable 😬😬
@@anniebe4992well where I live it's 100+ everyday in summer. It's hot most of the year actually. I am from Southern California. I would t recommend going barefoot here.
Yes, they had cloth diapers in the 70’s. They had companies that would pick up
( rinsed) and deliver the new ones.
This is what we used when my 2nd daughter was in diapers, for our first we just washed them ourselves. Better for the environment & costs so much less than buying disposables :)
What about reusable period underwear? Would that be acceptable in the Amish community/how do you think they’d feel about it? Because as far as I’m aware, the underwear doesn’t have any chemicals on it
I've used reusable menstrual products for over 16 years, cloth pads then menstrual cups, then back to cloth pads and now period underwear. I just wish they were offered to me as a teenager because I regret all the plastic I put into landfill. Nonetheless my daughters have only reusable products and I've received no complaints from them.
Glad I never experienced this, can’t imagine washing cloth strips, get with it
Honestly I would recommend trying out a cup or something like that. It’s annoying to figure out but I don’t bleed as much or as long plus I don’t think I cramp as bad. They have period panties and reusable pads. They pay for themselves quickly and it makes you feel better knowing nothing harmful is inside or outside of your body. I heard but idk if it is true but I heard they put asbestos inside tampons to make you bleed more so you use more of their products. I saw on Temu they have an applicator to put it in place.
I have a menstrual cup and cloth pads. I like it - far less money in the long run as well as being far more sustainable.
I switched to cloth pads a couple years ago to save $, interestingly, started getting way less cramps. Although, it now looks like I’m in menopause, thankfully!!!
My mom grew up the same way.
Apparently there's many different types of cloth pads on the RUclips videos where you can learn how to make them. They're fun
Liked your video. I know I am a guy but I have 5 daughters. I try to learn things (different things) in case things get bad and can't get to the store. I really don't want to stock pile this type of product.
I have made a few pairs of my own period underwear just using old t-shirts and layers of scrap fabric. They don't even have a plastic or waterproof layer, but they hardly ever leak. I just rinse them with water then put them in the washing machine. They are so much more comfortable than disposable pads!
I would be interested to hear about the t shirt method??? That’s so smart
My mom used old blankets but I was allowed to use store bought pads. We didn't have a bathtub until I was 10 years old. We got washed at the kitchen sink. I wasn't Amish.
I switched to cloth pads in 2020 they are so much better in my opinion and so comfy and now you can soak then toss in the washer
I had the galvanized tub untill 11 years old. Imalr nut reusable cotton pads make perfect sense to me.
How wast he 1st shower and taking a bath or going to swim in the ocean (if you ever did) or a pool for you, after you ran away from the Amish-lifestyle?
My dad was 1 of 10 (but not Plain ppl, just poor). No indoor plumbing. They bathed every night. They were down South so didn’t need very warm water most the year so maybe that’s why 🤷🏼♀️
Now my gma, however, would not allow the girls to bathe while on their period tho. 😂
This is very interesting! thank you for sharing
So i know theres no bathing everyday, but what about "washing up"? My dad grew up in South Carolina in the 40s and 50s and they did not bathe daily either. But they would at least wash up every morning and night with a wash coth, water and a little soap. Basically wash your armpits, butt and private area. Is that not thing in the Amish community?
Cloth pads are a lot cooler and more comfortable than disposable.
Hey Lizzie! 🤗💖🙏Been loving watching your videos and learning about your (former) order of Amish. Im from PA originally, so know a little bit about the Amish, but never heard of your order.
Had a question after watching this vid...i saw your other video on what you were taught about sex/intimacy, where you said you were taught basically nothing before getting married, so i was wondering - what were you taught periods were / were for? Like how did they explain it without talking about reproduction? Just curious!
I was just told that this would happen every month. Nothing else
Nothing is taught till your menses start. Then your given "pads" and told you'd get it monthly and that was it....
I also suspect women dodn't have periods too often since they have no birth control and give birth so often. 19 kids is pretty much 20 years of no period.
true however between 11 and 16/18 they don't have children yet, a monthly period until marriage
but keep in mind, after each birth women have the lochia for around 10 days which requires menstrual pads too, even really thick pads at the beginning
My mother said as a young gir,l the first few years at least, the girls used their own home made cloth pads too. She was happy when she was able to change to disposable pads. Texas. Not Amish.
Im curious on how the education system was for you, could you make a video on it?
Wowwww, learn something every day.
Thanks 😊
I switched to re-useables about 8 years ago, never looked back. Any of you could make an abundance of cloth pads and sell them. Or period underwear; that's my favoritest. Do you make your own underwear too?
I believe that during the depression, it was common for women to make pads and reuse them. I don't think that would fly today.
My grandmother made pads for me when I was 9 until High School. My job was to clean them.
This was 60 years ago.
In USSR women also used self-made pads, clean them and use them again. 😞
Did you enjoy your first shower after you left the Amish? Nothing feels as good as a long, hot shower!
Absolutely 🎉
I cannot believe there was 19 children!!! Crazy. Are you and your sister the only set of twins and what is the age span between the oldest and the youngest? Did you get along with all of them or even know all of them?
There were 3 sets of twins in my family 😊 We got along most of the time lol
@@lizzieenswellnessoh yes, that’s such an interesting question! Did you in fact know all of your siblings well? Do you still remember all of them? I’m so curious
only a bath once a week? did you get smelly? i feel like you'd be working a lot as someone who is amish. wouldn't you start to get sweaty pretty often?
All of that sounds pretty normal in the absence of modern municipal conveniences. My great-grandparents didn't always have indoor plumbing and electricity so at least part of their lives neither did my grandparents. Even some of my neighbors, who have always lived in the area, remember life before modern utilities became ubiquitous.
(One of them even won a fabric diapering contest, several times running. 😂)
I use reusable pads not because of any chemicals that might be in the disposal pads but for the planet
Since Amish women are allowed to buy underwear at stores, can they just by the underwear that are for periods with pads already in them, or would be cheating and you'd get shunned or punished?
Cotton pads were probably comfortable. Easier with a washing machine though.
I don’t understand why such a prohibition on store-bought pads would be in place. Would you mind clarifying? Thanks either way!✝️❤️
IF YOU DID NOT BELIEVE IN THINGS OF CONVINCE, HOW DID YOU HAVE INSTANT COFFEE FOR COFFEE GRAVY?
I use reusable pads/period undies that you just wash. Honestly, changed my life. They're fantastic.
However... they're actually really well designed. They're comfortable and streamlined. Layering scraps of an old cotton blanket sounds miserable af
Feminine hygiene doesn’t mean were you bathing everyday, there’s evidence that’s actually not even healthy. They wanted to know what products you used.
Maxi Pads to wash and re-use. That's not really very hard compared to many diapers a Family with 19 Children would need.
I believe when I was a baby my Mother used Cotton re-usable Diapers. There actually still was Diaper Delivery services up into the 1960's maybe the 1970's too.
It would not take me 5 minutes to research on google .. Disposable diapers are rather expensive.
You need to bath more often when it's hot . I always took my baths in the Lake in the Summer growing up. Here in Michigan ponds are very common. The water table is very high .. most of
Ohio has a lime stone bedrock so digging a pond is not always so easy .
Seems like the easiest way is to stop the periods all together with an implant or birth control pill (minus the placebos).
So what about women with endometriosis?
Youre a gorgeous woman!!
That sounds really stressful and humiliating to have to wash and reuse the old rags for your menstrual cycle, but like what were you supposed to do? My younger sister said she uses one of those cups. That seems like it would be convenient and less toxic than tampons or pads. I agree those are super full of chemicals and harmful to women (probably on purpose, let's be real).
Why would it be humiliating? Humans for thousands of years have been doing a similar process, and dealt with messes from babies the same way. If it's what you know, it's not a big deal at all. Cloth is actually a lot better than putting plastic up next to such a sensitive area.
My mom had to do this when she was younger, and she wasn't Amish. It's literally what most women in the US did until disposable pads became affordable.
Here’s a touchy one.
How common are unwed pregnancies and incest?
not super common. At least not when I was there
@@lizzieenswellness how about marriage to other Amish communities? Eli Yoder wasn't allowed to. But then basically everyone is related to each other one day? 😬 which can cause hereditary illnesses to come to effect 😬
I mean e.g. the Icelandic have a certain app to know whether they're related because they're not so many people, especially not many coming to Iceland from elsewhere 🤔 (yes, apps and phones are not a thing among most Amish orders)
@@lizzieenswellness did some people get married quickly to cover up for unwed pregnancy? 😮
I can't relate since I'm a man,but it seems cloth pads are the way to go for many, many reasons.
I had to shower like that when I lived in Mexico 1:53
I have cloth pads that are good to wash in the washing machine.
She's Amish??
There are period panties now that can be put in the washer after use. We don't need to wash them by hand or anything.