Natracare Natural Traditional Style Night Time Maxi Pads, Individually Wrapped, Without Wings in Plant-Based Bag (1 Pack, 10 Pads Total)

Wow I've been missing out for years. I was an Always user, but I discovered recently that those pads (and others like Kotex) irritate the private parts. Irritation can sometimes happen, itchiness, and what seemingly was unrelated-- skin rashes/bumps on other parts of my body. I thought those things were related to the menstruation cycle, until one day I was having problems breathing and my chest was hurting. It almost felt like an on-coming attack of TSS (note: almost happened once with a tampon, so it was really alarming). That moment I discovered I was having various degrees of reactions to different brands of sanitary pads (as time went on wearing them). My research ultimately lead me to these organic cotton pads, so I decided to give these a chance. Many non-organic cotton and non-cotton pads have a lot of unknown ingredients and chemicals in them (undisclosed to the public, you can read more about it too).So first impressions: extremely soft, and the maxi pads I received were also pretty thick. I have medium to heavy bloodflow (really thick and clotting) so I was worried about how absorbent they were. Turns out they were pretty absorbent. In addition, there's no smell to them (at all), there's no irritation because the cotton is so soft and there's no additional texture cover/wrap like other brands. I also noticed that even to the end of the day, without changing it, the pad hasn't gotten any worse. (Gross I know, I should've changed it, but I still felt like I was sitting on a cloud 8 hrs into the day.) I honestly might make the switch to cloth pad in the future, but in the mean time, these pads are my go-to day pads now. One can last comfortably for the entire day and emits no odor. I recommend these if you want either more comfort, and/or a solution to pad-related to irritation.