i've always wondered, back then when pads and tampons werent invented how did girls/women handle their periods, like what did they do?
i dont know what i would do if i got my period and nothing to use it with.
i always thought they liked stayed in their bathtube until it was over.
2007-09-19 14:28:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
Oh wow, Fishy just brought back a bad memory. I am in my late fifties and yes there was a thing called a sanitary belt. It was a thin elastic band you put around your hips and it had a little clip in front and back to clip on to the Kotex. That was the only name we had back then for pads. They were huge. You young women today are fortunate they have modernized things for you.
2007-09-19 14:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by Texas Rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Women always used pads, but before companies made them out of special absorbent fibers they were just thick pads of cloth (even when I was young the pads were much thicker, because they weren't as absorbent as they are now). Nobody spent a week in the bathtub! Imagine what that would do to their skin (not to mention that the thought of sitting in your menstrual flow for days isn't very appealing).
2007-09-19 14:33:57 · answer #2 · answered by neniaf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Museum of menstruation has articles and photos of some early forms of menstrual protection, including among other things knitted pads and menstrual aprons. Women often used strips of folded old cloth (rags) to catch their menstrual blood, which is why the term "on the rag" was used to refer to menstruation.
2007-09-19 14:37:29 · answer #3 · answered by **Llola** 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the ancient civilizations used to have "menstrual huts" where women would go during that time of the month and they'd stay there throughout their entire cycle. If you google it there are a bunch of other things they did, too. It all depends on culture, etc.
2007-09-19 14:41:33 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ meme ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
staying in the bath tub will not stop the period as the water pressure will stop the blood from flowing... my friend taught me to use lots and lots of toilet tissue on top of the pad and that you can always change the tissue easily in the toilet without bringing out the pad in your handbag!
2007-09-19 14:33:37 · answer #5 · answered by Kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They still had rags and cotton balls. The women in Victorian days would place the cotton balls at their feet to make the flies goes there instead of by their privates.
2007-09-19 14:31:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used rags, when men passed the houses and saw them hanging to dry they would tease and say she is on the rag and that is where that saying came from.
2007-09-19 14:32:09 · answer #7 · answered by Jennifer S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Licoricekins - that is where the term 'rag' came from because they used these way back when.
2007-09-19 14:32:04 · answer #8 · answered by ~Josie~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere that a nurse from WWI saw the bandages manufactured for soldiers and thought... hmmm... now that is a great idea for Auntie Flo!
2007-09-19 14:51:46 · answer #9 · answered by Caren H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would use rags or towels. And at night the would put a towel underneath them or between the legs while they slept.
2007-09-19 14:39:23 · answer #10 · answered by XxSaRaHxX 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋