Lunapads: #Postpartum Pad #Review #NewbornCloth Event

Lunapads is a Canadian company based in Vancouver BC. It has been in operation since 1993 and sells reusable cloth menstrual pads, panty liners, and Luna Panties and Diva Cups.

Their website provides all the details you need for each product: descriptions, construction and performance, wash & care and how-to-use. Including videos!

Lunapads has a great social mission as well. Check out all that they are involved in:
(Taken from lunapads.com)

Social Mission

• Pad donations. For over a decade, Lunapads has been donating washable pads to women's groups to support their fundraising efforts. We also regularly donate washable pads to women in developing nations. Our Pads4Girls campaign, in partnership with individuals and numerous NGOs, supplies washable pad kits to girls in developing nations. Imagine1Day is just one of many examples of groups working to help girls who would otherwise be missing school because they lack of adequate menstrual supplies. 
• Mentoring women entrepreneurs in our community. We regularly invite women wanting to start their own businesses (particularly green ones!) to our office to interview us about our experience, ask questions and generally bounce ideas around. We provide leads, contact and advice.
• Business community support. We are members of the Green America Business Network and the Social Venture Network, as well as our local and online Better Business Bureaus and a local social-mission business support group. 
• Volunteerism in action. Madeleine is a volunteer Mentor with the Women’s Enterprise Society of British Columbia and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Suzanne is an advisory board member, former treasurer and honored lifetime member of the Georgia Strait Alliance, a BC marine conservation organization.

 (Photos are of pads that are washed but not used)

Heavy Pad, Heavy Liner Insert, Wing Liner

{Products Characteristics}

Heavy Pad

• Recommended for heavy flow, postpartum and incontinence.
• 14 inches long
• 2.5 inches wide when snapped
• Has wings
• 2 Nickel-free, Silver-plated brass snaps
• Base pad - 2 layers of 100% cotton FLANNEL topped with an absorbent panel made of 2 layers of cotton FLEECE and 1 layer of ultra-thin nylon to minimize soaking through. 
• Will last 5 years with proper care  
• Made in CANADA

Wing Liner

• 14 inches long
• Has wings
• 2 layers of 100% cotton FLEECE 
• No snaps
• Made in Canada

Heavy pad and wing liner costs $24.99 US.
Organic cotton option costs an additional $5.00 US.


Heavy Liner Insert

• 14 inches long
• 8 inches wide
• Meant to be trifolded
• 2 layers of 100% organic or regular cotton FLEECE
• Made in Canada

Heavy liner insert costs $12.99 US
Organic cotton option cost an additional $2.00 US. 

Combined layers with wing liner on top.

Back of heavy pad.

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{My Review}

I was very excited to try out Lunapads. I had heard many great things about them and love that they are a Canadian company that helps out so many women from around the world. All of their pads are made in Canada!

Lunapads did not disappoint. The heavy pad, wing liner and insert are a VERY absorbent combination. I started using them once I returned from the hospital after my son was born. My heaviest flow was of course while I was in the hospital for two days but when I got home I definitely still needed a postpartum pad.

The heavy flow pad with wing liner and extra insert is definitely an overnight pad. I used it overnight more than any of my other pads. If all three components were used together, I found it much too bulky and noticeable to wear during the day. At 14 inches long and super thick, it can be seen through your pants from the back or front. I did not have a super heavy postpartum flow so I had the choice of wearing thinner pads for daytime. If I had an extremely heavy flow than I'm sure I would have been very grateful for the extra protection even if it showed. FYI, the heavy disposable pads I was wearing in the hospital showed from the back and front also.

Absorbancy of the 3 components

Even though the combination is very thick, it is actually quite comfortable. The insert is very soft and the whole pad conforms to your shape. Much more natural feeling than disposable pads.

The wing liner does not have snaps on the wing like the base pad does. I find this a little strange, as you can see from my video above, the wings are supposed to lay against your thighs not wrap around your underwear. I found this a little awkward, it felt like it bunch against my thighs. The Lunapad leaked once or twice along the top sides, I think it was transfer from the liner wings.

The thing I love most about Lunapads is the ability to customize the pad to your own flow. By adding or removing inserts and liners you can get the protection you need depending on where you are in your cycle. The pads seem expensive but because the base pad can be reused you only need to buy extra inserts and liners.

Right after giving birth I use the whole combination for protection but as the bleeding slowed I was able to use the pad three times before washing. Once with the insert, second time with the wing liner and a third time with just the base pad. Lunapads remind me of All-in-2 cloth diapers. You have the cover (base pad) and the lay-in inserts/liners. Reuse the base pad until soiled.

One design flaw that I found was that the rick-rack bands that hold the liners and inserts to the base pad get blood on them. So you have a fresh liner but the band is still dirty. I wish there was a way to hold the liners onto the pad from underneath so it stayed clean.

To summarize, the Lunapads postpartum pad is very absorbent and comfortable. It is noticeable through clothes if using all three components together. It leaked a couple times probably by wicking from the wing liner. Can be used in three different ways saving the expense of buying many base pads.

Lunapads is a wonderful company that helps girls and women from around the world. It is great to know that when you buy your menstrual products from Lunapads, you are buying Canadian made pads and are supporting a company that really cares about women.

{Buy It}

Heavy pad and wing liner --- $24.99 

Heavy liner insert ---- $12.99

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{Disclosure}


I was sent a heavy pad, wing liner and heavy liner insert free of charge from Lunapads to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own and 100% honest. Your experience with the product may not be the same as mine. I will NOT be compensated for sales of these or any Lunapads products.