Menstrual panties for teen: choose well for the first rules

The first rules arrive on average around 12 and a half years, often at an unforeseen moment: in class, in sport, at school outlet. For a teenager, the ideal protection must be simple, discreet, reassuring and without complicated manipulation. This is exactly what the menstrual panties proposes, which is weaken as an ordinary underwear and absorbs without having to insert or paste. It is still necessary to choose the right model: size, level of absorption, comfort at school, maintenance. Here is a guide thought for mothers who prepare this moment, and for teens who want to understand how it works.

Menstrual panties for teen: what really matters when choosing

For a teenager, the menstrual panties first choose on the size, taken from the hip trick and not of the age, then on the absorption level: a model "lightweight flow" covers the vast majority of the first cycles, often scarce and irregular. A starting kit consists of three to five panties, which turn on a school day with an alternate in the bag, plus one or two abundant flow panties for the night or the forts.

At school, a menstrual panty is eight to twelve hours depending on the flow, without change at noon in most cases, and does not stand out of any classic underwear, including in sport. It does not expose to the toxic shock syndrome associated with buffers, which reassures many parents. For the days of Spotting, the beginnings and purposes of rules or the still irregular cycles, a washable slipper is often enough and complete the kit at a lower cost.

To remember

The size is turned on hips with a ribbon meter, not according to the age or the size of pants.

The first cycles are often light and irregular: an average absorption level is enough to start.

Three to five panties make it possible to hold a week of rules with a washing bearing.

The menstrual panties do not show up, do not move and go in sports: it's his big asset at school.

Preparing the kit before the first rules avoid the stress of the day J, for the mother as for the girl.

Why is the menstrual panties so good for the first rules ?

The first rules have two peculiarities. First, they are unpredictable: cycles often put one to two years to regularize, with differences of several weeks and variable flows. Then they arrive at an age when we do not want to ask too many questions about his body in the college toilets. The menstrual panties responds to these two constraints: it is carried in the morning as an ordinary undergarment, absorbs all day, and does not require any technical gesture.

Unlike the buffer, it does not imply anything to insert, which makes it accessible from the first rules without apprehension. Unlike the disposable towel, it does not move, do not breathe, does not feel under the pants and leave no packaging to manage. It also removes the issue of toxic shock syndrome, linked to the extended port of internal protections. Finally, it is reusable for several years: a starting kit easily covers the entire college.

Many mothers notice a less expected effect: the menstrual panties dedragramatize. Refer to a panties, struggling with other panties, wash with family linen, all this normalizes the rules and facilitates dialogue at home.

How to choose the right size for a teenager ?

This is the first source of error, and it is corrected easily. A menstrual panties must be adjusted for the absorbent area to remain in place: too large, it yawns and leaks on the sides; Too small, she compresses and embarrasses all day. The size is not deduced from age, nor the size of usual clothing, which varies a lot from one brand to another. The hip trick is measured at the widest point, with a tape measure, and reference is to the sizage guide of the chosen model.

The ADO ranges usually start in 32 or 34, which corresponds to hips of about 75 to 85 centimeters. Between two sizes, we focus on the most adjusted if the morphology is fine, the largest if the teen is growing and risks changing the size in a few months. A practical advice: start with one panties to validate the size and comfort, then complete the kit once the correct model has been identified.

What level of absorption for the first rules ?

Manufacturers express the absorption of buffer equivalents: a "lightweight" model absorbs about the equivalent of a buffer, a "medium" model of two to three, an "abundant" model of four and up. The first cycles are most often mild to means, sometimes reduced to a few days of spotting. A kit composed of medium panties for the day and one or two abundant panties for the night covers almost all situations. If the teen has abundant rules from the start, with a necessary change every two or three hours, it is useful to talk to a doctor or midwife: it is not a panty problem.

Discretion and comfort at school: what teens want to know

The question that is most often, formulated or not, is in a word: it shows? Not. A menstrual panties has the appearance and thickness of an ordinary panty, slightly reinforced with crotch. It does not guess under pants, leggings or sports shorts, and does no noise, unlike the disposable towel. In EPS, it is perfect, including gymnastics or running, and a Shorty model provides additional maintenance for those who wish. The only exception: the pool, where you need a model specifically designed for swimming.

Second question: How long does it hold? Depending on the stream, eight to twelve hours. For a standard college day, a pulled pound in the morning holds until the home back, without passing to the toilet mandatory at noon. Strong days, an alternative in a small waterproof bag, slipped into the binder, is enough to manage a change in any discretion. Also foresee, at the bottom of the bag, a washable pants and a spare pant for the rules that arrive without warning: it is the rescue kit that many mothers prepare before even the first rules.

Third question, more rarely asked: Does it feel? No, as long as panties changed within the expected time. The absorbent fibers retain the flow and fabric in contact with the skin remains dry, which limits odors much better than saturated disposable protection.

Maintenance: what the teen can manage alone

The interview is simple, and it's a good opportunity to empower without dramatize. At home, we rinse the panties with cold water until the water is clear, a minute under the faucet is enough. Hot water is to be avoided at this stage: it fixes the blood in the fibers. It is then put on the dirty, or in a small net, and it starts machine with the rest of the laundry, at 30 or 40 ° C, with a classic laundry.

Two forbidden protect the absorption capacity: no softener, which encases the fibers, and no dryer, whose heat abies the waterproof membrane. The drying is done in the open air, in twelve to twenty-four hours depending on the room. Before the very first port, the new panty is washed two or three times: the fibers absorb significantly better after a few machine passages, like a new bath towel.

With three to five panties, the bearing works as follows: a scope, one to drying, one clean in reserve. This rhythm allows to cover a week of rules without stress, even if a laundry jumps one day.

Prepare the moment without making it a mountain

The first rules generally occur a little less than two years after the start of the chest development, which gives a window of anticipation. Preparing a small kit in advance, one or two menstrual panties, a washable slipper, a waterproof bag and a replacement pant, and leave it in the bartoon or the drawer of the bathroom transforms a feared event in a single stage.

The choice of the model is ideally with the teenager: the color, the cut, the comfort belongs to him, and a panty she has chosen will be worn without reluctance. A few sentences are enough to explain the operation, rinsing and the duration of port. The rest will come with use. If significant pain, very abundant rules or absence of rules beyond 15 years settled, a consultation with the doctor or midwife is the right reflex, regardless of the chosen protection.

CHECKLIST OF THE KIT RULES

Measure the hip trick and check the sizes before ordering

Start with a panties to validate size and comfort, then complete three or five

Provide one or two abundant flow models for the night

Add one or two washable slipper for light days and spotting

Slide a waterproof bag and a spare pant in the binder

Wash new panties two or three times before the first port

Explain the rinsing with cold water and free-air drying

FAQ

The word of the end

Choosing a menstrual pantiness for a teenager, it's mostly three decisions: the right size in the ribbon meter, a level of absorption adapted to first light cycles, and a model she chose itself. The rest, discretion, comfort, maintenance, is set in a few days of use.

At Mama and Nature Baby, it is believed that the first rules deserve simple, healthy and reusable solutions. A comfortable panty, a pantable guard in the bag and a kit prepared in advance: it is often all it takes to approach this stage with serenity, for the girl as for her mother.

This article has an informative purpose and does not replace a medical opinion. In case of very abundant rules, important pain, bleeding between cycles or absence of first rules after 15 years, consult a doctor, gynecologist or midwife.