I was provided by SckoonCup, through Green Moms Network, with a sample of the product mentioned in this post.  As always, all opinions expressed here are entirely my own.

Many of you have been using cloth diapers for a while, but still haven’t taken the plunge into cloth for mama’s needs.  Honestly, I haven’t either, full-time.  I use a mix.  But the cloth is so much more comfortable!  And these organic cotton pads from SckoonPads are exceptionally soft.  Let me show you how these particular pads are designed.

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This is the overall shape and design of the pad.  Of course we’re looking at the inside here, and one liner/insert is in place.  (That’s a spare insert you see in the back.)

I don’t know if you can tell from the picture or not, but all of this inner fabric is knit – like a cotton t-shirt.

One end of the liner slips under this bit of trim:

This is the one thing I had some difficulty with.  I don’t know if it’s because I’m small so things situate differently on me or what, but I didn’t find that this lace bit stayed clean, so it wasn’t a tidy job to swap the insert.  What is supposed to happen is that you slip this end out from under the lace strip, and then can just pop the snap loose from the other end:

Then you can simply replace the insert because the whole main pad is still clean.  But if the lace gets messy, it doesn’t really work that way.  I did find that the liner stayed surprisingly flat during wear.  I’ve had trouble with this in other pads – the insert will bunch up in the middle – but I didn’t with this one.  I don’t know if it’s because of the snap or what, but I appreciated that it pretty much just stayed put.

This is folded “inside out” at the moment.  That is, this is not what it would look like snapped around undies – the coral part would be on the back.  But I wanted you to see the snaps.  There are two snap settings, to allow for some adjustment in size.  (Honestly, though, I’m pretty tiny, and I used the wider setting.  I kind of can’t imagine having a use for the smaller one.)

There’s a layer of polyurethane sandwiched inside to prevent leaks, but it’s not visible (or touchable) anywhere.  Everything else is organic cotton.  (Well, you know, the snaps aren’t…but you know what I’m saying!)

If you prefer a cup…

If you prefer a cup, Sckoon makes a menstrual cup, too.  Unlike others on the market, it’s molded in a single piece, so there’s no seam.  I haven’t used it, but it’s another great option for those who prefer a more internal feminine hygiene method.

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