Maxi Pads?!

 Hello there,

    Now I know what you're thinking after reading the title of this blog post: why on earth would Carly be talking about Maxi Pads? She's a genetic male, who hasn't had sexual reassignment surgery, what use could she possibly have for Maxi Pads? Well despite still having male genitals and therefore having no need for the use of maxi pads, I frequently wear them in my panties! That might seem crazy but let me explain by talking about my first exposures to the idea of wearing Maxi Pads, and why I decided to start wearing them.

    My first exposure to Maxi Pad's were my mothers, I was probably like 12 and found them in her bathroom cabinet. I'd been wearing her clothes in secret for several years now and my curiosity had extended to other feminine things like makeup. So I liked to browse her bathroom cabinet for new things to try. That's when I found the Maxi pads, I thought to myself "these are interesting". So I took one out and put them in a pair of panties like they showed on the package. After looking over the packaging more I took note of how frequently they mentioned absorbency and leaks so in my naïve 12 year old mind I thought maxi pads must be purely for urinary leaks, (of course later on I would learn what a period was). Well I slipped the maxi pad and panties on and thought to myself "this is comfortable enough I guess". They weren't really thrilling me like wearing a bra or panties for the first time was. But I thought to myself "these are a practical product maybe I should use them", so I let out a little urine. Just as the package advertised it all was completely absorbed. But again wearing and then "using" this maxi pad really wasn't thrilling me like other feminine things I had tried. So I slipped the panties off and took the pad out, and hid it underneath a lot of garbage in my mother's trash can. Needless to say I really wasn't a fan of maxi pads when I was younger, they weren't exciting or feminine (little did I know that they were perhaps the single most uniquely feminine piece of clothing that I had ever worn).

    My second exposure to Maxi Pads came years later, by this time I had discovered the crossdresser community online and had begun to learn so much about the joys of presenting as a woman. I have mentioned before about what an influence the no longer available lisagirl.net had on me during my formative crossdressing years. But while we're discussing maxi pads, it was actually on Lisa's site where my second exposure to maxi pads came. Lisa had several articles discussing how she had developed a habit of wearing sanitary pads in her panties. At the time I thought to myself "not those weird pad things I tried on years ago, I'll take most of your advice Lisa, but not that one". I probably shouldn't have been such a stick in the mud about it and realized that if my crossdresser idol Lisa was regularly wearing these pads and writing whole articles detailing shopping trips to buy pads, that there was probably something to what she was saying.

    This brings us to the modern day, I was browsing my flickr feed when I noticed that one of the crossdressers I followed was wearing a maxi pad in her panties (shout out to Kira Sydney, check out her photos, they're awesome!). This reminded me of my first experience and all those blog posts Lisa had made talking about how great wearing pads was. So I did some research online and I found a number of people who wore pads in their panties, crossdressing, genderfluid, and transgender people alike. I realized "wow, this is something far more people are doing than I realized, and they're coming from all walks of life, maybe there's something to this". In my New Year's Resolution post I mentioned I was interested in trying women's healthcare products, so I decided to finally give them a try again. After a little research I went with Always Maxi Feminine Pad: Size 5 Extra Heavy Overnight. I chose these because Always was one of the the main brand names for feminine hygiene pads, and I chose the size because I wanted the full experience, something I would feel in my panties and would not get lost in them (also they were a cute purple color which helped). After picking up a pack in Walmart, I got home, put them in a pair of my panties, and found that maybe there was something to this whole maxi pad thing.

    So what exactly have I come to enjoy about wearing Maxi Pads? Well they're both functional and kinda fun! When it comes to function, they have a couple different handy uses. Firstly they help provide support for tucking, and help to smooth out the front of your crotch. Their second functional use comes from their absorbency, they help keep your panties clean and dry from sweat, or urine which is handy. While these functional uses might be enough to convince some, I'm here to tell you that wearing maxi pads is actually pretty fun. For those of us girls out there that derive joy out of feeling overtly feminine, wearing a maxi pad is one of the most uniquely feminine things you can do. For those of us born as genetic males, but like to present as women, one of the only things we will never get to experience is what it's like to have a period (and child birth I guess LOL). So for those of us looking to create the most authentic feminine experience possible, wearing a pad is about the closest we'll ever get. 

    Let me tell you, when I bought that pack of pads at Walmart and then tried on my first pad since I was a little kid, I was blown away, I totally felt more feminine! They are pretty comfortable and you honestly can forget they're in there. Additionally they come in smaller and thinner sizes, so if you wanted something you wouldn't notice at all, the options are there for you. Furthermore, if you're someone who enjoys feeling authentically feminine and strives to best emulate genetic women, you could choose to only wear them 4 or so days out of the month to simulate a period. Me on the other hand, I've just come to enjoy wearing them too much to limit myself to only a few days a month, so whenever I'm in the mood for feeling extra feminine it's safe to say that my panties have a maxi pad in them!

-Carly