The Secrets of Amish Women's Hygiene REVEALED!
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- My awkward attempt at explaining amish women's hygiene, pregnancy, and products they use. Although it would take a women to give all the details, I share the basic overview in this video. Enjoy.
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I don't think that will help me.
I've used cloth diapers and disposable diapers....
That is sad, even terrible being pregnant by their own dad or siblings...
Thank you for sharing, CJ
I live part time in gladwin and they are swartzentruber
I had my first baby in 1976. My husband was in the army and we were poor. I figured out the cost of disposable diapers for two years. It came out about the same cost as payments on a new washer and dryer for two years. That made cleaning those stinky diapers a little easier knowing my labor was buying the washer and dryer. They lasted for several years making it worth the investment. I used disposable for church only.
Me too. My daughter basically potty trained herself by age 1. Maybe it was cause she hated being in cloth diapers.
Lots of smart women here. Love it! Thanks for the advice!
@@HG-ol1tq smart? They brought a child they can’t afford into the world…
Yep, same here! Bought a washer. Rinced cloth diapers into a bucket with a shower head, poured that out into the toilet, thrown them into the wash bag and then at the end of the day into the washer on the rinse cycle.
Potty trained since 8 months old, fully potty trained by 2 years old, that included no bed wetting at night either. Cloth diapers were put away. A couple of accidents happened during that transition, we acted like it wasn't a big deal, cuz it wasn't, acknowledged the discomfort, and moved on to happier, dryer times😊
@@sibr4111 That's so good! My sister-in-laws 3 year old son is still potty training, he's getting good at it he just still pees at night. Idk why, I don't want to say it's her fault but.. who else's fault would it be? Not the little boys fault.
My son was at hospital and we are not Amish but we became close friends with a group of Amish people who give us friendship and treated us as family we took them places while we where there and they talked to us and wanted us to meet the hole family. It was great to have such a support group when cancer is in your life we still check on them and they check on us. Great clean loving family's. I loved them.
Lois that was very kind of them. But as a Mennonite woman I find this guy to be insensitive and this was offensive to me. How do you think these Amish women would feel if they saw this? Im not watching anymore Personal hugeness is a private matter.
@@dorothywillms115 why did you find this video offensive? I think he explained it good without being graphic or offensive. Is it the whole talking about periods and birth control that was upsetting?
I know as an non Mennonite or non Amish person we discuss things like this with our daughters and our husband's know about monthly cycles. I know in my home we can discuss things like this without embarrassment or feeling uncomfortable.
I guess I'm just trying to understand why it's offensive to you. If it's something you ladies in your communities don't discuss or mention or if it's that a man was getting embarrassed trying to explain it.
I'm not trying to offend you by asking, I'm just trying to understand if it's a culture thing or what not. I was curious myself how ladies handle personal hygiene as well and it doesn't sound much different from us who are not Amish or Mennonite.
@@bonnieb7608he is Mennonite. it's their way.
I still think it's a private matter but this day and time it's no big deal to the younger ones. We also talk about all these things to our kids but if it's our sons there are no girls. If it's the girls the boys are not there. If the kids together ask or just talk we all talk. Most of our elders used rags and washed them to use again and it was never talked about cause it's private. I'm just saying we are all brought up in different ways and there is nothing wrong with it. Sometimes I think all this openness is what's wrong with this world now. The kids know way to much for their ages and I think the schools brain wash our kids. All my boys will open doors for their girlfriends or wife's and the girls will even hold doors open for others and the respect they show to their elders is given and not expected to be earned first. These kids get out with their friends and they are no longer kids.
It can be good to believe and teach your children that some things are just left privet.
I'm sorry CJ. I still think you did a fantastic job explaining. The world we live in now scares me to death.
Just be careful. Cults always are nice from the outside.
Just be careful. Cults always are nice from the outside.
I loooove your honesty! I lived in a very closed hassidic Jewish community for a number of years and I was amused and shocked at what some people assumed about many of the same topics you covered! Thumbs 👍 to you for tackling the uncomfortable topics so well!!!
Great video and very brave of you to tackle this subject. Thank you for your time and knowledge! Have a blessed day.
I hired some Amish men from Shipshewana Indiana to build my gambrel roofed barn back in 2015 they were great people and great craftsman
My daughter goes to college at Grace in Warsaw and we recently went to a huge flea market in shipshewana. It was amazing and tons of Amish In buggies on the highway. It was really cool experience for my daughter as she’s never seen many Amish on buggies even though some live around us in new Albany Indiana. Such a different lifestyle.
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Yes it is a different lifestyle .. I go to Shipshewana often it’s a big Amish community and I always feel welcomed there by all and I always stop to see John and his family and always come home with Banana and Zucchini bread that’s made fresh
How cool is that!!! I used to live in Fort Wayne.
You handled that subject wonderfully! Well done, CJ!
You are too funny!! Just the right person to school us on these topics!!
I love the fact that this is so honest and they're pro active in keeping the Mothers safe during pregnancy and child birth and after care.
I like the idea of community of togetherness, sharing, supporting, helping each other in these Amish societies!
You are precious! You did a good job. Blessings!
Thanks CJ. You are lovely and so informative about Amish .
I wish more people where as open and happy like you .
Have a lovely day 😘.
New subscriber here and I love your testimony that you share on how you found Christ in your description of your videos.
You did great answering an awkward question.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I'm quite intrigued. First time viewers & now new subscriber!
Thank you for your candor. This was very interesting.
Thank you for the information!
I'm trying to connect my dots of why's in life and one I've just connected, I guess I've always been interested in Amish way of life and it started because I was born in a Drs office and sent home right away. My gratitude for life and all it's creatures is undescribable. TY for your time and educating myself
I appreciate your honesty...
Information is knowledge❤
Dude you’re hilarious! Thanks for sharing all this great info, very interesting for sure. Glad CZcams suggested your channel. Cheers from Vancouver 🇨🇦
Great job in bringing forth this information
Nope it’s totally unnecessary and certainly inappropriate. Would you plaster your intimate matters plastered on the internet.???? You may as well go to your preacher and ask if he masterbates. .
LOL...that wasn't uncomfortable at all was it? 🤣 Great job!
Not at all! lol (sarcasm)
I am not Amish thank you for making us discover your world and for being so honest with us for questions that are more intimate.
Just stumbled across your channel and LOVE your content! New subscriber 🤗❤️
My gparents lived in Harrisburg, PA & whenever we'd go to visit them (I live in MN) and we'd go anywhere, my gpa always made sure to go thru Lancaster, PA because he knew, even at 14yrs old, how intrigued I was by the communities there.
I'm 50yrs old now and I'm STILL intrigued by Amish communities and when I go visit my aunts in PA we still take that beautiful drive out their Lancaster, PA 💖
My husband and I just purchased our retirement lake home in Cameron, WI. I've noticed while driving around some of the surrounding towns, villages & communities that there are signs of Amish ❤️
Look up Mary byler and hear her story..
Love ur channel. New here. Thank you and God bless you for all ur great content especially ur testimony.
yep Rubber or plastic panties over the diaper, we are not Amish but my mom use cloth diapers and I used them on my kids in the 1980's
Thank you. Very interesting information!
5 out of 7 of my kids I cloth diapered with the exception of church and traveling. They’ve changed a lot but all the cute patterns and customizable cloth diapers can add up. My husband hated them but I always loved seeing my array of prefolds and colorful covers on the clothes line. In Yoder, KS you don’t see a lot of buggy’s anymore but they will be driving tractors.
Thanks for sharing this
Great job explaining an uncomfortable subject !😊
Youre lovely. Thank you for all you do on your channel.
Hi CJ, I just saw you talking with Tawra on Living On A Dime so I thought this would be an interesting vid to start with. I’ve lived just north of Grand Rapids MI my whole life and there’s a couple small Amish communities near by. I guess because of what my mom told us as kids my thought has been that the Amish believe in tradition more than the actual Bible. Hearing from you kind of woke me up to what that means - not believing in salvation by grace! That makes me sad and I will be praying for all of those lost souls. Thank you for sharing with us
Enjoyed your interview with Tawra. My mom always told us (10 kids) we were Pennsylvania Dutch, I was born at home. I have always been interested in the Amish way of life but we didn’t practice it .
I just randomly clicked this it popped up in my feed. I saw you somewhere else and followed you a while ago but never watched more than a video or two since then. Then I was sitting here doing some sewing and I heard you start saying names of places I know. We grew up pretty close to each other. Haha
Bravo! You went thru that very well considering you were very uncomfortable talking about such things.
Thanks for the information. I am from St. Joseph county. I used to work at Bremen Hospital.
Good job!!
You're a courageous man for tackling the subject! You handled it well. "Monthly thing "🤣!
Thanks for sharing !!! But that was so uncomfortable for you ❤😂❤ thanks buddy!!
I love going out to the Amish community in La Grange Indiana. It’s one of my favorite places to visit.
I just Found your Channel when looking for a Movie. I'm glad you were Recommended. I Immediately Subscribed!!
My Dad Lived in Lancaster County, PA from 2005 til he Passed in 2019. He became REALLY Great Friends w/ the Amish & Mennonite. I know the 1 Man's Name was Eli. My Dad & I Hunted together & for Years he'd "Barter" w/ the Different Men of the Families he knew in the Amish & Mennonite Communities. He'd fill their Fridge w/ Venison & they'd give him Pumpkins, Straw Bales, Fruits, Veggies, etc. They were all Wonderful.
I had No Idea just how much they Loved my Dad until he took his Own Life. They ALL showed up for the Viewing. I was Lucky in getting to know them, bc so many Movies depict them in such a Negative Light & as Disliking the English. Which, I'm sure there's plenty that do, but there's Plenty who don't & they not only have Friendships w/ our Culture, but they Love us, too.
You have satisfied the curiosity of many people all over the world bringing out the truth. Great community having strong belief on God remaining very close to nature. We have all respect for them . Thanks
You are awesome for even tackling that!! Lol Ik you said your wife doesn’t like to be on video, but would be nice to see a pic of her!!
Interesting topic. Thanks, it was Informative, entertaining & truly LOL seeing you squirm a little.😉😆
You nailed it CJ👊😆✌️.
Makes me wonder if your jayco boys watch your channel?😆
Tracy here from IL.
Very interesting. Thank you
Very tastefully done!
Bravo!👍🏼😊
No way. This a form of immature perversion. Iam a Canadian Mennonite woman and I OBJECT.
@@dorothywillms115 then don't watch his videos or read others comments. He's providing a service by allowing people not having personal relationships with Amish/Mennonite an opportunity to learn about those customs and that culture. The more we see ourselves in others, the less likely we'll be to disregard them. We're making connections here and learning.
Found this by accident but I like this guy. Like!
Lol the “monthly thing.” Good for you for answering this! 😂
Totally disagree. Do want an English woman to know this ???? Well they do now and it’s disgusting,disrespectful,inappropriate and shows how little discretion this not so bright man has. Immature and wrong.
@@dorothywillms115 What???
I love this guy too telling like it is no sugar coating and I think the Amish people are cool
I'm glad I found you. I've always been fascinated by the Amish people. I feel for you having to address a subject you're not comfortable with. I enjoyed seeing you and how well you actually handled the subject. You did a good job. God bless you!
Thank you for watching!
Look up Eli Yoder too. Mary Schwartz on face ok unless she deleted it. All her CZcams is deleted😥. Her name is Sam & Mary 7 blessings
Good job
I think you did a great job discussing a topic you probably have never talked to anyone else. Thank you.
You did a great job!
Thank you!
NO WAY!!!! This is sick,immature and insulting to his upbringing. I find it extremely disturbing.
@@dorothywillms115 get off his channel if it's so disturbing to you. He's opening a dialog between two different cultures- that is ONLY good.
In an effort to save money, I used cloth diapers in the 1980s. It was always a treat to go somewhere and use Pamper’s!
I used cloth until my 4th that was born in 86. Just a preference. And he’s right about the stench of ammonia. Bout knock you over.
Good job 👍
I'm not Amish but when I was a baby in the '60s my mum used rubber panties with the cloth diapers! I respect you for covering this topic.
I respect that you attempted to answer this question even though you felt really out of your league.
Amish women are very pretty. We have a little Amish community in Yoder Kansas a few miles from where I live. Yoder also has a birthing center that my daughter went to. The midwives were so wonderful and of course beautiful.
Great video and you deserve a big pat on the back for doing it. I keep hoping you would do video on sewing and quilting. Also how much they garden and how they preserve their produce for winter. Also, how did that case in Wisconsin turn out?
I was hoping to drive around the country side to get video of gardens before they are all harvested. Also I just got some new info on the Wisconsin case so ill be doing an update soon. It got pushed out until oct.
LOL, I think you were blushing! 🤣
I used cloth diapers for my son, disposable on Sundays. And I am not Amish.
The Amish around here (stricter than yours, but not as strict as others) use toilet paper in their outhouses. But often, the men will use the barn, even at home.
Unfortunately, there is sexual abuse in every cross section of society, no matter what it is. It comes down to we are all sinners.
Amen
"Honey Hollow Homestead" Primal instincts will prevail mostly when people are under-educated and uncivilized and live in an isolated way. People closed off from technology and the modern world often cloak themselves with religion because it is traditional and taught generation to generation but deep within there are incidents that the people themselves do not understand because they are uneducated about their own psychologies so they continue to pretend while deep inside they are confused, hurting, yearning for understanding and tormented.
@@obscurelyvague Sounds like book learning to me with no real life experience. Technoloy is NOT the betterment of society. It has little if any impact on society, except maybe to bring perversions to the forefront.
I've mentioned it in one or two of your past videos that I have lived amongst the Amish community for over 25 years and not once have I smelled an odor from any of them. Most of the women appear very clean unless they were gardening. The men though....they work hard and they are usually dusty, but never ever smell.
An honorable mention - the children are so, SO cute in their bonnets, dresses and the boys with their outfits and hats! 😍🥰💓💙
OFF TOPIC: A man is having a house built right next door to where I live and the Amish are building it. It's a 2 bedroom, 3 bath, enormous 3 car garage (literally bigger than the house) and an equally enormous workshop. HOLY COW! I have never actually seen anything the Amish built close up except for furniture, but they got the entire frame built in 5 days! They worked from sunup until sundown without any slacking. And let me tell you....they are perfectionists! (they used electric and gas powered tools) Never seen anything like it! I wish I could post pictures on here. Their work is amazing!
if you like you can send the pics to theamishpotato1@gmail.com and I will post them..
I'm surprised they let you take pictures if they are of them. I heard that's not aloud.
It's been a while, but I came across Amish furniture at a relative's house. It was beautifully handcrafted and flawless. The corners of the dresser had this unique way that they were put together with no nails and no glue, but it didn't come apart. It was sturdy. I saw it when I was like 13, and I'm almost 50 now. The dresser is still there.
Absolutely beautiful craftsmanship.
I grew up near a Mennonite community and their ladies used home sewn flannel pads that were washed and reused.
Hence the term, “being on the rag”
@@ShoreShihTzuNurs yup
Iam a Canadian Mennonite,,,,,,,never ever been on a “rag”,,,,,,,,,,there is no need for these ridiculous conversations to please peoples macabre interest. Disgusting.
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Wow, I commend you for getting through that explanation as a man. Such personal female information. It makes me realize God's people are God's people no matter what their culture is! We all have the same challenges and sins and that is why we all need our Heavenly Father❣️🙏❤️🩹
It’s absolutely crazy, CJ but I haven’t been notified of any of these videos of yours. You know I’ve been a faithful follower. I just thought you hadn’t put any out. My subscription is current and my bell is turned on. Kind of weird.
That is weird. I’m not sure why they do that.
Great area your in picked up many trailers from their the Amish are great people
Very interesting
You did really good ! I would be embarrassed too if I were a guy trying to explain that LOL.:-)
haha I'm sure some people want more details but ill leave it at this...
@@theamishpotato yes please, We are all human beings. How would you feel publishing your wife’s personal needs. It’s really inappropriate. Would you go to a Catholic priest and ask him how he manages?
😂good job. You’re brave! 😅
I live in Fort Wayne Indiana. I’m familiar with a few communities surrounding here…. My mother lives in Decatur Indiana and we go to a few of their storefronts that way…. Shipshewanna too.
Definitely know LaGrange area. Whenever around Amish area drive very slow around buggies and allow plenty of passing area around them. Hate how impatient some people are when around buggies and put them in danger. Same for bicyclists.
I see Amish shopping at Sam's Club and can attest to the fact that they make use of many Yankee conveniences and that they really love snack foods.
lived in St Catharines Ontario Canada.
wound up in the carnival tourist area in niagara falls one evening.
for some strange reason there was a traditional amish family they looked shell shocked. a buddy explained they did that occasionally to satisfy their curiosity about the 'outside' world. weird weird standing there staring about 5 of them ma pa and the kids.
I sorry but I enjoyed watching you tell the one.. watching from West Virginia
What is used by Amish is very dependant on the particular church they attend. Some are more progressive than others.I grew up in a farm community with Amish neighbors and I was a nurse in a hospital where we often had amish patients. As for contraception - mostly they use a method where they use their temperature to know when they are fertile and take appropriate precautions.
omg...the start of your post...funny
I'm from Ohio right below Cleveland , my uncle drives the Amish to where ever they need to go. Them Amish girls are beautiful, we took a deer to get processed, and the girl there she had the blueiest eyes 👀 I've ever seen with light blonde hair. Simple life without all the social media influence. They live good. We had a cabin built , they put it up in 1 day. I been in construction for 20+ years, they do good work. They branched off into everything around me, roofing, framing, finish carpentry, Ive even seen painters. I like there work ethic, I'm the same way. Hard day a work is the way to live.
Around Morgantown PA the Amish still wear traditional clothes - one suspender and black hat for men and boys, modest dresses for women and girls, with hair pinned up in back and covered with the special cap. Cleanest farmyards you ever saw, red barns with hex signs on them, hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of quilts folded over the fence at the entrance to the road. If you see a quilt you want to buy you take it down to the house to pay for it. And the farmer's market. Absolutely the best meats of any kind that I've eaten. Once you have Amish bacon or other smoked meats, sausages, jams, garden truck you're ruined for any other food. Not shy about speaking German either. I wonder if Amish still go to school through 8th grade only.
Yep 8th grade only
Yes they do. I am quite familiar with that part of Pa. Almost like Lancaster County.
@@carolcrudder7864 Yes.
Here in northern Canada we have a group called Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite. I was born Mennonite Brethern and we are not good enough for these legalistic people. In fact I’m called English. You should see their mouths fall open when I speak German to them and they can’t speak German at all. I find some of the personal issues spoken about here to be disgusting and show a lack of social manners. It’s crude,rude,insensitive and sick. Are there men on this channel who get a cheap thrill out of this??? Shows a total lack of brains and cheeping the lives of Amish woman.
The quilts are absolutely beautiful!
I used to work at walmart i sometimes will see hole group of anish come in to shop
I can say that I was in Lancaster pa getting quilting fabric & they must have the once a week bath & no deodorant because the 3 lady's were very very nice & helpful but body odor was really bad mainly very strong put smell.it was hot that day but it was only 9:30am
This is truly captivating material. A book I read on the topic was equally entrancing. "The Silent Bridge: Echoes of the Unspoken Past" by Emma Wick
My Amish neighbor would come shopping with me sometimes. I noticed a cloth diaper was neatly pinned OVER a disposable! She would bring a frozen pizza home for supper. They don’t tell their children where babies come from, but expect the older ones to figure it out. In my community I was able to convince a few women to keep breastfeeding and they wouldn’t have a baby every 9 months.
???? Um, you can still get pregnant while breastfeeding...just ask my dad and his brother 10 months younger than him, and the other brother born the next year after that one. Best advice: wrap that rascal!
@@catrina7083 sure, you can get pregnant while breastfeeding. Amish in my area found it easier to let others give the baby cows milk, and might only breastfeed once or twice a day which is not frequent enough to benefit from Lactational amenorrhea
@@catrina7083 If you also breastfeed in the night the change is small that you get your periods back.
@@catrina7083 Maybe cut the rascal off
@@obscurelyvague Ouch poor trouser snake LOL
Can you share about the Amish Native American relationship? I always see alot of support online from the Amish to Natives. Very awesome.
Probably pretty good, most Amish don't practice violence or slavery. They believe that if they can't make it, they don't need it and use only what they need, so I believe they have a very similar lifestyle to traditional Native Americans.
@@mattycakes1161 What about the Amish that do practice violence and slavery?
Thanks for this ,yip not the easiest topic for a man to chat about but ,I appreciate your effort . I use" hospital swabs " it's just super absorbent cloths ,And homemade sewn sanitary pads.which I just wash after soaking in a bucket.Cant afford anything else really. I don't really believe in birth control personally.but I think it depends on the situation like health issues.Shame ,these things happen in all communities sadly.I don't shave or anything when I was married my Hasidic husband did not approve of any painful hair removal or Anything that would break a Sabbath law .lucky me !!!
I'm from northeast Indiana, the Amish are very clean in hygiene, homes and community.
Good job God Bless
How can you say that??? Would you want him to expose your personal life????. I think he should THINK about what he is doing and repent of it. It’s rude and crude and gross. Do we need to know these things? Is it beneficial? Is it something Jesus would do? What on earth would his church think??? ITS denigrating to women. IAM MENNONITE AND I DISAPPROVE OF THIS PODCAST!!!😡🤡😠😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
@@dorothywillms115 haters gonna hate. Turn off your device.
I am not amish but in the 70s i used toweling nappies with rubber plastic pants
I grew up with Amish friends that I was really close to. I spent a decade of summers living with them. I’m am female so I can say that in the Ordnung that I am most familiar with, old order Lancaster Amish, sanitary napkins are used. I’m not sure about other products. I’ve heard of some couples using birth control (over the counter), but I think it’s one of those things were, it’s private so they due whatever they, as a married couple, sees fit. Times also changes things in their communities too. I’ve seen some using cloth diapers, whilst others choose pampers. Bathing is also an individual’s preference. Some families/people have better hygiene standards than others. That includes dental hygiene and the use of deodorant. Shaving wasn’t a big thing back in the day, but now, I’m sure the younger generation dose. Same for plucking eyebrows. I’m not sure about makeup, maybe…
"Jennifer Y" It is one of those things. If the rest of the world moves on and benefits as a result of technological advances, there will be these isolated societies which eventually will have to, and want to, catch up.
Cleanliness and comfort because of modern day commodities such as feminine products, toiletry products, child-care products, grooming aids means better health and convenience.
In these such "hidden" societies, religion and rejection of the ways of the "evil outside world" sometimes is used as a reason not to bathe, shave, change clothes, etc,
But as what already happened historically with mainstream society, younger generations will adapt because of the better quality of life that comes with a more modern mindset about these things.
I’am in my 70’s and when I was a child it was common for people to take a bath once a week , we washed daily , the oldest had a bath and the water was saved and topped up for the next child and so on .
Very interesting. Sounds like my Southern Baptist Mother was stricter than the Amish. lol
My Southern Baptist mom had a lot of really strange beliefs surrounding the "period".
Just found your channel, love it!!
Always fascinated by others way of life. I grew up on a farm and we had out house, wood cook stove, wringer washer, plowed mules, etc.... one question
If they went to hospital for births how do they view circumcision ?
I’m not sure as a whole but I believe they follow doctors recommendations on it in our community
@@theamishpotato glad you were not offended by my question. Love your channel!
@@TheCody29006 glad you’re enjoying it!
Can you do a video on child raising and discipline in the Amish?
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Lol, the donkey pic!! 🤣
Could you talk about amish funerals. I've passed a few in Shipshewana and I'm curious what they are like.
Yep still planning on doing a vid sometime.
I live in Indiana wow so cool 😎
LaGrange County. I know they all don’t smell good but the ones I’m with are fine
I've always wondered about the white hats and what they wear
El Yolder can tell you about the old community hygiene uses.
I do see and run into Amish people all the time, there’s an Amish community around here, and because they travel through here on public transit when gathering with other communities.
I have never been on the bus, nor sat next to an Amish individual who smelled bad, or appeared unhygienic.
The Amish around here do buy regular products, get medications and use transit to travel.
Birthing systems are more preferred to keep their babies from being exposed to rampant illnesses including mRSA. These centers are cheaper than hospitals. It is a more relaxed environment. Like midwives, there is more of a much needed womens network comprehensive in place. There is quite a bit into producing and carrying a baby, birthing a baby and then babycare and raising the baby into an adult. Womens bodies are multifunctioning hardworkers and often mistakenly undervalued.
It maybe that the stricter communities might have the women using reusable cloth pads. Since that would be old tech. There is a old term for that part of the cycle. And that is called 'being on the rag'. It wasn't until about a century ago that disposable pads were made using cloth and sawdust.