PSA to my ladies who wear pads when menstruating. Change your pad every 3-4 hours please do. I have a very light flow, I always have since I first started having a period. But one day I got lazy and didn’t change my pad for more than 8 hours (a whole school day, from the time I got out the shower till I got home.) I know y’all probably thinking “omg that’s so gross” but it was barley blood I didn’t think anything of it. I don’t even think my mom was aware you can literally get a “diaper rash” from wearing a pad too long. It happens just like how baby’s get rashes when they don’t get changed often. Your sitting in bacteria too long. It’s painful, you have redness and it’s itchy. If this ever happens to you I recommend trying to discover what the rash came from first. If you know you change your pad within 3-4 hours or sooner it could be caused by something else like something that the pad was made with is harmful/ doesn’t agree with your Vag. So try changing the pad brand if you think that’s the case. But if you get a rash from wearing the pad to long I recommend doing what I did and using baby dipper rash ointment and bath less! I know once again y’all think “that’s gross” but your only making the situation worse scrubbing the rash I promise you that. So when you do take your showers either just rinse your cookie with water or not at all. It’s perfectly safe considering the fact your lady part cleans herself. You won’t die from not scrubbing it down for a day or 2. You shouldn’t have an odor but if you do just rinse your vag or rub it down with water gently with your hands only. This happened sophomore year of high school, I wasn’t aware it was possible to get a rash nobody had ever told it could happen so I’m just trying to help people in in advanced. (Sorry for the grammar, Im too lazy to fix it... I really need to stop being “too lazy” 😭)