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Also an alternative for foam padded bras. 

I initially started using these with Boody’s Bamboo Shaper Crop Bras back before the padded bamboo bra option was available. I have since trialled Boody’s bamboo Padded Shaper Crop Bras and wasn’t a fan because the bra pads weren’t built in. So I found Boody’s foam bra pads a hassle because they weren’t designed to be washed, if you washed them the lining that held them together fell off. Even if you left them in for washing they would bunch up and you had to remove them to smooth them down anyway etc, etc. 

Meanwhile I’d already been using reusable organic cotton breast pads with Boody’s non padded bras for a while with zero hassle. Simply slip them in between you and the bra and you are done, no fiddling around trying to fit them into pockets or falling apart in the wash. Also they are made of cotton not foam, I’m still not sure exactly what type of foam Boody uses. So I simply find it much easier to use reusable cotton breast pads with my Boody non padded bras.

That being said this method isn’t for everyone or every activity. Boody’s bamboo non padded bras are essentially ‘a crop top’. I don’t tend to do intense activity aside from running/jumping/stimming at home in private, so the lack of support doesn’t really bother me. I did used to wear padded, wire bras and still have some, so I am open to the idea of using them if my life becomes more active again or I feel I need to. 

Reusable Breast Pads, so currently I have the ‘daytime/regular’ and ‘light & discreet’ version of the Nature’s Child organic cotton breast pads. Personally I prefer the daytime/regular pads as they are a big thicker and thus act more like a padded bra. Meanwhile the ‘light & discreet’ pads are a bit thinner and don’t perform the function of a padded bra as well as the thicker pads do. 

However the outer circle edge of the thicker pad can become slightly visible under shirts particularly under stretchy T-shirts, active wear. They may be visible under thicker fabric shirts if they are tight, although I haven’t tested that. My work shirts are loose, thick fabric and my T-shirts also generally lose so this doesn’t bother me to much but it could be an issue for people who like tight fitting clothing. The thinner pads don’t have this problem as much however you do sacrifice a little bit of the padded bra aspect, particularly when it’s colder, which may bother some people. So basically you win some, you lose some. It’s all about what figuring out what works best with what you usually wear or how active your life is. 

Note: I’m talking about using the breast pads with a non-padded bra. Nursing mothers, who are using a padded bra as well, likely won’t have to worry about the visibility aspects mentioned above.

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In regards to Boody’s padded bras, I did experiment by sewing around the edges of the the foam pads of a Racerback Sports Bra. Only around the pad to connect the outer lining to the foam, I’ve avoided sewing the pad to the actual bra since the bra fabric is stretchy and the foam pad isn’t. 

I sewed one foam pad to its lining with a sewing machine and the other by hand. Both have held up well, although the hand sewing knots have come undone. I haven’t had that problem happen before (in my limited experience) so I’m thinking that because I’ve left the pad in the bra pocket when washing it. It’s been rubbing against the two layers of fabric causing the knots to come undone faster. 

So in future if I was to do it again, with hand sewing, I’d probably leave longer tails of thread, instead of cutting the threat directly after the knot. That way I could redo the knots later if necessary. While tucking the loose thread into the pad pocket of the bra to avoid irritation. If it’s irritating I could just cut it off later. 

Preferably however I would machine stitch the pad since I haven’t had any problems with the machine stitched pad. 

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I absolutely love these for pegging things that are thick, thin and everything in between, (except wire bras, folded over the line, because there is practically nothing to peg). 

They came in a draw string bag which is great zero waste packaging and good for travel but not as a peg bag. So you could sit the bag open in your washing basket or move the pegs to a peg bag, to make them easier to access, like I did. 

The pegs are great for thick fabrics or thick bamboo fabrics particularly thick socks since the air gap in the peg means they dry without the little damp spot underneath the peg. On the flip side the air holes in the peg means they can tangle in each other so I wouldn’t recommend grabbing a massive handful of them at once, like you might do with plastic pegs. Over time I’ve gotten better at knowing how much to grab at once and just putting the extras back or dropping them into the washing basket for later.

The pegs are also really good for thin fabrics as they don’t have a hole in the peg but rather clamp the fabric. This particularly comes in handy when working with sheets because the pegs don’t slide around, if you accidentally used the wrong hole. 

The pegs also do a sort of half twist which I believe is to help hold them closed. So if your pegs look ‘weird’ initially it’s because they are on a slight angle not completely flat against your washing like plastic pegs. 

Initially I used to keep the plastic pegs and metal pegs seperate. Only using them for thick bamboo clothing and sheets however this constantly drove me insane because I never seemed to have enough metal pegs for my tastes. Over time (and other people using them) the pegs ended up mixed together which ended up being way less stressful for me. So I just use both pegs together now without trying to sort them. 

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