miss marcia

Yes I remember these bloomer style rubber panties. Years ago there was always an advert in the Sunday papers for them. when I was older and could drive I was on business somewhere up in the north of England and I sought out the seller and called on him to buy some. He operated the mail order business from his home and was nearing retirement and wanted to sell up. I only wished I'd had the money to buy it at the time. Not long after it disapeared and the ads stopped. I think the pants were made in Malaysia where a lot of rubber wear was produced at the time. They certainly beat the moulded stuff that followed because of the clever way they put the waist and leg bands on so that they gathered evenly. This must have been machine done. Maybe one day I will have a go at making some, the rubber sheeting comes in many colours and weights and can be got from the Four D Rubber company in the UK (www.fourdrubber.com/). Marcia

I Sew all my own stuff here in the UK and will help anyone who wants to have a go themselves. We are not not big on prefolds over here and tend to just us terry squares. I have made the odd one or two and left the soaker just sewed at one waist band so that it can be folded out of the main nappy for drying. It's fine for you lucky guys in sunny places but prefolds take a lot of drying on damp winter days. Marcia

I would love to hear all about both of your early experiences. I feel cheated by the fact that I have no idea why I am a sissy but suspect it's something in my earlt childhood.

Just to get back to the subject (although this is a facinating insight into the world of gender re-alingnment) It looks like a matter of physics to me so sleeping on your front might work or what about a tampax as well as the nappy?

I think that it was being forced out of nappies at a very early age that made me fixated with getting back into them. So I would never try to pressure a child into giving up his nappy, it may be the wrong time if he is feeling insecure. Also what about if he/she is a diaper lover in the making? It is like forcing a child to play with tanks and guns instaed of dolls (or vice versa) because you dont want them to turn out to be gay.

You should try PUL (polyurethane Laminated) waterproof pants they are really drurable and never go brittle. There is a big move towards reuable all-in-one diaper for babies and therefore a lot of PUL material is becoming available (some of it in nice patterns too) Also plastic pants tend to harden when exposed to wee wee for long periods before washing so it's best to at least wipe them over inside between changes. I have ordered some white PVC used for matresses and duvet covers and it looks like this will make up into nice soft pants that should not harden.

I would second the view that if it hurts (especially afterwards) you are not doing yourself any good. I would not use anything that was totally rigid, you risk breaking blood vessels which are near the surface in that region. This is why people get hemorrhoids. Take it easy !

When I got the religious crap I just pointed to the statue of Jesus on the cross..wearing a cloth diaper and said if it's good enough for him it's good enough for me.

They must expect people to be travelling in diapers because at Munich airport there were adult diaper disposal bins in the disabled toilets.

Vaseline is a brand name for one make of petroleum Jelly. It has gone out of favour a bit now and been replaced by the zinc/castor oil nappy creams like Sudocream. Whereas Vaseline does waterproof the skin quite a bit it won't clear up nappy rash like the others. It also attacks rubber so don't use it with latex pants or condoms. The old joke was that you used it as a sex aid (by putting on the door knob so the kids couldn't get in the bedroom while you were having sex!) Marcia