inconsurferdude
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After three years in pull-ups I recently switched to diapers, partially because over the past six months or so I've started having small (mess) accidents a few times a week… I change immediately when it happens, but wearing pull-ups with bowel issues made me nervous about smell, even in the few minutes between having an accident and getting into a bathroom stall to change. I like the plastic backing of the Attends for controlling odor (I really don't want to start wearing plastic pants) but part of what I miss about pull-ups is that I could use the toilet for bowel movements without fully changing. Even the Abena I used before ordering the Attends (which I love: http://www.adisc.org/forum/showthread.php/106638-How-I-Learned-to-Stop-Worrying-and-Love-My-Diaper) could be re-taped if I was nervous about not having enough changes with me to waste a barely-used diaper.
But the Attends have to stay on until I'm ready to change them; they can't un-tape without ripping holes in the plastic, and the fit is almost too good… they're impossible to slide down, like with a pull-up.
The reason it's an issue is that I typically have 4-6 bowel movements a day at irregular intervals (so twenty minutes apart or four hours apart) and I usually have five, ten, fifteen minutes to find a bathroom (the actual accidents I have are smaller, and usually occur within an hour of a large BM, with zero notice… sometimes I don't even feel it.) At home I've been messing myself if I know I'll need a change within the next hour and I can shower, but when I'm in public the accidents are already enough of a hassle.
My diapers are covered by insurance, but I don't like being wasteful and I don't like having to change so frequently… is there a way to re-tape the Attends somehow? I think I've seen packing tape mentioned to create landing strips, but I'm not sure how this would work. I'm also not wanting to carry extra changing supplies, but I guess I could maybe prepare them at home if this were to work? And will the tapes be more likely to come undone? The stickiness of the Attends tapes is a blessing and a curse lol
But the Attends have to stay on until I'm ready to change them; they can't un-tape without ripping holes in the plastic, and the fit is almost too good… they're impossible to slide down, like with a pull-up.
The reason it's an issue is that I typically have 4-6 bowel movements a day at irregular intervals (so twenty minutes apart or four hours apart) and I usually have five, ten, fifteen minutes to find a bathroom (the actual accidents I have are smaller, and usually occur within an hour of a large BM, with zero notice… sometimes I don't even feel it.) At home I've been messing myself if I know I'll need a change within the next hour and I can shower, but when I'm in public the accidents are already enough of a hassle.
My diapers are covered by insurance, but I don't like being wasteful and I don't like having to change so frequently… is there a way to re-tape the Attends somehow? I think I've seen packing tape mentioned to create landing strips, but I'm not sure how this would work. I'm also not wanting to carry extra changing supplies, but I guess I could maybe prepare them at home if this were to work? And will the tapes be more likely to come undone? The stickiness of the Attends tapes is a blessing and a curse lol