I GOT A DATE!!!! (Finally)

[Wolf-Pup (imported)]

Great to hear!

Are underpads unisex? Or is that a stupid question?

[WheelyFixed]

Great to hear!

Are underpads unisex? Or is that a stupid question?

Not totally stupid.. I have three different pads that I use for continence issues, and it's easy to confuse them unless I go into details...

1. "Male guard" Pads - These are not unisex, but are more intended for an intact male w/ typical size hardware... They basically work like the sort female menstrual pad that is designed to adhere to underwear, but are shaped for male anatomy and stick into your underwear in front... I suspect they are also higher fluid "capacity". They make female urinary pad equivalents, but I think the shape would be wrong for my use since I don't have a penectomy. The male pads aren't ideal as they have a bit of a gap in fit due to missing bits, but work pretty well in handling the stress leakage and dribbling I get... If / when I get my adaptive underwear design project done it will probably make them fit and work better.

2. The bed pads I use at night - definitely unisex, fairly large rectangular sheets, also known to medical folks as "chucks", that hopefully catch the night-time dribbles (I normally sleep w/ just my shirt) and also if I have a bowel 'blow out'... If you've spent much time in a hospital they are likely to have used some on you, as they are a 'go-to' for catching any sort of leakage before it hits the sheets... They are also sometimes marketed as "puppy pads" for critters in 'training' and I've also heard of them being used by couples during sex so she doesn't get stuck with "sleeping in the damp spot "

3. The small thin sheets that come in my catheter kits - essentially a layer of plastic with a heavy absorbent paper layer on one side - they are square and flat, so relatively unisex... They are supposed to go between the 'equipment' and clothing to catch small drips, and protect from them from the povidone iodine solution swabs used to clean the glans pre-cathing.... They also give a more clean / sterile area for the process... I suspect that these are the pads you are asking about.

My kits, and most 'male' catheters are 'unisex' in that both sexes could use them, but the catheters are FAR longer than needed for female anatomy. They make 'female' length catheters, but those are to short to work for a guy. I'm not sure (and haven't investigated) but I suspect that if a guy with a penectomy (or M-F trans that still has a prostate) needed to cath, he would probably need a male-length, since the re-route doesn't shorten the plumbing enough to allow a female length to reach the bladder...

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