hey guys when you are expecting a baby you might be looking for product reviews of fun things like
strollers and baby carriers but on this channel we're getting real and we're going to talk about
something that's really important though only the experience people that have given birth before
are sharing this information and that is reviews of postpartum incontinence and bleeding management
systems yeah i don't know their underwear their diapers their diapers so i am going to
save you time with a review comparing two of the most popular incontinence underwear that
people are choosing to manage their postpartum bleeding and to manage when their water breaks
so we're talking about the always discrete so we're doing always discreet versus the depend
and i'm gonna go into the details of the differences between these two and if you're
comparing them and thinking about purchasing some help you make the decision and save you time
Always versus Depends let's start with the smell okay uh it was the thing that I was most
interested when I was reading the reviews about what they would smell like and I mean smell of
the actual uh diaper not after it's been used but the actual diaper the always has a bit of a light
smell to it it's scented and um it's not super strong to me but it is there um the depend has
no it's unscented and in reading reviews some people did mention the smell so if you
are someone who is ultra sensitive to smells or ultra sensitive to scent have allergies
and that you really stick with unscented then this could be a deal breaker the always but
i would say in general it the scent is very light very very light
um really only when i put it right up to my nose or i'm like moving it around that i can smell it
let's talk a little bit about how they look now honestly
i think this is kind of a non-issue but i want to cover it because it might be an issue
if you're watching this the depends is a light pink um let me let me verify what they call it
i have it over here it's a feminine blush i wrote that down on my notes feminine blush
i mean marketing right so it is a light pink that depends compared to the always which is
white if you feel like the color might help you um feel better about wearing a diaper or it just
looks prettier then the depends might be the one you go to for me that's kind of a low
priority because i mean they look like diapers so does it really matter what color they are
they both have these little print designs again
who are we fooling here i mean does this help doesn't help me might help you i don't know
okay but to me let's jump into really the meat here how do they fit how do they feel
they both are high waisted so they will come up and um if you have a c-section planning or
unplanned they will come up over the scar so they are very high um and that when reading reviews
have been people's pro and con some people like that they're high some people don't um i think
that's nice especially when you still have that postpartum belly it's nice the higher that they
are both of these brands offer a shorter i think it's a boutique discrete size i think that you
i would avoid that when you were purchasing them for postpartum bleeding because of your body is
going to be different and still have a belly so um sizing and the height is about the same as far as
fit but there is a huge difference in the leg and that is to me something that is like a game
changer so let's first look at the depends they do not have it's just one piece of elastic okay
the always has this second internal elastic piece you guys can see it here
and i'll show you a close-up as well and as far as keeping leaks in i mean my gut is to go with
this and then reading reviews that seems to be the case that the always is very good at keeping in
leaks so i got i have got to imagine with that extra side elastic that the always has that it
is going to be better at keeping in the leaks keeping in the bleeding or keeping in our leaky
fluid as far as fit these are going to have a closer fit along the leg the inside leg if price
is one of the main factors they do vary and at the time of this video um and through amazon
the always is about 20 to 50 cents a diaper more per than the depend so depending upon
where you're shopping when you're watching this it is going to vary but it seems like
from the time that i created this video the different outlets that are selling them online
amazon target walgreens the always is a little bit more expensive than depends
so my goal is really to save you time when you are trying to make a decision on which is going
to work with you and i read a ton of reviews both from amazon and from target and from walgreens and
i will say that they were very similar as far as what people had to say about the two types
there were lots of people who loved them and compared them to the mesh underwear and the pads
that they had in the hospital and it was night and day there were some people that found the
fit of each of these that they didn't work for them it seems like they have a tendency to be
small so if you are in between two sizes if you're wondering if you should go up any i
would say looking at all the reviews you should size up in these don't try to get a smaller size
the other thing that as i mentioned with the smell that some people did report that they did
not like the smell of the always especially if you're sensitive and the depends seems like the
quality sometimes can be a little bit more hit and miss and i will say with always when people did
give a review for the always they seem to go on and on and on about how happy they were about it
depends they were happy always it seemed like they were really happy and I'm kind of wondering
you know that always company is has been doing um bleeding and menstrual products that's their thing
so I'm wondering if maybe because you're using this for bleeding that it is going to be more
effective and a better really fit for that type of management than the depends product that is
more about urine catching urine and incontinence products so i would say just merely for this
extra protection of the double layer of elastic that if i had to choose i would go with
the always even though it's a little extra prices pricey always versus depends
the battle has finished i think the winner is the always
if you've tried any of these please leave a comment below i would love to hear if you are
ready for another review video check out this one about hospital gowns and i'll see you next time
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