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Has anyone had any success in using disposable booster gel pads (no plastic backing) along with a cotton pad or diaper, as an insert inside cotton diaper pants for added absorption ??

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Hi Tonto,
I know, I know....they are called "diaper pants" but IMO, they are a "just in case" solution to incontinence. If you can get to a toilet most of the time, the diaper pants will work well. I like to say they work very well as long as you don't wet them! LOL. If you can't get to a toilet and do wet them, you have to keep in mind the absorbancy is limited....which brings us to your post....how to increase that absorbancy. I would argue that you do NOT want to increase the absorbancy due to comfort considerations. A pull on diaper pant is relying on an elastic waist band to hold it up. As it gets wet, it gets heavy and starts to sag, and the waist band slides down along with the soggy pants and you have this sodden mass slung between your legs.

Boosting the absorbancy of the pull on pants is going to make that situation worse by adding more weight. IMO, you have to consider changing them OR, if you are going to get your protection wet, then go with a "real" diaper that velcros on or pins on and will stay up far better and stay more comfortable as it gets wet.

The same principal applies to the disposable side of things! The pull on disposable underwear is your "just in case" solution and works great as long as you can use the toilet. They are good for about one accident, after which a change is needed as they will tend to slide down off your waist with the weight and your walking movements. If you know you are going to get the protection wet, then skip the pants and tape on a "real" diaper that will resist the sag and sliding down that we find very unconfortalble.

Back to your original question. IF you are only talking about bedwetting, and you like the pull on diaper 'cause you don't want to mess with pins and may not like velcro, then weight and sliding down are not factors. Boosting absorbancy to get thru the night without a wet bed is then your primary concern.

Are you wearing a "real" diaper pant? I don't want to repeat everything I say in the Primer so please go to the Primer page and scroll down to the addemdum on "Training Pants" where you will see you may want to consider the "real" pull on diaper from Loving Comfort if all you've been wearing have been "training pants" type.

Finally, the disposable boosters are great; no question about it. If you put an Abena diaper doubler (see XP Medical link) in your pull on, it will dramatically increase the absorbancy but at a cost, of course. The cost will be recurring as with any disposable product. And, if you sleep in one position, you may well be disappointed in how much dry,unused gell pad you are throwing out each morning. I could justify that myself for an overnight spent in someone else's bed, but I could not justify that cost nightly for sleeping in my own bed.

Hi Joe K. and thanks for the reply.

I always found that, being rather large in the waist, that a regular diaper, even in several layers, never stayed on because the pins kept seperating. I used the correct pins, but the stress of repeted sitting and standing and walking just seemed too much. There is no real coverage to the side of a regular diaper either. When outside in public, the belted slacks keep the pants up enough to handle the weight of wetness. At home and at night, its a different situation. Thanks for the pointers and I'll contact Loving Comfort.
PS You know anything about AC Medical Supply ? Tonto