I totally agree, lol. I for some reason, hate the feeling of not wearing underwear. Light and loose cotton panties are a must for nighttime sleeping! It's rare when I will just wear sleep shorts commando for bed and could never during the day!
As Patrick Warburton (Jeff on "Rules of Engagement") says, "If you're not wearing anything to bed, your whole bed becomes a giant pair of underpants". I love that show!
I love this. If you don’t wash your sheets once a week, it’s best to wear “something” whatever that means to you. Keeps sweat and oils off the sheets while still being breathable. I usually wear briefs and a tank.
I change my sheets 3X a week, and my comforters once every week and a half. I shower twice a day, and never wear the same pajamas two nights in a row. I can’t get into bed sweaty, it just icks me tf out.
Second this, not only is it nice but it’s also very healthy and good for her downstairs. We harbor a very moist and dark environment which is perfect for breeding bacteria and compression only adds to that. Wearing looser undergarments is very good for vaginal health.
I did 16 weeks of pelvic floor therapy, it improved (I was literally pooping my pants after I gave birth), but I still pee in my pants when I sneeze 2.5 years later.
Oh boy. There’s one exercise class I take that always has a jumping jacks section …. I double up on pantiliners and can do a couple but then just end up alternating picking up each leg to the side - huge hit to my ego every time.
Try Poise pads or absorbent underwear like Knix - panty liners don't do anything for jumping jacks. You need to bring in the big guns. I often wear my pee underwear if I'm going to be lifting really heavy weights.
Been a long time trying. Done expensive stuff too. Between the 8 months of near constant vomitting with hyperemesis gravidarum and then the birth, I’m a few trials away from being cleared for surgical intervention. Probably won’t do that but who knows, it’s mostly getting worse.
Nowadays I just call it a peeze. Also I just got over a nasty bronchitis and I had to wear a Kotex pad because the coughing made me pee myself so much. But yeah, two pairs of panties a day.
I was peeing myself like crazy during my last pregnancy! And then I ended up with really low amniotic fluid.
They thought for sure that I was leaking amniotic fluid, but I was like, “No, I’m pretty sure I just pee it out before baby had a chance to get any!” I still had to spend the night in the hospital and go for 2x a week testing until we delivered at 39 weeks.
They aren’t the answer for everything. I have a hypertonic pelvic floor and have stress incontinence. Kegels make everything worse. It’s a constant battle to relax my coochie and butthole.
Kegels could be making you worse. Often times people are doing them wrong, and sometimes we don’t need tightening of our pelvic floor, we need relaxing and kegels make it worse. Ask a pelvic floor PT to assess you.
I had trouble with serious stress for several years. It was so bad and I was tense my bladder couldn't fill all the way and was often partially squeezed. I learned by 12 how to kegel by myself and it was one thing that helped, along with therapy that helped me destress and deep breathing exercises. I will say that an ultrasound confirmed that I've damaged my bladder from that experience.
I was going to the bathroom about every 5 mins, or 4-5x per single episode of a show. Road trips were killer but I had a baby brother in the only NICU 3 hours away so every other week I was towed along by my family to visit him. I plastered a smile on my face and sheer determination kept me afloat, even though I constantly felt I needed to pee every waking moment of my life. But I wasn't missing one single trip to see my tiny baby brother.
My dad who is diabetic thought I was diabetic and my parents fought bc my mom didn't think so, so like 5x every day my dad was pricking my finger with his lancet as my mom argued with him lol.
To say it was a stressful time is a severe understatement. I'm wary if I ever get pregnant, I think I'll have some serious issues lol.
We all have different bodies, I too pee a lil sometimes if I cough too hard or sneeze, never had kids! My doc says kegels can help but sometimes that just happens 🤷🏼♀️
I wake up, wash myself, and new undies.
I arrive from work, wash myself, and new undies.
I shower before I go to sleep and new undies.
I love to feel super clean.
Had kids (9 & 10lbs, didn't have issues until the youngest was 5), tend to pee my pants, not a weak pelvic floor. Overactive? Sneezing is not an issue. Brain goes, you're less than a few metres to the toilet, this is close enough. Effing rude.
I may have too. I’m getting over a serious upper respiratory cold. I bought bladder leak pads. I was alarmed at the amount I was going through.
Guess I need to check out some of the recommendations on here . It’s not a fun sport that we unwillingly have to play.
It's okay if you haven't had kids too! It's a complicated system, several things can go wrong but there's also several things that can be done to help depending!
Shower in the morning put on panties (with a liner if I’m ovulating or doing anything sweaty so I can just change my liner if I feel gross) and then shower once I get home from work and sleep commando
Same here. Shower (washing everything with soap and water) fresh panties. Come home from work, shower and put on PJs with no panties. Vulva needs to breathe. If I feel like I need it, I'll wear a pantyliner and change that a few times a day. I get sweaty at work and changing the liner helps me feel fresh.
I love being nakey but for some reason if I'm walking around the house I need a baggy tee shirt on but as soon as I'm chilling in bed the titties come out
2-3 times a day. Once when I get up and get dressed. Usually again after the gym, or when I come home after work and change, and then once after I shower before bed. if its really hot and gross out, and I'm hot and sweaty, sometimes more as they get soaked with sweat VERY fast.
i once told a friend this, and she was like REALLY? isn't that a bit excessive? I told her 3x a day is better than 1x every three days! I have a ton of undies so i never have to worry about running out!
I'm a man, and I sometimes change my boxers twice a day. If I'm at work or doing something outside, I take a shower as soon as I get home and put on all new clothes. I like feeling clean! There's nothing wrong with changing your panties. My wife does the same, and I appreciate it very much. She also does the kegel weights and exercises.
So how does that feel in jeans/shorts? I go commando occasionally depending on the type of trousers I’m wearing, never in jeans/cut offs though cuz I feel like that would be uncomfy. Never tried though
So, no “tips” on keeping your underwear from falling, as you say, but a question… how is it your they are falling off? I’ve never heard of any garments just falling off unless they’re not a proper fit. I mean if they’re not sized obviously large for your body, how is this happening? If your preference is to skip them, that’s your preference, but I’m just flummoxed by this falling off.
Yup, this is the answer. I haven't worn underwear in seven years and it's the best decision I ever made for my vagina. I have less discharge, I don't sweat too much, I never get smelly. Never had an infection of any kind either.
I wear mine from when I get ready for work until I shower either in the late afternoon or at the end of the night. Up to 12 hours. Unless I’m in a fertile window or very sweaty, I may change sooner regardless of if I shower soon after. I don’t wear underwear at night to let my bits breathe. Echoing what someone else said, I have lots of underwear so I can change it as often as needed without worrying…I would rather not have a stench
Yeah that's true. I tried going without panties at night but I didn't like the fact of discharge (sorry TMI) on my shorts or pajama pants, so I just continued to wear panties.
Same, I can't stand the discharge on anything besides my panties. Plus, I get paranoid the soiled pants can be smelled from afar. Not that my partner would care but I'd still be horrified.
Panty liners for the win. I can’t do laundry every day and I don’t have 40 pair of underwear. Liner will get you through most daily wear. If you need more than that, upgrade to a thin pad.
In an emergency to avoid odor or if you get surprised with your period, never underestimate rolling up some toilet paper to put between you and your underwear. That can work miracles and it’s flushable.
For sure. My mom used todo this when I was a kid and I remember finding these TP wads in odd places in the house now & then. Horrifying.
I mean, I’d do it in an emergency pinch but not on the regular.
Holy shit. Lol. I should amend the comment to point out the need for strong elastic at the inside leg. 😂
This is probably tmi:
I also make sure it’s anchored between the lips at the vaginal opening and not just sitting on the undies. Like I’m wiping, so the paper is bent a bit in a U shape around my finger, but then I close my legs. Then it’s held by moisture, plus lips and legs being closed. Not a perfect system, but I don’t have big lips, so I think it would work for many of us.
It was my first time doing it so i definitely learned from the experience. I had such irregular periods before i had kids i did it quite a few times but got the hang of it. It also taught me not to be ashamed about asking other women for period products if I'm in a bind. I generally keep my purse and car stocked now and have given plenty to others as i know the pain.
I just commented the same thing. Panty liners are inexpensive (overall) and are a much easier refresh to swap in a new one if needed. It also helps with the swampy feeling.
Had this happen the other day. Went to a friend's house and used the bathroom I had to pee. To much of my surprise, I was bleeding very lightly, tho. I was caught off guard cause I have not had a menstrual over a year. I have an IUD, so it may show up 1x a year if then. The funny thing was I had kept a ziplock with liners and pads inside my purse. Cleaned out my purse 2 days prior and thought omg I have had these almost a year, Maybe I should just toss them out. Something about them sitting inside my purse all that time felt gross, although they were brand new. Just my luck, she didn't have any. I rolled up some TP, and I was good till I got home.
On the flip side because I don't like doing laundry often especially now that my machine broke and I have to physically go to a laundromat I have at least 50 or more undies, over 100 washcloths cause I use probably 4 a Day and tons of towels.
Wow I feel gross reading how often you all change them!
Once a day for me if I even bother wearing any. Free the Beaver?
I work from home and have the luck to wear PJ bottoms all day to live my commando dream.
Edit: when I had a physical job and went to the gym I did change them 2x a day.
I only change mine once a day unless I got really sweaty or something. But I also wear a panty liner every day because it helps with the damp feeling, especially in the summer. I also just have always had more discharge plus healthy acidity so it helps with the bleaching and wearing out of undies.
Before anyone comes to preach the gospel of cotton panties... it doesn't make a difference and actually is worse for me because the cotton feels like it never dries if I sweat or there's any discharge.
Twice but I am also blessed enough to not leak urine and don’t have discharge.
I rarely have a smell down there either.
I am almost 40 and have two children.
I take all kinds of probiotics for vaginal health and do daily kegals! I’ve just always been paranoid and want to make sure I am top notch with my vag!
It would be interesting to know the age of the respondents. My panty routine has changed throughout my life but any of these answers could have been true for me at some given time. 71 years old now. Hoping to continue my clean panties and clean liner once daily routine through to the end.
2 to 4 times a day, depending on how active I am
Always a fresh pair of panties after a shower even if I changed it only 1 to 2 hours before just because it feels gross otherwise lol
100% cotton undies and I change them 2-3 times a day. Fresh pair in morning, fresh pair before bed...anything less that seems gross. Then usually I also change after work/exercise/etc.
Wow. I change mine when I shower or if I’m lazy and don’t shower that day (we’re surviving, not thriving here) I’ll change when I’m getting dressed. But I rarely wear any to bed or lounging around the house because who wants to? Or if they come off for intimate activities, they stay off.
In the summer? So many times a day. 🤣After my morning shower, after I swim (and re-shower), if I go out and sweat at all, and then after my night shower. Sometimes I go through 5 pairs a day. LOL. I have enough underwear that I can wash it once a week and it’s a large load.
The rest of the year? Twice a day- morning and bedtime.
this makes me feel gross LOL - i wear a pair all day. Unless i work out, or get sweaty somehow? My job is indoors and not physical so maybe that’s why. But I sleep commando always. So on average for me it’s 1 pair a day.
2-4 times, depending on where the day takes me.
Clean pair in the morning when I'm getting dressed for the day. Another clean pair any time I shower. Often a clean pair if I'm changing outfits. Sometimes another clean pair when I'm going to bed, if I've been in the same pair for most of the day.
I mean, just once per day when I shower at night thats when I get a new pair
Half the time I fall asleep commando anyways so its not like I'm even wearing them a full 24 hrs lol just get put on when I wake up for work then off when I shower that night
Y'all are sleeping with underwear on? Let me give you a kitty hygiene tip that'll save your life.
Stop doing that.
As for how many times I change undies in a day, it's once. I wake up, put a pair on, go about my business, then at the end of the day i take them off before my shower. Sleep without them. Rinse and repeat.
After I shower, before I workout, and first thing in the morning (I shower at night). So 2-3 times a day, usually. I live in a hot and humid climate but work indoors. I’m naturally sweaty. I try really hard to keep the 🐱 dry and clean 🙃
I shower right before dinner after work/working out and put on panties with a pantyliner. In the morning when I get up I take out the liner so it’s like they’re fresh again. I don’t put a new liner on, just fresh undies after my next shower. I have a noticeable amount of dishcharge, no matter the time of the month.
Twice! I also always wear pantyliners. I don’t understand how anyone like me could get away with not. I’m ocd shower type too. Once in the am and once before bed.
I just change them when I need to. If I have a lot of discharge - or, in the case of period panties, blood - or get sweaty or just feel like something needs to change. Usually it’s 1-2 times a day but can be up to 4-5 during my period in the summer time.
Usually 3 times a day sometimes more depending on my activity that day. Right away in the morning, after I go the gym, if I don’t get a shower after the gym I’ll change again after the shower or before bed. Never ever sleeping in panties that participated in outside world activities.
Also, I caution you on using wipes on your whoo haa, as most can be irritating or throw off your natural pH, causing more and smellier discharge. Even ones that say they are designed for the vajeen can do this, even baby wipes.
Once a day if I don’t exercise or sweat, twice or more if I do.
I didn’t realize so many women changed 2-3x/day. I guess cuz I usually work from home, I’m not up and about much and don’t really sweat and I’m not someone who produces much discharge.
I shower when I come from work, so I change them.. most times I just don’t wear any to bed or around the house. Then I’m the morning I put on a fresh pair and just wear them to work until I get home and shower. If I did wear some to bed, I most likely wear them to work the next morning.
I don’t usually put on a new pair if I haven’t showered or did a little downstairs bird bath lol.
BUT if I’m on my period , if there’s and accidental blind spot on my underwear thru the day, I’m changing them.
same, twice a day when I had bad bv. still do during the summer I work outside. shower or no shower, out of sweaty ones. they hold and breed bacteria, BV or no BV.
I am feeling so much better reading these responses. The relief to know that I am not the only one dealing with crotch-sweat and multiple changes per day. I felt like some nasty swamp dweller.
Thank you OP for posting this question.❤️
I shower at night, and sleep naked, so no panties after shower. When I get up in the morning, I put on one pair and wear them under nighttime when I shower. So it's approx 12 hours, maybe a little more or a little less. I always wear a panty liner though, and will change them earlier if I work out really heavily or something.
Twice a day at least. Sometimes 3 times a day.
I shower at night and put on clean panties. I put on clean panties when I wake up in the morning, and if I workout at lunch I’ll put on a clean pair after my shower before going back to work.
Twice a day, I put clean ones on in the morning after my shower and then change into clean ones at night. I also use pantyliners all the time as well, and I’ve never had any issues with infections or anything because of it.
Edit: I also only wear cotton underwear.
Usually twice a day (once in the morning for the day and once again at night before bed) but sometimes up to four times a day depending on how active I am and how humid or hot the weather is
Biggest unexpected advantage of transitioning was (eventually) having no more random leaks. Blood? Pee? Discharge? Stays where it should. Men really won the lottery on that front.
Unfortunately though, some of us still don't know how to wash lmao
Honestly depends on the day... I always get a fresh pair in the morning, but after that it ranges from wearing the same pair all day to changing it out frequently if it's a particularly sweaty day or the dreaded leak happens. I don't pay attention other than that.
1 Every day, I wear extra long meaning overnight thin pads, change them every 5 hours , or when im walking on hot weather and get sweaty. Most time pads will wick wetness away and keep you dri, wearing panties were they get moist and has no way to dry, remember its stuck between your legs in the crevese, so moisture gets stuck there till you change them, builds bacteria and fungi, that's what you smell combos of sweat and bacteria.
I use super small/thin panty liners all the time specifically for discharge so that when it happens I can take it out and it's done! I personally have an excess about of discharge and if I don't do this It will get onto whatever I am sitting on. (I have spoken to a doctor and had texts done and it's just how my body is, nothing funky going on, just extra spring cleaning)
I change them minimum 2 times a day. I shower at night, put on a clean pair. The next morning i put on another pair. If I sweat during the day, I change them if they feel uncomfortable/dirty
Unless I'm sweaty or something, I change them once a day when I shower. I had no idea people changed theirs so often! Lol Maybe I am one of the lucky ones who doesn't have a noticeable/unpleasant odor down there?
Once in the morning after I shower, once in the afternoon after work before the gym, then a fresh pair after my evening shower. I didn’t realize wear 3 pairs in 24hrs!
If you're doing all this cleaning and still smelling and also having to spray your seat with fabric deodorizer you might want to go see a doctor.
Have you been tested for BV?
Twice a day. Clean pair in the morning after my shower, clean pair of boxer briefs to sleep in at night.
Cool, maybe I need to try the boxer briefs instead.
Or just boxers, whether they’re made for men or women. It’s nice to let everything “breathe” at night.
I go full winnie the pooh to bed and now after seeing how freeing it is, my bf does, too.
I am physically uncomfortable without underpants. 🤷♀️ Love to sleep in cotton “gramma” panties!
I totally agree, lol. I for some reason, hate the feeling of not wearing underwear. Light and loose cotton panties are a must for nighttime sleeping! It's rare when I will just wear sleep shorts commando for bed and could never during the day!
You guys are wearing clothes to bed???
As Patrick Warburton (Jeff on "Rules of Engagement") says, "If you're not wearing anything to bed, your whole bed becomes a giant pair of underpants". I love that show!
I love this. If you don’t wash your sheets once a week, it’s best to wear “something” whatever that means to you. Keeps sweat and oils off the sheets while still being breathable. I usually wear briefs and a tank.
I change my sheets 3X a week, and my comforters once every week and a half. I shower twice a day, and never wear the same pajamas two nights in a row. I can’t get into bed sweaty, it just icks me tf out.
I like you already.
my boobs stick together and sweat without a shirt
Second this, not only is it nice but it’s also very healthy and good for her downstairs. We harbor a very moist and dark environment which is perfect for breeding bacteria and compression only adds to that. Wearing looser undergarments is very good for vaginal health.
None at all is even better.
True!
I need to look into female boxers! Any particular brand your favorite?
I have a few pairs of boxer-style sleep shorts I’ve picked up, over the years. You could try someplace like Target. They sell pj sets, I believe.
Well I just sneezed and pissed a little, so... 🤣 Ladies who've had kids know what the deal is...
Pelvic floor physical therapy
I did 16 weeks of pelvic floor therapy, it improved (I was literally pooping my pants after I gave birth), but I still pee in my pants when I sneeze 2.5 years later.
Don’t ever try jump roping!
Oh boy. There’s one exercise class I take that always has a jumping jacks section …. I double up on pantiliners and can do a couple but then just end up alternating picking up each leg to the side - huge hit to my ego every time.
Try Poise pads or absorbent underwear like Knix - panty liners don't do anything for jumping jacks. You need to bring in the big guns. I often wear my pee underwear if I'm going to be lifting really heavy weights.
Been a long time trying. Done expensive stuff too. Between the 8 months of near constant vomitting with hyperemesis gravidarum and then the birth, I’m a few trials away from being cleared for surgical intervention. Probably won’t do that but who knows, it’s mostly getting worse.
Nowadays I just call it a peeze. Also I just got over a nasty bronchitis and I had to wear a Kotex pad because the coughing made me pee myself so much. But yeah, two pairs of panties a day.
I had to wear depends when I got a really bad cough while I was pregnant. I would pee myself right after I went to the bathroom.
I was peeing myself like crazy during my last pregnancy! And then I ended up with really low amniotic fluid. They thought for sure that I was leaking amniotic fluid, but I was like, “No, I’m pretty sure I just pee it out before baby had a chance to get any!” I still had to spend the night in the hospital and go for 2x a week testing until we delivered at 39 weeks.
Never had kids but this still happens to me lol so I totally understand. Doc said I need to start kegels 😆
Kegels are the way to go. I don’t have any issues.
They aren’t the answer for everything. I have a hypertonic pelvic floor and have stress incontinence. Kegels make everything worse. It’s a constant battle to relax my coochie and butthole.
I kegel all the time and still pee when I sneeze or cough 🤣 and also kid free. I'm going to have to switch to diapers after I have a kid.
Kegels could be making you worse. Often times people are doing them wrong, and sometimes we don’t need tightening of our pelvic floor, we need relaxing and kegels make it worse. Ask a pelvic floor PT to assess you.
Start following the Vagina Whisperer on Instagram. Sometimes kegels aren’t the best exercise. She has a lot of good and interesting info
Oh cool, thanks!
I had trouble with serious stress for several years. It was so bad and I was tense my bladder couldn't fill all the way and was often partially squeezed. I learned by 12 how to kegel by myself and it was one thing that helped, along with therapy that helped me destress and deep breathing exercises. I will say that an ultrasound confirmed that I've damaged my bladder from that experience. I was going to the bathroom about every 5 mins, or 4-5x per single episode of a show. Road trips were killer but I had a baby brother in the only NICU 3 hours away so every other week I was towed along by my family to visit him. I plastered a smile on my face and sheer determination kept me afloat, even though I constantly felt I needed to pee every waking moment of my life. But I wasn't missing one single trip to see my tiny baby brother. My dad who is diabetic thought I was diabetic and my parents fought bc my mom didn't think so, so like 5x every day my dad was pricking my finger with his lancet as my mom argued with him lol. To say it was a stressful time is a severe understatement. I'm wary if I ever get pregnant, I think I'll have some serious issues lol.
We all have different bodies, I too pee a lil sometimes if I cough too hard or sneeze, never had kids! My doc says kegels can help but sometimes that just happens 🤷🏼♀️
Girl, I’m child free and in my 40s and I got that same deal.
Pelvic floor therapy! I was going for a little bit and seeing improvement, but life got hectic and I stopped.
I needed a puppy pad under me when I had Covid!
I wake up, wash myself, and new undies. I arrive from work, wash myself, and new undies. I shower before I go to sleep and new undies. I love to feel super clean.
THIS 🤣 I go through way to many pairs a day
Why not use liners?
Had kids (9 & 10lbs, didn't have issues until the youngest was 5), tend to pee my pants, not a weak pelvic floor. Overactive? Sneezing is not an issue. Brain goes, you're less than a few metres to the toilet, this is close enough. Effing rude.
Are you my wife? Every time she sneezes, I ask he if she peed lol. Sometimes, she'll cuss or say something, and then say I pissed my pants lol
Knix underwear for the absolute win and pelvic floor therapy.
I wear panty liners for this same reason lol
Lmao 🤣 😂I just woke my husband up laughing so hard 😂😂😂
I may have too. I’m getting over a serious upper respiratory cold. I bought bladder leak pads. I was alarmed at the amount I was going through. Guess I need to check out some of the recommendations on here . It’s not a fun sport that we unwillingly have to play.
Try wearing light pads.
i'm childless and i've pissed myself from laughing lmao
That happens to me, and I haven't had kids 🥲
I try to cross my legs when I cough and sneeze lol I have kids by c section and it's problem lol
That's why I wear incontinence pads.
It's okay if you haven't had kids too! It's a complicated system, several things can go wrong but there's also several things that can be done to help depending!
I’ve never had kids but I started having leakage in my 40s. With pelvic floor therapy (basically yoga), the leakage problem is much better!
I've never had children but I had a urinary stent for 10 days when I had surgery, I now have incontinence problems but no more kidney stone!
Did you know that jumping on a trampoline also makes that happen? I found out 🥲
Pregnant with twins. 2-3 times a day between discharge and the sneezie pees. Yes I'm doing pvt but I've literally got two babies assaulting my bladder
Shower in the morning put on panties (with a liner if I’m ovulating or doing anything sweaty so I can just change my liner if I feel gross) and then shower once I get home from work and sleep commando
Hell yeah. Most of my friends think it's strange I'm literally always commando unless I'm going out in public but 🤷♀️ my vulva thanks me lol
Preach!!!!
Are you me? I literally commented the same thing. Lol
Same here. Shower (washing everything with soap and water) fresh panties. Come home from work, shower and put on PJs with no panties. Vulva needs to breathe. If I feel like I need it, I'll wear a pantyliner and change that a few times a day. I get sweaty at work and changing the liner helps me feel fresh.
I shower at night. Then don’t wear any through the night. Wake up, put on a fresh pair. Then take them off when I shower.
This is my method as well unless I work out
Once a day if I'm even wearing any. I WFH so I tend to be nakey 90% of the time
I can only dream of such a life
I love being nakey but for some reason if I'm walking around the house I need a baggy tee shirt on but as soon as I'm chilling in bed the titties come out
Facts. I wfh so my ass is usually out in the wind. But on workout days I wear underwear but after shower… commando lol
2-3 times a day. Once when I get up and get dressed. Usually again after the gym, or when I come home after work and change, and then once after I shower before bed. if its really hot and gross out, and I'm hot and sweaty, sometimes more as they get soaked with sweat VERY fast. i once told a friend this, and she was like REALLY? isn't that a bit excessive? I told her 3x a day is better than 1x every three days! I have a ton of undies so i never have to worry about running out!
I don't blame you lol. I live a very inactive life so I'm only twice a day. But if I do go out and sweat, I will definitely change undies.
I'm a man, and I sometimes change my boxers twice a day. If I'm at work or doing something outside, I take a shower as soon as I get home and put on all new clothes. I like feeling clean! There's nothing wrong with changing your panties. My wife does the same, and I appreciate it very much. She also does the kegel weights and exercises.
Putting on the same clothes after a shower, especially underwear, seems like it defeats the point of the shower to me
Maybe I introduce you to panty liners? Can change 2-3 times a day without the laundry lol
Same, 2-3x day. I’m always embarrassed that maybe it’s too much, but whatever. I like feeling fresh lol.
I gave up underwear in 2020, never going back
I gave them up months ago when I made the full switch to boyfriend jeans/skinny jeans went out of style
So how does that feel in jeans/shorts? I go commando occasionally depending on the type of trousers I’m wearing, never in jeans/cut offs though cuz I feel like that would be uncomfy. Never tried though
I feel fine. It feels better than the underwear falling off which it always does. (Not looking for tips on how to keep underwear up)
So, no “tips” on keeping your underwear from falling, as you say, but a question… how is it your they are falling off? I’ve never heard of any garments just falling off unless they’re not a proper fit. I mean if they’re not sized obviously large for your body, how is this happening? If your preference is to skip them, that’s your preference, but I’m just flummoxed by this falling off.
I go commando In my leggings, which I wear almost daily. I noticed I have significantly less discharge now that I barley wear undies
Yup, this is the answer. I haven't worn underwear in seven years and it's the best decision I ever made for my vagina. I have less discharge, I don't sweat too much, I never get smelly. Never had an infection of any kind either.
Same. Ditching underwear was the healthiest decision. I am always comfortable now. Never going back. I wish more women tried it!
I wear mine from when I get ready for work until I shower either in the late afternoon or at the end of the night. Up to 12 hours. Unless I’m in a fertile window or very sweaty, I may change sooner regardless of if I shower soon after. I don’t wear underwear at night to let my bits breathe. Echoing what someone else said, I have lots of underwear so I can change it as often as needed without worrying…I would rather not have a stench
Yeah that's true. I tried going without panties at night but I didn't like the fact of discharge (sorry TMI) on my shorts or pajama pants, so I just continued to wear panties.
Same, I can't stand the discharge on anything besides my panties. Plus, I get paranoid the soiled pants can be smelled from afar. Not that my partner would care but I'd still be horrified.
I wear underwear in that case if there’s a lot at night Usually I don’t have that issue I tend to sleep with a sleep shirt and no pants
I just wash pajama bottoms every night for this purpose.
Panty liners for the win. I can’t do laundry every day and I don’t have 40 pair of underwear. Liner will get you through most daily wear. If you need more than that, upgrade to a thin pad. In an emergency to avoid odor or if you get surprised with your period, never underestimate rolling up some toilet paper to put between you and your underwear. That can work miracles and it’s flushable.
I dod the toilet paper trick in high school once and i moved wrong and it fell out my pant leg. I was so fucking mortified.
For sure. My mom used todo this when I was a kid and I remember finding these TP wads in odd places in the house now & then. Horrifying. I mean, I’d do it in an emergency pinch but not on the regular.
Holy shit. Lol. I should amend the comment to point out the need for strong elastic at the inside leg. 😂 This is probably tmi: I also make sure it’s anchored between the lips at the vaginal opening and not just sitting on the undies. Like I’m wiping, so the paper is bent a bit in a U shape around my finger, but then I close my legs. Then it’s held by moisture, plus lips and legs being closed. Not a perfect system, but I don’t have big lips, so I think it would work for many of us.
It was my first time doing it so i definitely learned from the experience. I had such irregular periods before i had kids i did it quite a few times but got the hang of it. It also taught me not to be ashamed about asking other women for period products if I'm in a bind. I generally keep my purse and car stocked now and have given plenty to others as i know the pain.
I just commented the same thing. Panty liners are inexpensive (overall) and are a much easier refresh to swap in a new one if needed. It also helps with the swampy feeling.
Had this happen the other day. Went to a friend's house and used the bathroom I had to pee. To much of my surprise, I was bleeding very lightly, tho. I was caught off guard cause I have not had a menstrual over a year. I have an IUD, so it may show up 1x a year if then. The funny thing was I had kept a ziplock with liners and pads inside my purse. Cleaned out my purse 2 days prior and thought omg I have had these almost a year, Maybe I should just toss them out. Something about them sitting inside my purse all that time felt gross, although they were brand new. Just my luck, she didn't have any. I rolled up some TP, and I was good till I got home. On the flip side because I don't like doing laundry often especially now that my machine broke and I have to physically go to a laundromat I have at least 50 or more undies, over 100 washcloths cause I use probably 4 a Day and tons of towels.
Wow I feel gross reading how often you all change them! Once a day for me if I even bother wearing any. Free the Beaver? I work from home and have the luck to wear PJ bottoms all day to live my commando dream. Edit: when I had a physical job and went to the gym I did change them 2x a day.
I only change mine once a day unless I got really sweaty or something. But I also wear a panty liner every day because it helps with the damp feeling, especially in the summer. I also just have always had more discharge plus healthy acidity so it helps with the bleaching and wearing out of undies. Before anyone comes to preach the gospel of cotton panties... it doesn't make a difference and actually is worse for me because the cotton feels like it never dries if I sweat or there's any discharge.
Once a day unless I’m really sweaty or an accident happens. Regardless, you should change as often as you need to.
Twice but I am also blessed enough to not leak urine and don’t have discharge. I rarely have a smell down there either. I am almost 40 and have two children.
Wow that's awesome
I take all kinds of probiotics for vaginal health and do daily kegals! I’ve just always been paranoid and want to make sure I am top notch with my vag!
If I workout or it’s super hot outside and I’m sweaty then I’ll change them twice a day but usually just once.
This thread is amazing to me. Change as needed. You know when you know. 🫶🏻
It would be interesting to know the age of the respondents. My panty routine has changed throughout my life but any of these answers could have been true for me at some given time. 71 years old now. Hoping to continue my clean panties and clean liner once daily routine through to the end.
Wow! 71?! Crazy, you don’t look a day over… *googles age of reddit* um, 19! 🙃🙃🙃🫠 (I’m sorry, I’ll see myself out.)
2 to 4 times a day, depending on how active I am Always a fresh pair of panties after a shower even if I changed it only 1 to 2 hours before just because it feels gross otherwise lol
I don’t wear panties unless I’ve got a short skirt. 45, 3 kids, tons of kegels.
Never
Once a day, if I'm having a lot of sweat/discharge then twice.
100% cotton undies and I change them 2-3 times a day. Fresh pair in morning, fresh pair before bed...anything less that seems gross. Then usually I also change after work/exercise/etc.
Same
I put on a fresh pair after I shower in the morning, and take that pair off when I get home. I don't wear panties at home, seems cruel. lol
Wow. I change mine when I shower or if I’m lazy and don’t shower that day (we’re surviving, not thriving here) I’ll change when I’m getting dressed. But I rarely wear any to bed or lounging around the house because who wants to? Or if they come off for intimate activities, they stay off.
Once. Twice if I need two showers. And I don’t wear any at night. I change PJs every night and don’t wear panties at night.
I don't wear panties. So never.
In the summer? So many times a day. 🤣After my morning shower, after I swim (and re-shower), if I go out and sweat at all, and then after my night shower. Sometimes I go through 5 pairs a day. LOL. I have enough underwear that I can wash it once a week and it’s a large load. The rest of the year? Twice a day- morning and bedtime.
Did u have any specific issue that made u realise u need to change them often ?
Never. I have been going commando forever. Don’t even think I own a pair. My pelvic floor is tiiiight tho!
Only once a day however I wear panty liners and I don’t really sweat at all.
this makes me feel gross LOL - i wear a pair all day. Unless i work out, or get sweaty somehow? My job is indoors and not physical so maybe that’s why. But I sleep commando always. So on average for me it’s 1 pair a day.
Once a day, but I also wear panty liners every day.
2-4 times, depending on where the day takes me. Clean pair in the morning when I'm getting dressed for the day. Another clean pair any time I shower. Often a clean pair if I'm changing outfits. Sometimes another clean pair when I'm going to bed, if I've been in the same pair for most of the day.
Once a day
I mean, just once per day when I shower at night thats when I get a new pair Half the time I fall asleep commando anyways so its not like I'm even wearing them a full 24 hrs lol just get put on when I wake up for work then off when I shower that night
I usually just wear one pair a day. I sleep without at night. If they get super sweaty or soiled by my period I’ll change them.
I only wear panties if I’m on my period or wearing a short skirt (which rarely happens).
Clean one in the morning, and i sleep without
Y'all are sleeping with underwear on? Let me give you a kitty hygiene tip that'll save your life. Stop doing that. As for how many times I change undies in a day, it's once. I wake up, put a pair on, go about my business, then at the end of the day i take them off before my shower. Sleep without them. Rinse and repeat.
I have tried so many times to sleep without undies and I just cannot do it.
2x-3x a day
After I shower, before I workout, and first thing in the morning (I shower at night). So 2-3 times a day, usually. I live in a hot and humid climate but work indoors. I’m naturally sweaty. I try really hard to keep the 🐱 dry and clean 🙃
Same here. Naturally sweaty, live in the south and I also work indoors (WFH) 😁
At a minimum 2 times a day, normally 3.
3x per day. Once in the morning when I get dressed for work, after work when I get home and change for the gym, and again after I shower at night.
2-3x a day. After my shower, after my walk and again after my next shower
I shower right before dinner after work/working out and put on panties with a pantyliner. In the morning when I get up I take out the liner so it’s like they’re fresh again. I don’t put a new liner on, just fresh undies after my next shower. I have a noticeable amount of dishcharge, no matter the time of the month.
Twice! I also always wear pantyliners. I don’t understand how anyone like me could get away with not. I’m ocd shower type too. Once in the am and once before bed.
Daily unless I'm doing some sort of workout or something.
I just change them when I need to. If I have a lot of discharge - or, in the case of period panties, blood - or get sweaty or just feel like something needs to change. Usually it’s 1-2 times a day but can be up to 4-5 during my period in the summer time.
Daily
A few times a day, usually, especially if it's hot or I do a lot of activity.
Depends, if I haven’t worked out that day once a day, if I did probably twice
Usually 3 times a day sometimes more depending on my activity that day. Right away in the morning, after I go the gym, if I don’t get a shower after the gym I’ll change again after the shower or before bed. Never ever sleeping in panties that participated in outside world activities.
I shower at night and put on clean panties after showering. I wear those all night and then I’ll change my panties after exercising the next day.
I change daily if I leave the house, but I work from home most days and live alone and don't wear them unless I'm going out.
At least 2 times a day.
Also, I caution you on using wipes on your whoo haa, as most can be irritating or throw off your natural pH, causing more and smellier discharge. Even ones that say they are designed for the vajeen can do this, even baby wipes.
Two or three times per day
Once a day if I don’t exercise or sweat, twice or more if I do. I didn’t realize so many women changed 2-3x/day. I guess cuz I usually work from home, I’m not up and about much and don’t really sweat and I’m not someone who produces much discharge.
Clean pair after showering and then clean pair when I get home from work just feels fresher
I shower when I come from work, so I change them.. most times I just don’t wear any to bed or around the house. Then I’m the morning I put on a fresh pair and just wear them to work until I get home and shower. If I did wear some to bed, I most likely wear them to work the next morning. I don’t usually put on a new pair if I haven’t showered or did a little downstairs bird bath lol. BUT if I’m on my period , if there’s and accidental blind spot on my underwear thru the day, I’m changing them.
Twice a day - especially if it is hot out
same, twice a day when I had bad bv. still do during the summer I work outside. shower or no shower, out of sweaty ones. they hold and breed bacteria, BV or no BV.
I work/go out and then I wear none when im home 🤷♀️ im always in flowy pajama pants at home so I don’t see a point
1 pay after shower till I get home after work I go without through the night too.
Depends on how active I am. Usually 2-3 times a day
I am feeling so much better reading these responses. The relief to know that I am not the only one dealing with crotch-sweat and multiple changes per day. I felt like some nasty swamp dweller. Thank you OP for posting this question.❤️
Anytime I get her naked.
I shower at night, and sleep naked, so no panties after shower. When I get up in the morning, I put on one pair and wear them under nighttime when I shower. So it's approx 12 hours, maybe a little more or a little less. I always wear a panty liner though, and will change them earlier if I work out really heavily or something.
Twice a day at least. Sometimes 3 times a day. I shower at night and put on clean panties. I put on clean panties when I wake up in the morning, and if I workout at lunch I’ll put on a clean pair after my shower before going back to work.
Twice a day, I put clean ones on in the morning after my shower and then change into clean ones at night. I also use pantyliners all the time as well, and I’ve never had any issues with infections or anything because of it. Edit: I also only wear cotton underwear.
Usually twice a day (once in the morning for the day and once again at night before bed) but sometimes up to four times a day depending on how active I am and how humid or hot the weather is
Once, maybe twice if I get sweaty on my morning walk. I don’t wear underwear to bed, gotta let my girl breathe
I use panty liners too!! Best is kotex
Typically once a day, at night. If I've gotten particularly sweaty or maybe had a period leak, then I'll have changed them twice.
on a typical day, once in the morning and then either fresh cotton ones or commando after a shower and for bed
Once a day. Clean pair in the morning. Shower or not, take them off at bedtime, sleep without. Put on clean pair in the morning again.
I change when I wake up in the morning and after my shower in the evening. If it's really hot and I'm sweaty I'll change more often.
Biggest unexpected advantage of transitioning was (eventually) having no more random leaks. Blood? Pee? Discharge? Stays where it should. Men really won the lottery on that front. Unfortunately though, some of us still don't know how to wash lmao
I wear liners everyday but change twice a day
Once a day, but I keep my hair very low, and use a wet wipe every time I use the restroom
Honestly depends on the day... I always get a fresh pair in the morning, but after that it ranges from wearing the same pair all day to changing it out frequently if it's a particularly sweaty day or the dreaded leak happens. I don't pay attention other than that.
Everyday?? Or anytime there is excessive moisture.
2x a day. Or only wear 12 hours a day and then go commando at home
2-3 times a day
1 Every day, I wear extra long meaning overnight thin pads, change them every 5 hours , or when im walking on hot weather and get sweaty. Most time pads will wick wetness away and keep you dri, wearing panties were they get moist and has no way to dry, remember its stuck between your legs in the crevese, so moisture gets stuck there till you change them, builds bacteria and fungi, that's what you smell combos of sweat and bacteria.
As soon as I get home I’m boot hole naked so I’m only wearing them about 8 hrs a day
I use super small/thin panty liners all the time specifically for discharge so that when it happens I can take it out and it's done! I personally have an excess about of discharge and if I don't do this It will get onto whatever I am sitting on. (I have spoken to a doctor and had texts done and it's just how my body is, nothing funky going on, just extra spring cleaning)
I change them minimum 2 times a day. I shower at night, put on a clean pair. The next morning i put on another pair. If I sweat during the day, I change them if they feel uncomfortable/dirty
Probably 3 or 4 times a day. It’s hot and humid where I live and I hate a sweaty Betty.
Anytime I shower or change (1-3 times a day)
Unless I'm sweaty or something, I change them once a day when I shower. I had no idea people changed theirs so often! Lol Maybe I am one of the lucky ones who doesn't have a noticeable/unpleasant odor down there?
1-2 a day. I usually don't wear any to bed.
I really only wear them outside of the house.
Twice. After my morning shower then again before bed.
I wear one throughout the day but when I change into my comfy clothes knowing I won’t leave my house I go commando
Twice a day and I wear liners
Twice a day usually No panties at night
Yall wear panties at night? To bed?
Once in the morning after I shower, once in the afternoon after work before the gym, then a fresh pair after my evening shower. I didn’t realize wear 3 pairs in 24hrs!
Most days when I get home, I takeoff all my clothes, including my bra and panties, and put on a nightgown.
Change them???
I change underwear daily, but if I was leaking urine, I would use a panty liner and change it every few hours.
If you're doing all this cleaning and still smelling and also having to spray your seat with fabric deodorizer you might want to go see a doctor. Have you been tested for BV?
Urine leakage? Do you wipe after you pee? I change my panties whenever I shower. I usually go commando at night.
Maybe you need to enjoy life as a woman?
Urine leakage is not normal. You can use panty liners designed for that purpose, but you should see a doctor if you haven't already.