Rice Heating Pad?

cooperme2871 · August 2009

Last night at my birthing class, the nurse was telling us about things women bring into the hospital with them to help during labor such as: music, massage items, etc. She said one thing you can do is put rice in a fabric type bag and then heat it in the microwave and it helps a lot to soothe pain. Does anyone know anything about these or how to make one?

Kflie83 · August 2009

I think you can just put rice in a tube sock, but you might not be that ghetto-fabulous!~ Haha

imaPrincess · August 2009

They talked about these at our birthing class as well. She suggested taking a new tube sock and filling it with rice and sewing the end shut. I'm sure you can think of something a little more creative with the same idea in mind Wink

beastmel04 · August 2009

Yes! My mom has a commercially made one, and she loves it. I would assume that it would be pretty easy to make: just get some cotton fabric and sew the rice in the material like a pillow.

criticalmass · August 2009

Our Bradley instructor gave them to the class. She made them by filling up a long tube sock with rice and just tied the end off, but you could be more fancy and sew it up if you wanted.

evhamm · August 2009

I have a heating bag like this - think its made with wheat berries though, not rice. The "magic bag" infomercial sells them. It works really well.

not hard to make - just cut a square of fabric, fold in half, sew two of the ends, fill it, then sew the last end. Make sure you sew it a few times around because you don't want the seam to burst.

sgrl · August 2009

I think I'm going to make one of those tonight!

HerHighness · August 2009

I have several, my grandma makes them

She uses 2 layers of flannel, sews it into the size pouch she needs, fills 2/3 full of white rice and sews them shut.

smilelari · August 2009

The use these at my acupuncturists and it is heaven

The rice holds heat for quite a long time

coliecarryon · August 2009

I thought that you can buy these at any spa/gift shop...we had a ton at the spa that i worked at.

kryssy · August 2009

They are awesome and really easy to make (or you can buy them at just about any spa-type store). You can use a tube sock or sew one - flannel and terry cloth ar ethe best materials to use.

BTW, make sure you use "real" rice - my sister made one with Minute rice.... bad idea. There was just enough moisture and heat in the microwave to puff it up lol.

tak2002 · August 2009

Yes! My mom made one for my grandma! You can also put some dried lavender in for a relaxing aromatherapy Smile

marciana · August 2009

criticalmass:
Our Bradley instructor gave them to the class. She made them by filling up a long tube sock with rice and just tied the end off, but you could be more fancy and sew it up if you wanted.

This is exactly what we did with ds. it is the best heating pad ever! We still use the rice sock method.

karin&ben · August 2009

It also works great for cold packs too. I keep rice baggies in my freezer for times we need to ice injuries and such.

tashacu02 · August 2009

These are sold in stores, I bought one from CVS (I work there). But, it basically looks like a tube sock, but it has two straps on the ends and it can be used for hot or cold therapy. I use it sometimes for my back pain and really bad round ligament pain. I'm sure it's cheaper to make it (it costs about $10), but I'm not that savvy...lol!

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