Ellyn wrote:
Bulk.... I believe that bulk depends on the type (and overall thickness) of the garment. It also depends on your body shape and choices in clothing, as well as other likely factors that escape me at the moment.
I'm barely five feet tall and very slender (small waist, wider hips, but very small butt). I have a full top which combined with my wide hips and small butt actually helps me to conceal 'bulk'. Let me explain...
Though I use disposable products quite a bit, my 'normal' and highly preferred protection is cloth. The thickness of the cloth diapers (usually double) adds the fullness to my skinny butt, making it appear a more 'normal' profile. Because my hips are wide and my legs quite slender, the gap at the top is quite wide, allowing for the bulk of the diapers at the crotch a place to go, resulting in a very normal silhouette and walk.
I'm nearly always in a dress or skirt and top so that adds yet another buffer. I choose prints and nearly never solid colors as they tend to show irregularities. I also usually wear a compression brief of some type to keep things in place and cut noise.
When I wear jeans, shorts, slender fashions for nights out, I usually choose disposable diapers or combos.
I've been sick lately and have actually dropped a little weight, which has affected the way my clothes fit.
You make a great point about body type. As my wife says, I have "no butt," so it is probably easier for me to conceal the bulk back there.