Abstract: A sanitary napkin is disclosed comprising an elongated wad of absorbent material, a sheet member of substantially moisture-impervious, flexible material of sufficient dimensional size to form an enclosure of the wad for disposal and being folded in a first configuration to form a flat, moisture shield covering the lower surface of the wad and being invertible into a second configuration to form an enclosure of the wad with the enclosure having a sealable opening, the sheet element being disposed adjoining the lower surface of the wad and having first and second opposing side portions facing away from the lower surface of the wad in the first configuration, the side portions defining a sealable opening when the sheet is inverted into the second configuration to form an enclosure for the wad, and pressure adhesive material disposed on the first and second side portions of the sheet member for attaching the wad to a supporting garment for wearing in the first configuration and for sealing closed the sealable ope