Absorbent article

An absorbent article comprising an absorbent pad and a separate belt which is configured to be placed around the waist of the wearer and to which the absorbent pad is detachably attached, wherein the pad comprises a chassis having a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core between the top sheet and the backsheet, and wherein the absorbent pad is divided into a front portion, a rear portion and a crotch portion between the front portion and rear portion along the longitudinal direction, and wherein the absorbent pad is detachably attached at each of its longitudinal ends to a surface of the belt oriented away from wearer using attaching arrangements provided at each corner of the front portion and the rear portion of the pad, the attaching arrangements are in the form of hook and loop connections;

• wherein at least one of the front and rear portion is provided with a waist elastic arranged symmetrically on each side of the longitudinal center line and extending between the attaching arrangements in the transverse direction of the pad, wherein the waist elastic is provided at the waist portion of at least one of the front and rear portion and is movable between a contracted condition in which the topsheet or backsheet exhibits pleats and a fully stretched condition in which the pleats of the topsheet or backsheet are fully stretched out, wherein the elastic force from said waist elastic is within the range of from 2 N to 7 N when the elastic is in the fully stretched condition.