Absorbent structure designed for absorbing body fluids

In a disposable absorbent garment, an absorbent structure having opposed longitudinal ends, a central crotch portion and including a bodyfacing sheet, a backing sheet and liquid absorbing material therebetween, said liquid absorbing material comprising:

• a first layer comprising softwood fibers and having a density from about 0.03 to about 0.14 grams per cubic centimeter and underlying said facing sheet, said first layer having top and bottom surfaces;
• a second layer comprising hardwood fibers formed substantially separately from and underlying at least a portion of said first layer, said second layer having top and bottom surfaces, a density from about 0.14 to about 0.3 grams per cubic centimeter, a total void volume greater than about 80%, an average pore size distribution generally less than the average pore size distribution of said first layer and wherein there is an overlap in the pore size distributions of said first and second layers such that the smallest pores in said first layer are smaller than the largest pores in said second layer;
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• front and rear fluid storage pouches comprising superabsorbent material disposed in a hydrophilic web, said pouches being located underlying said first layer and spaced from one another at said opposed longitudinal ends, respectively of said absorbent structure.