Combination of underwear and an absorbent pad

In combination an item of underwear including a front part, a back part, a waist part and a crotch part which in use extends front to back between a right leg and a left leg of a wearer and a sanitary pad of a kind having side wings which carry an adhesive, wherein the item of underwear includes an inside lining part which extends over at least a substantial portion of the crotch part and has sides which are unattached to the crotch part over at least part of a front to back extent of the crotch part and the inside lining part further including a first end adjacent the front part and a second end adjacent the back part, said sides being attached to the underwear only at locations adjacent at least one of said first end and said second end, and the side wings of the sanitary pad are folded into a position between the crotch part of the item of underwear and the inside lining part with the adhesive adhered to the inside lining part.