Medical compendiums and manuscripts of the middle ages did not shy away from discussions of menstruation. In fact, it would seem that the prevailing medical minds of medieval western Europe could not stop talking about menstruation. From concepts of wellness, fertility, balancing of the humors, to sex and marriage practices, medieval medical manuscripts and women’s manuals are highly focused on menstruating. Despite this ubiquitous obsession with the biological function itself, there is little to no record of how people who menstruated managed their menses on a day to day basis. The sparse evidence for menstruation management most often discusses the menstrual clout, but what is that and how would it have been used? Here, I provide a curated summary of the body of knowledge available on medieval menstrual garments, put forth a hypothetical prototype for a menstrual clout model garment, and record an archaeological experiment testing the feasibility of my hypothesis.