A method and an apparatus are provided for making a disposable bodily fluid absorbent composite pad having thickness-reduced regions on longitudinally opposite ends. The disposable bodily fluid absorbing composite pad 10 includes a bodily fluid absorbing first pad 11 and a bodily fluid absorbing second pad 12 seperably attached to the first pad 11. A continuous web having continuous bodily fluid absorbing layer and bodily fluid impervious layer permanently attached together is fed to pass through paired compression rolls to obtain a worked web formed in regions which will become ends 11c, 11d of the first pad 11 with thickness-reduced regions 23, 24. A bodily fluid absorbent web is seperably attached to the worked web to obtain a first composite web. A bodily fluid impervious web, pressure-sensitive adhesive and a separator are placed on the bodily fluid absorbent web of the first composite web to obtain a second composite web from which the composite pad 10 is cut out.
