"Hospital Style" Pads

[CuckooMamma]

Yet another supply question!

What exactly are these? Does this mean I have to order them and can't buy the type you buy in the store?

Thanks!

[Cutie Patootie]

I am assuming that that means chux pads. You can get them at Peaceful Beginnings with free shipping...or I imagine you could get them at a medical supply store. I love peaceful beginnings. They have anything and everything you could need and she ships super fast.

[sevenkids]

You can get them at a pharmacy or grocery store in the incontinance section, right under the depends!
They're called underpads, and come in small, medium and large, I would get the large.

[2tadpoles]

Originally Posted by CuckooMamma

What exactly are these?

If they're what I'm thinking, they're basically humongous maxi-pads that have no adhesives on them. They're roughly the size of a standard twin mattress.
:LOL

I don't know where to buy them, because I had hospital births.

[Cutie Patootie]

Originally Posted by Cutie Patootie

I am assuming that that means chux pads. You can get them at Peaceful Beginnings with free shipping...or I imagine you could get them at a medical supply store. I love peaceful beginnings. They have anything and everything you could need and she ships super fast.

BWAAAHAAAHAAA! I did not even occur to me that you were asking about "pad" pads. :LOL They also have some at pads at Peaceful Beginnings, also we are having a homebirth and my midwife recommended a brand that she says are just like the hospital style except better...I think Kotex overnight...but I'll have to check.

ETA: Yes, Kotex overnight for postpartum, and here are the "hospital style" pads at Peaceful Beginnings

[sevenkids]

haha, me too.

You can also get maternity pads in the pharmacy (Walgreen's CVS, Eckerd's, Osco, etc.)

We give our new mamas incontinence pads for the first few days and for overnight. They're super absorbant and don't leak.

[Cutie Patootie]

Originally Posted by 2tadpoles

If they're what I'm thinking, they're basically humongous maxi-pads that have no adhesives on them. They're roughly the size of a standard twin mattress.
:LOL

I don't know where to buy them, because I had hospital births.

:LOL Ahhhhh Yes, those are the ones that slap you in the back of the neck when you walk.

[CuckooMamma]

You all had me rolling with laughter I was somehow hoping to hear that I didn't have to use some huge, ugly things and that some slim design would be fine - too bad! At least I'll know I'm not alone. Are the incontinence ones like diapers or actual pads?

Thanks for the laughs AND the info!

Chrys

[sevenkids]

They're just big, fluffy pads, like Poise pads and such. Store brands are cheaper and just as good, IMO. And it's only for a couple days, then you can go back to your slim ones.

[LadyWulf]

I use Depends for the first few days.

[Karennnnn]

You know what else is good, although I haven't seen them in a while... Always makes a maxi pad for plus sized women so they're bigger than usual AND have wings. Keep a lookout for them!!!!

[Full Heart]

I used cloth pp this last time. I had 2 depends left over from the previous birth but I used them within a few hours because after I went pee I couldn't figure out how to get them back on lol. FOr the really heavy days pp I used pfs and then just switched to my pp pads. It was the first time I didn't have residual bleeding past the normal pp time I normally bleed. Of course it didn't occur to me till I had #4 that I may be allergic to the paper ones that made my bleeding so bad to begin with. And I was right. I also never dried out like I nomally do with the paper ones.

Michelle

[Music-mommy]

I just got some maxi pads at the grocery store last time and those worked fine. My mw put 2 in the first day, to make one big long one but after that I just used them normally.

this time I plan on using Lunapads. (www.lunapads.com) they are cotton washable pads.

[Desdamona]

www.inhishands.com has organic disposable pads (22pads/$8.50) for anyone who doesn't want to deal with washing mama cloth immeadiately PP or is opposed to using reg store bought pads. It's what I am going to order since I had a nasty reaction to Kotex and Always after my last birth... No fun with the labia tear either : !!

[nikirj]

If you use cloth mama pads you can substitute with doubled-up overnight pads, or even use prefolds. Personally, I used store-brand huge-as-they-come pads for a couple of days and then switched to my normal cloth pads.

[indie]

I had dd in a hospital and they just put me in 3 pads at a time at first along with disposable underware which was a little strange, but not uncomfortable like it sounds.

[melixxa]

Originally Posted by indie

I had dd in a hospital and they just put me in 3 pads at a time at first along with disposable underware which was a little strange, but not uncomfortable like it sounds.

I had that disposable underwear (the fishnet kind) in the hospital too. I got really addicted to it - soooooo soft and comfortable, and didn't touch me anywhere sensitive like regular maternity underware. I took a few pair home and even washed them (they are made of cotton, after all) and had a really hard time returning to regular underwear after I wore them out.

Of course, I stopped missing them when I experienced the thrill of transitioning from maternity underwear back to regular, nonmaternity!

[achintyasamma]

i'm not sure if you mean chux pads or obstetrical pads for postpartum flow. you really need both. i got them from www.inhishands.com. after i ran out of obstetrical pads, i tried to use always overnights that someone had given me, but they felt terrible against all the sensitive tissue. i switched to organic cotton overnight maxis from the health food store and they were great.

[lorijds]

Another thing that works well is infant diapers. Like someone else said, you really only need them for a couple of days, anyhow. I think that infant diapers work best, though maybe aren't as comfey. The incontinence pads are probably closer to what they use in the hospital.

Lori