Help! Favorite Postpartum and Breast Pads?

[lunabeans]

I am so confused : ...I am trying to figure out:

1. Which Postpartum Pads and Breast Pads to buy?
2. How many do I need? Do I need only pads for heavy flow or should I get some for lighter flow too?

Our first baby is due to arrive in just 3 weeks so I will need to find something that is In Stock, just in case the baby comes early.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!

Lynne Eric

[massagemom]

are you wanting to purchase disposable pads or washable?

[mightymoo]

Washable pads I would look for some WAHM ones, I have a few and I liked them, but darn if I remember where I got them. For disposable, I like the Lansinoh ones the best personally.

Honestly its hard to tell how many you need it depends on how much you leak. For the first month or two I generally have to wear them all the time if I don't want to have wet spots on my shirt, then it tapers off. However I don't always bother if I'm at home.

[mweb]

lunabeans, I am still waiting to go into labor with my first, so take this with the appropriate pound of salt - on another board I am on, women rave about "soothies" breast pads to relieve soreness. Apparentally you can find them at some drugstores. Best of luck to you!

[massagemom]

for me, washable breast pads didn't work. i leaked too much at the beginning, pretty much 24/7, and now when my milk "comes in" when ian is nursing a washable pad won't hold enough.

i am a washable pad kinda girl, but i bought disposable breast pads. lansinoh have been my favorite so far.

for postpartum pads, i used what the hospital gave me at first, and then bought one package of disposables for the few weeks after that i was bleeding very heavily. after that, i switched to my normal cloth pads. but, i had a lot of stitches that had to stay as dry and clean as possible, and *for me* disposables worked best at the beginning.

for cloth pads i use lunapads and glad rags.

but, i'm sure there are lots of mamas on here that can steer you elsewhere!

good luck to you.....

[wannabe]

medela are my fave washable breast pad, but lansinoh aren't bad (gerber are a joke, I threw them out).

I use a cloth and a disposable bp at night, cloth against my skin, paper outside so no leaks. I change them every feed b/c they get soaked.

Of the disposable bps, medela edges out lansinoh for smooth fit. Avent is driest and most comfy, but is a big thick disk - not discreet at all! First years lanolin treated are greasy and itchy, but fit well.

No, I'm not obsessed, why do you ask?

For th bleeding, I used a stash the nurse gave me for the first week, normal pads the next week, and panty liners for the five weeks after that.

HTH!

[sarahlynne]

Lansinoh gets my vote for disposable breast pads!

[ZeldasMom]

Breast pads:
I used bravado pads for out and about (sometimes I needed 2 on each side) and prefolds at home (I was a major leaker). For me cloth breast pads were *much* more comfortable than sposies. Of the sposies I tried I liked Avent the best. You definitely want to stay far, far away from any sposie pads that have plastic in them. I am thinking about making some wool breast pads for this time. Need to track down instructions!

PP pads:
Sweet Cheeks pads:
http://www.newmoonpads.com/US.html