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Maya 
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Posted: 14 July 2008 at 4:38pm |
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I know the answer to this is probably really obvious but is Purelan going to wreck my washable breast pads? I'm thinking that coz lanolin makes things waterproof it might waterproof them which is not what I want! Does anyone know? If so I'll have to use sposie ones till my nipples toughen up a bit and I can stop using the Purelan.
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Posted: 14 July 2008 at 5:36pm |
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I had washable ones from breastmates and my nipples were slathered in purelan for the first 6 weeks or so.
I didn't have any problems with the absorbancy of them and it all washed off in the machine.
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Posted: 14 July 2008 at 6:37pm |
Should be fine, I don't remember having a problem last time round, in fact i've dug them all out and am using them again already.
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Posted: 14 July 2008 at 9:55pm |
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I just found that it stained them yellow
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Posted: 14 July 2008 at 10:21pm |
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sorry to thread jack, but i am off shopping for breat pad's tomorrow cloth ones which ones are the best?
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 9:46am |
Each to their own Deb, maybe buy one form each place and see how you go. I am biased to Stacey as I know the fabrics she uses. They are really soft.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 10:35am |
I'd personally go for natural fibres. Don't know why... just a little hangup I have!
Wool pads from Breast Mates are apparently very good (not if you react to wool though  )
Or a TNN lady makes some and they look yuuuummy - Eden Breast pads
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 1:25pm |
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I like the minky Foxybots ones, but I'm finding they stick to my nipples which makes them a bit ouchy to take off.
I've got some Beedezine ones too which seem to stick less but I haven't used them as often yet.
Thanks for the feedback re: purelan, will keep using it!
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Posted: 15 July 2008 at 9:24pm |
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I used purelan with cotton breast pads from Baby Factory, no sticking, no waterproofing but the yellow marks took a few washes to come out.
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Posted: 16 July 2008 at 1:44pm |
 nikkiwhyte wrote:
I'd personally go for natural fibres. Don't know why... just a little hangup I have!
Wool pads from Breast Mates are apparently very good (not if you react to wool though )
Or a TNN lady makes some and they look yuuuummy - Eden Breast pads |
I never liked the wool ones, not sure why
However I got some of the Eden ones (did a swap with her before she was running the business) and I LOVE them. Also the Outrageous! breastpads are awesome as well :)
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Posted: 16 July 2008 at 2:12pm |
I had wool ones (thought I liked natural fibres best too!) and found them horrible... they leaked all the time, seemd to absorb nothing... even after I washed them lots. I ended up going for the disposable ones in the end. I think I would try microfibre ones next time around.
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Posted: 16 July 2008 at 2:45pm |
I must say... I only used Tommee Tippee cotton ones that were fricking terrible. As usual just regurgitating information I have heard elsewhere 
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Posted: 16 July 2008 at 3:24pm |
These are the Breastmates ones I used. They were great, not sticky on my poor shredded nipples and not leaky except for when I had the mad let-down leaking in the early days of feeding. I stuffed a flat nappy in there to cope with that, lol!
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Dumb question about washable breast pads
