Which maternity pads?
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Topic: Which maternity pads?
Posted By: Leish
Subject: Which maternity pads?
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 7:27am
Hi all. Quick question - what is a good brand/type of maternity pads to buy for the ol' labour bag? Thanks  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 7:29am
| i think from memory i brought libra. i hated the maternity ones though and after a couple of days i switched to normal and the goodnight ones. |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 7:42am
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Stayfree or Budget for the first week they are thicker which I found that made it all a little softer down there then I switched to normal pad's "Libra". ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 8:06am
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I'm with Deb, Liked the big surfboard kind both times for immediately after birth and then after a couple of days switched to the nice skinny libra ones. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 8:43am
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I used the Libra ones when my waters broke and I leaked for aaaaaaaaaages (sorry if TMI), but after the birth preferred the thicker Stayfree ones. After a while though I too switch to normal pads, as the bleeding wasn't so bad. ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 8:57am
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i think i just bought whichever ones were on special so i had a bit of everything. from memory i think the stayfree ones were the best but the libra goodnight ones were good for a bit later. ------------- |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 9:05am
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I used the hospital ones. I was given 20 to have from Palmy Hospital. Once the bleeding settled down I went onto Stayfree brand. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 9:10am
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Yeah I bought whichever was on special, never used them all as I took advantage of the ones they left for me in hospital (which were hideous! But softer and more absorbent for immediately after).
When I got home, I used Goodnights as they were more shapely, still absorbent but not ultra ultra thick and uncomfy. |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 9:19am
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Ah yes, the hospital surfboards - try and get your hands on as many of those as you can ! Hehehe... ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 9:25am
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i bought two packs of a generic type brand to take to hospital with me - 10 in pack for $1.99!!! couldnt beat that
Have better ones for at home but thought for in hospital they were nice and thick and wont mind chomping through them at that price.... |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 10:51am
| I used the big hospital ones, and they gave me some to bring home too, so they lasted ages. Was great when they gave me frozen pads, helped with the pain from all the stitches and grazes I had! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 2:22pm
I used Stayfree (surfboards lol) for the first week. They are like the hospital ones but have the adhesive. Anyway my mum used to bleed and bleed forever (sorry if TMI) so I bought heeeeaps the first time and I still have some left over for #3  But I do like the extra bulk in the first few days. I'm actually not a huge bleeder so after the first week I just change to Libra supers and that makes me feel a bit more human cause they are soooo thin.-------------  |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 3:16pm
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Which ones are in that pink pack? Johnson & Johnsons? I cant remember but they are in a pink pack with a pick of Mother and child.
I liked thos because they were not too think and yet absorbed well. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 3:46pm
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I loved the libra maternity one they were so thin like a normal pad compared ot the bulky ones at hospital.
Once the flow lightened I used the stayfresh ones. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 3:47pm
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the libra are in a pink pack. well mine were. I got soem free in my reach me pregnancy pack ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 4:04pm
Must be Libra then...lol I am such a nutter (mind you its been while...)  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 4:25pm
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btw... you shouldn't need to pack any cause the hospital will supply what you need there. But you will need some for as soon as you come home.
Someone correct me if this is not true nationwide. ------------- |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 4:31pm
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Quite true about the hospital supplying them, but they can be a bit stingy and / or a bit slow on re-stocking - I really had to bug the midwives for more !!
And Kellz - ahhhh yes the "frozen" pads LOL I thought that was pretty neat, one of the student midwives at NSH brought me some not too long after my *second* round of stitches, such a relief ! ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 4:39pm
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Ouch....sound painful!!
Yah Hospitals do give them but man they are horrid! like a really puffy pillow between your legs!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 5:23pm
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Yeah but the saving of money is good when you don't have to pay for them. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 7:32pm
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yeah go frozen surfboards!! i used the libra thin maternity jobs and you can get them with aloe vera as well. When my waters brole, and went on for EVER, i used some Tena incontinence surfboards I had een give, and they rocked. Still have a HUGE stash, well worth buying them if ytou can get over the "embarrasment" they were also really fantastic for post birth heavy bleeding, int he first few days, the hospital actaully gave me some, along with their surfboards as I bled heavily ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 8:02pm
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I found the thick hospital ones were fine for when I was really just lying down in bed (bearing in mind I had a c/s and barely walked at hospital). ------------- |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 7:02am
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The hospital ones are big and bulky but great for that first day or 2. My hospital midwifes gave me 2 large packets of them in Nelson so I didnt need to use my own for a while. Plus I was in hospital for 4 days. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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