Maternity pads

**dantri** · April 30th, 2012, 01:06 AM

Ok. So I'm going to need to buy more maternity pads then lol! I thought the 3 packs I had would see me through and then some haha. Sooooo much to learn obviously!

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**sloane** · April 30th, 2012, 07:34 AM

I bought 4 packs before i had dd & probably bought another 1 or 2 packs before i went onto normal pads. If you have stitches they may suggest you change the pad each time you go to the toilet to ensure good hygeine & that can mean lots of changes.

I bought libra & kotex, both were fine for me.

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**peanutter** · April 30th, 2012, 08:35 AM

I bought Libra maternity, and the "you'll love coles" overnight pads with wings. both were fine, but the latter was about half the price.

the libra ones used to come in a lightly woven cover which was great though, because you could use it as a shield between you and those little iceblocks they give you for down there ... but when I bought them recently, they had normal plastic covers ...

**buffy1** · April 30th, 2012, 08:38 AM

I used three packs in hospital - Libra with wings, I agree the Kotex are scratchy.

Continued to use them at home for a couple of weeks before switching to normal pads. Have only just gone to liners 5 weeks post-partum.

Gotta love the multipack undies too, Rio to the rescue!

**skybie** · April 30th, 2012, 08:42 AM

I preffered the kotex for the heavy bleeding 2-3 days after my births then went to the libra mat pads

**Aligater** · April 30th, 2012, 08:45 AM

I used the libra ones and got through 1 and a half packs then just changed to normal pads

**ebn_d** · April 30th, 2012, 10:46 AM

I used the libra maternity ones, they r pretty thick so comfy while you heal, I preferred them over the goodnight ones, I didn't need to use two at a time, and never thought of using the blueys! And my hossy didnt supply any.
Also second the black undies, I got heaps with ds and still have plenty in the drawer ready for number 2!

**little_O** · May 2nd, 2012, 12:22 PM

I always recommend the Weenee newborn nappy pads, these go in pouch for nappies usually, but they are the perfect size for mama pads, they end up being cheaper because you normally use two maternity pads at a time, but these ones you don't need two. They have no plastics in them and they are flushable, if you want I never did though. What ever you have left you can put in as a booster in cloth nappies. Natures child sell them, or directly at eenee dot com.

Do these have a lining to them too? How do you prevent them leaking through? They sound like a good idea...

**little_O** · May 2nd, 2012, 12:24 PM

Great idea about the cheap undies!!! hadnt thought of that!

Also, i thought libra goodnights were maternity as well? What colour are the normal maternity ones?

**ladybirdflies** · May 2nd, 2012, 12:48 PM

Do these have a lining to them too? How do you prevent them leaking through? They sound like a good idea...

Because of the size of them and they have gel like disposable nappies they do not leak at all. Best buy for maternity pads!

Go well with your birth x

**Heaven** · May 2nd, 2012, 01:10 PM

I bought Libra and only bought 2 packs before I had DD1. I only used them for a few days and then went onto normal pads. I didn't even buy anymore when I had DD2 because I still had them left over, lol. So you don't necessarily need to buy heaps! I never used two at once either, I think they pretty much reached from one end of my undies to the other they were that long.

But definitely ones with wings!!!! And buy some plain black undies.

**ebn_d** · May 2nd, 2012, 01:22 PM

I think they are purple too, just have maternity written on the front. could be thinking wrong, I haven't looked for any yet lol

**~TT40~** · May 2nd, 2012, 01:30 PM

popping in to add a thanks to everyone =) I got me some cheap undies from Kmart (only one pair is black...the others are light colour cause that is all they had, but I picked up 6 pairs for $3 so who cares) and picked up a pack of the libra maternity pads to use (I also had another pack I ....borrowed *cough* from work before I left, hehe) so FX I'll be set until I can downgrade.

so thanks little_O for starting the thread =)

**peanutter** · May 2nd, 2012, 01:32 PM

with the cheap knickers, you might also want to get the nanna nickers which go up to your waist, just in case you end up with a c-section, you don't want any undies that will end (and therefore rub) around the time that your operation site will be.

also, the maternity pads are very long, and so itty bitty knickers might not be long enough to contain them properly!

this will be a time for comfort and confidence ... go the granny pants.

**Cherished** · May 2nd, 2012, 01:49 PM

Libra goodnights and Libra maternity are exactly the same product so if you go with Libra just buy whichever is on sale. I bought 3 packs I think and only used about 1 but I didn't have any stitches so I guess I didn't bleed much? I like to use a Libra goodnight with AF when I go to bed so any left over came in handy for that. I also went out and bought the big black nickers. They were a waste of money, unless you get around in a thong or really skimmpy nickers every day and don't own any regular comfy ones I would bother buying any especially for the occasion. Maybe I'm a grandma but the goodnights and maternity fit fine in my knickers.