Btw how many would you all recommend having? I've been trying to work it out/guess and i suppose 'a LOT' is the closest I've gotten to an answer right now lol
so hard to predict
i'm sure everyone is different
if i REALLY had to guess, i would say, get six pairs. ANd if that is not working out, get a few more pair.

IF your baby sleeps alot
IF you recover well/quickly from labour
IF you are not busy with other stuff (other children, sick bub, etc)
maybe handwashing them, (to speed up having dry pairs to use) would be do-able.

I had a baby that woke every two hours (for 20 months), around the clock, all day all night, 7 days a week
i had a pear shaped labour that meant i was in so much pain, for many months, that i coudln't walk/stand normally
so handwashing was out of the question. (i washed them on the delicate cycle of the washing machine, not with the nappies). If it's winter, leave them on a hanging peg rack, with an electric fan blowing in their direction. They need moving air, not heat, to dry.

and i leaked like a sieve for eight months.

when you need them, you REALLY need them!

i found them very good too, when i had sore nipples (establishing bf-ing). Not just to soak up milk, but to soothe.

i'd put links, but i am not sure that is allowed, so i suggest you google "theclothpadshop" and click on Breast Pads (several WAHM's make them on that site), and google "mazalicious" it's a congocart site, once again, click on Breast pads.