The ones that I bought were the knickers type ones. They are like the baby pull up training pants. They have a built in pad the goes from front to back a far way and then around the top and sides it is stretchy mesh which you can tear down the sides and take them off. I would have been lost without them both in labour and afterwards with my bleeding. They were great at keeping my waters contained while I was labouring so I always felt clean as it wasn't running everywhere (sorry for the TMI visual) and then my DH and midwife just tore the sides and they were off when they needed them off.
Afterwards they were great because I didn't leak at all not even a drop and they are suprising comfortable and absolutely no-one even noticed I was wearing them and they saved on so much washing. Another good thing is they held in the jelly belly a little bit too. A girlfriend also used these after her c/s and she found that they didn't rub at all on her incision and didn't hurt it at all and actually gave it a bit of protection from the pants as they didn't rub directly on it.
When buying them be careful to look at the pack closely because there are two similiar. One is the full knickers (get these ones) and the other ones have the long pad but they are held on with a string on the sides and you still have to wear knickers. From memory they come in about 10 - 14 a packet depending on which size you buy and they are around $14 a pack from the supermarket. I took two packs with me to the hospital and then switched to pads as my lochia had really settled down.
I tell everyone about them and will definitely use them again with #2.
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