Definitely disposable, to be honest the hospital, gave me more than enough and the midwife packed a heap into the top of my bag as I left so I used them and after two or three weeks uSed regular pads, I bled for 7 weeks post partum.

You will not have the time to wash all the cloth, certainly won't feel like it with a new baby to play with and really you are not going to hurt the environment for those few weeks