Maternity Towels

[moomin_troll]

Sorry if this is TMI - but do the towels ever stick to your ladybits due to the blood??
The thought of that with stitches brings tears to my eyes

i had stitches and no the pads didnt stick to me, they gave me extra support and padding so helped me sit down.

ive also bought guaze strips from mothercare, u put them in the freezer and can use them down there to help with the pain from stitches. never tried them with zane, wish i did

 

[dacosta]

i just used tesco ones initially and then went to always nighttime with wings - but they do say you should use proper maternity ones so you can spot signs of infection.

 

[sequeena]

I've been told the always night pads are really good and you don't feel like you've got a brick between your legs

 

[Welshie]

Lady's in the breastfeeding clinic that I run said that the kotex nighttime pads are really good as they are cotton lined and don't make u sweat. Will get some maternity pads too though x

 

[sw121]

I've bought Mothercare mat towels with wings. Although it's my first baby, I knew wings would be a priority to better protect my underwear. I'm taking old pants to the hospital though, so if there is leakage it doesn't matter if I just end up chucking them away.

This may sound like a daft question, but when people say they wore 2 towels at the same time, do you mean one on top of the other, or one in front of the other?

Also, I may end up having a c section as baby is still breech - again, it may be a daft question, but is the bleeding any different when you have a CS?

 

[24/7]

I wore one right to the front of my knickers, and the other right to the back, so they cross over in the middle, right where everything is sore. xx

 

[sequeena]

I've bought Mothercare mat towels with wings. Although it's my first baby, I knew wings would be a priority to better protect my underwear. I'm taking old pants to the hospital though, so if there is leakage it doesn't matter if I just end up chucking them away.

This may sound like a daft question, but when people say they wore 2 towels at the same time, do you mean one on top of the other, or one in front of the other?

Also, I may end up having a c section as baby is still breech - again, it may be a daft question, but is the bleeding any different when you have a CS?

Apparently the bleeding is about the same as they don't 'suck' that much out when they do the op

 

[moomin_troll]

I've bought Mothercare mat towels with wings. Although it's my first baby, I knew wings would be a priority to better protect my underwear. I'm taking old pants to the hospital though, so if there is leakage it doesn't matter if I just end up chucking them away.

This may sound like a daft question, but when people say they wore 2 towels at the same time, do you mean one on top of the other, or one in front of the other?Also, I may end up having a c section as baby is still breech - again, it may be a daft question, but is the bleeding any different when you have a CS?

at one time i wore 4 at a time and they basicly over lapped each other side to side in a pair of granny pants. so much like using wings i was protected at the sides and the over lapped bits added support for down there lol

 

[Lover]

I bought maternity pads from Tesco & Boots but they didn't have wings so would move all over the place and I leaked lots the first couple of days until I remembered I had bought the wrong pads ages ago (before LO was even thought of ) which were Always Maxi Plus with wings and they were SO much better than the maternity ones - I didn't leak at all when using them. I used those for the first 2 weeks and now I'm using normal Always pads with wings as the bleeding has calmed down to almost nothing.

 

[Lawhra]

Oh yikes, the memories are making me wince! Not looking forward to this part. I'm glad to see some recommendations for pads because last time I just used Tesco Value sanitary towels, unaware they disguise infection.

 

[MissMooMoo]

eek, this has really scared me! didnt event think about it, I have bought tesco maternity pads but may need to get a variety in. I thought you only bled for a few days ! Silly me!

xxx