Breast feeding and breast pads

pigpen

Dormouse wrote: »

Sorry... number what? :eek::D I thought I had read that wrong! :rotfl:Total respect for making 8 babies, and even more respect for breastfeeding them all! :T:T:T

And I'd really love another 2 .. I'm simply too lazy to bottle feed

mum_2_1_boy

pigpen wrote: »

Oddly the more children you breastfeed and the longer you feed them the less likely you are to leak so profusely with the next one.. by the time I got to number 8 my boobs knew what they were doing and that they were supplying a baby human not an elephant!

I have only had 2 but definitely found this to be true. With my first, I was spending more on breast pads than I was on nappies. With my second, I hardly had to use them once my supply settled. Definitely found tommee tippee to be the best though.

craftdaft

I can only use Avent washable ones later on in day after DD has had good feed and even then can sometimes leak. I think Boots washable ones are better. Wouldn't trust either for no leakages when out (am slightly paranoid though!) so wear TT disposables under to be on safe side!

katglasgow

I have breastfed my 2 children and found for the first month or so I appreciated the expensive breastpads (Boots luxury I think) as they were kinder to my slightly tender nipples and also veyr absorbant. After this I moved on to washables as your body adjusts to the baby's routine you will tend to leak less in between. I also had breat shells and used to put one in the "other side" when I was feeding from my first boob and then switch over. This is a god way of collecting some extra milk (perhaps 2-4 oz!) for freezing without having the bother of expressing, sterilising etc... SOmetimes I think I just like BF because I am lazy hee hee

Krystaltips

A small tip... When you feel your let down and start to leak, press the heel of your hand against your nipple and it will help to stem the flow...

I used Johnsons disposables and boots washables... The washables were better once the really bad leaking had stopped, but not completely reliable... That's why I now live in highly patterned tops

Oh, and a friend of mine always carries spare flannels, when she's feeding her baby she pops a folded up flannel against the other side...

fernliebee

I was also very leaky with DD and will soon be needing to breastfeed my next one. I found that I could only use TT, lansinoh or the like with the absorbant core, didn't get to the stage where I could ever use my washable ones, tried 3 diff types and all were next to useless for the amount I leaked. I BF until DD was 19 months when she weaned herself, and found that it was only once she was down to 2 feeds a day (11 months) that I stopped leaking.

What I found good, was whilst actually feeding having a milk collection shell on the other breast. Meant I wasn't wasting the milk, you just collect a days worth and then freeze it.

I am only 20 weeks and I'm going to buy good breastpads each week with my shopping so I have a good supply, the amount you save on not formula feeding negates the cost IMO.