Advent Washable Breast Pads I am very proud to have been able to breastfeed my gorgeous baby girl and have used lots of things to help me keep up the good work, these being one of them. When you are breastfeeding, you often find that your breasts become very full just prior to feeding time, and a certain amount of leakage can occur. I find that mornings and late evenings are particularly bad for this and so I use breast pads to stop the milk showing through my clothes. In the beginning, when Eva was tiny, I used disposable ones, but was pretty shocked at how quickly I went through them, and how fast I could fill and plastic bag full for the bin. The idea of ...  Read the complete review

I have been breastfeeding my son for 5 months and feel that I am now able to review Avent Washable Breast Pads. For anyone who has breastfed, there is nothing worse than getting caught short (especially when out and about) and finding that you have wet patches on your tops! So I purchased Avent Washable Breast Pads at Boots for £4.99 after reading good reviews about them, but unfortunately I found them disappointing. There are 6 washable breast pads and a laundry bag in the box. I decided to buy two boxes as I thought that one wasn't enough, but looking back I was too hasty in buying another box. The breast pads are quite big in size, so that they are ...  Read the complete review

I breast fed my daughter from birth until around 7 months old. I found that I had a lot of milk and leaked a lot. This used to happen at any time but especially when feeding and I soaked a number of tops whilst out and about. I started off using disposable breast pads and used a number of different brands. My friend then recommended that I bought some washable breast pads instead to save on money. I therefore bought two packs of them to use. The Avent washable breast pads have a soft cotton lining and absorbent padding to collect the excess milk. The outer layer is supposed to give a feminine appearance but to be honest I didn't care what they looked ...  Read the complete review

BASICS: Be warned, this isn't a conversation I'd have in polite company..... But having 'suffered' from leaky breasts from about 35 weeks of pregnancy I became rather desperate to find some washable pads to avoid (a) bankrupting myself with the disposable ones and (b) do something for the environment (seriously, the landfill volume being taken up with my disposable ones was getting ridiculous)... The Avent washable pads were the first of this sort that I tried. Somewhat naively I relied on the 'Avent' brand and as a consequence was quite prepared to spend the £6.75 asking price for a pack of 6. These have a circumference of roughly 1.5 inches and ...  Read the complete review

With the imminent arrival of baby number three, I've been busy packing my labour bag for all those pre- and post-birth essentials. Amongst the items that I'd highly recommend purchasing and packing is a set of Avent washable breast pads. Not the most glamorous of items, admittedly, but they certainly come in useful. First time mothers might be a bit surprised by just how much excess milk can be created following the birth of a baby. In fact, I've already started to notice little drips of colostrum (first stage breast milk) forming during the last few weeks of pregnancy, although it hasn't been enough to warrant the use of breast pads yet though. Once your milk ...  Read the complete review