Boots Maternity Pads

You cannot have missed the fact that I have recently given birth as I don’t shut up about it. Lets face it, pregnancy is awkward, labour hurts and looking after a newborn baby is hard work, so I think women earn the right to have a bit of a moan about it all. Plus I’m a Virgo and we like to complain! One of the inconvenient parts of being a woman who has recently given birth is that you tend to bleed for quite some time afterwards. The professional term for this is ‘lochia’ and it is basically the uterus discharging leftover blood, mucus and placental tissue. The trouble is that this discharge can last up to six weeks after the birth and using everyday ...  Read the complete review

When preparing for the birth of my daughter I did the usual shopping and packing for hospital and I must admit that when I thought about maternity pads I thought, maybe normal pads will do but I decided that there must be a reason why they say that you should get maternity pads. So I bought some from Boots and they were great. They were very comfortable and did a very good job, I certainly was never worried about leakage etc. OK they aren’t the most attractive things in the world but who cares, the main thing is that you are comfortable and I certainly was with these. One of the main advantages is the length, they are nice and long hence giving ...  Read the complete review

After having my previous two children i had tryed and tested maternity pads from a range of stores, not due to the fact i wanted a variety as with my first child i thought they were all the same and did the same job but purely due to the fact i used to pick up a pack wholst in a store that sold them during my pregnancy as you need quite a few packs after the baby is born. When i first tryed boots maternity pads with my first daughter they were just thick streight pads with nothing particularly special about them and although they were very absorbant they actually leaked very easily around your legs and down onto your underwear long before the pad was full ...  Read the complete review

When I was doing my shopping for things to take to the hospital for after the birth I had great difficulty trying to find maternity pads. Mothercare is quite hard to get to from where I live and when I checked in Tescos they didn't have any in. My only choice for Maternity Pads was Boots. I bought two packs (there are only 12 in each pack!!) and took them into hospital with me. I was very disappointed with them when I came to use them, which was actually when I was still at home as my waters broke. They were very long, very narrow and far too thick. It felt like I'd got at least 2 pads on. Admittedly they did seem to be quite absorbent. But because they ...  Read the complete review

I always use Kotex night time towels (purple packet!) and they are great, however I wasn't sure whether to use these after the birth of my baby or whether I should get proper "maternity towels", in the end I stocked up on several packets of Kotex, plus 2 packets of Boots maternity towels. The Kotex night time towels were excellent, soft, absorbent and did the trick, they were perfect for after the birth of my baby, but the boots maternity towels I found to be cheap, flimsy, they didn't keep their shape well and I found them to be too long! I would definitely recommend Kotex night time towels instead of Boots maternity towels anyday, they are far ...  Read the complete review