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

Well baby daughter has arrived safely into the world, and alongside the joys of being a new mother, are the not so nice elements of the aftermath of labour, so much of which nobody ever mentions. After labour, there is a substantial blood loss that even I had not fathomed beforehand, but it is therefore essential to pack into a hospital bag the right sort of pads to absorb such a loss. Most of the big supermarkets and pharmacies stock their own maternity pads, and I picked up a variety from different stores when I saw them, however in my hospital bag I packed two packs of these Boots Maternity pads, which cost £1.05 for a pack of 10, but at the time they ...  Read the complete review

After suffereing a traumatic birth and an even more horrendous experience after birth I needed some heavy duty maternity pads and these ones did the job considerably but at the cheapest price. It is very easy to get conned out of money when you are buying necessaity items for your post birth term with high tec pads and gadgets in specified baby stores however none of this is needed when there is a simple yet incredibly strong and adequate maternity pad at boots. The pack of 10 pads costs 99p and albeit you may be going through them quickly they really are worth it and these are the best I found. They are soft and incredibly flexible so can contort ...  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

**Introduction** I gave birth to my beautiful little girl, Erin on the tenth of February this year. I had a natural (vaginal) birth, however you will still need maternity pads even if you have a caesarean birth. When I was pregnant I was totally oblivious about maternity pads but obviously my midwife informed me of their purpose and the importance of them, explained to me why I would need them and I soon understood that they were a neccesity to include in my hospital bag. I decided to purchase three packs of ten as I naively thought that would be more than enough and that the lot would last until i'd stopped bleeding. Wrong! **What are maternity ...  Read the complete review