Men, don't read this! You have been warned! (Maternity Pads (Sanitary))

Member Name: Claribella

Product:	Maternity Pads (Sanitary)
Date:	19/01/09 (473 review reads)
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Advantages: Catch your flow!

Disadvantages: Ugly, long, embarrassing!

Before I start, heres a warning 'MEN LOOK AWAY, YOU DO NOT WANT TO READ THIS AS IT WILL PUT YOU OFF THE FEMALE KIND FOR LIFE!'.

So you've just popped your little tot out of your vagina and you are bleeding like never before. Every time you stand up you feel a gush that's as powerful as the Niagra Falls and every now and again you feel as if you are giving birth again as a clot as big as a football passes through. You are unable to wear tampons because you'd need to shove about thirty up to fill the huge hole that has been left from your baby's head and shoulders coming through. The thought of actually using them after giving birth is almost as bad as thinking about going for a poo or wee. They are just out of the question! So you are presented with a problem; do you let your flow, flow? It'll leak through your pants, your trousers and onto every seat and settee you chose to park your bum on or do you wear a maternity pad? Obviously it's a personal choice but I opted for the maternity pad both times.

No one in their right mind would usually wear one of these delightful things. They are almost as bad as a twenty year old woman pushing a bag-on-wheels; it doesn't look or feel quite right. When you are first confronted with one you will realize that it's as thick as a nappy that you would put on a two year old and the whole thing stretches from John O Groats to Lands End.

When you first wear one it feels as if you are perched on a stallion; you can't seem to walk without your thighs being a metre apart. It's very uncomfortable and don't even think about trying to cross your legs while you sit; it just isn't going to happen! And talking of sitting, you will be paranoid that you have had a leakage due to the fact that the towel has moved ever so slightly whilst you have performed the action of sitting that you are too afraid to get up again! The other paranoia you may well experience is that you have a little tail sticking out the back of your trousers all day long. As I have mentioned before, the maternity towel is particularly long and if you don't get it positioned correctly then it could end up going all the way up your backside and wobble from side to side as you walk, for everyone to see. On the other hand you could end up looking like you have a mans 'front area' if it's positioned too far forward. Very rarely did I get it right and I'm pretty sure some people thought I was really a man and pooped my pants a lot or quite simply had just grown a tail!
If any of this does happen then don't feel embarrassed, everyone will have compassion on you as you've just had a baby but only if you have your baby close at hand. If you nip out to the shop by yourself and the above happens then don't expect any sympathy.

On a serious note, if you have a baby then you will definitely need a few packs of these. In the first couple of days I had to change mine every hour and this included through the night. Once a few days had passed the blood-flow decreased and eventually I went onto using regular pads. I got a pack of ten from Tesco's and they cost me around 99p. Although they are an ugly thing to have to wear and they make you feel very unattractive you will be thanking God that you don't have to bleed everywhere!

I've just thought of one thing that I was quite grateful for; The actual pads are very soft and don't have any gauze on the top. I had to have a couple of stitches with my first born and I found them very comfortable. Once I went onto using normal pads I made the mistake of picking up a pack of 'Always' and I found that my stitches kept catching on the gauze and pulling them around a bit so I went back to using maternity pads until I got to the shops again.

Anyway, 'Hurray for ugly maternity pads!'.

Summary: Another horrible thing a woman has to deal with!