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Maternity pads

I am due in April and I am starting to prepare for my hospital bag and was wondering what brand (available in UK) you'd recommend for maternity pads. I can't handle something that's too thick.

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Always disposable underwear is really good they’re not too think but really absorbent and also lil-let maternity pads are the same! For the first week I used the disposable underwear plus a pad and then switched to big knickers and a pad xx

Same as above I got some tena lady disposable pants for the first few days

Honestly, I recommend adult diapers!

The big Boots have natural cotton maternity pads, I found the plastic ones super irritating! Unfortunately all options are pretty thick.
Pack more than you think, I bled for 6 weeks after 😵‍💫

You need thick ones unfortunately, cos you bleed a lot after birth it’s just what happens. I liked the boots own maternity pads. Trust me, you need thick ones and a lot of them!!

I liked the boots own brand pads, they were really thick and very cheap x

Lillets is amazing

The Trna lady pants were the best 👌🏿

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