Nursing Pad Recommendations

Brandie - posted on 09/22/2009

I agree with Catherine. Johnson and Johnson makes GREAT pads! I use them all the time. I also have the washable ones, but I don't really like them. They soak up and through. The disposable ones keep the moisture in, so it doesn't leak and show through your shirt. I wanted to use the washable ones to save money, but I don't like them. I just use the J and J ones.

Autumn - posted on 09/22/2009

johnson and johnson all the way

Natalie - posted on 09/22/2009

I use johnson and johnson and playtex makes them too..... also i use any outgrown diapers.... i cut them in half , it works great!!!!! that way i get the use out of the diapers.... the only thing is the diapers are bulky so i'll use them when i'm at home and i use the johnson and johnson when i'm out:)

Abbey - posted on 09/22/2009

I tried the washable pads and they were more bulky and I leaked right through them.....what is the point if I am going to leak through them and my clothes. I have foung the La Leche League disposable pads are great and you get 60 for less than $8 at Wal-mart. Best of Luck

Jessica - posted on 09/22/2009

I use Lansinoh and LOVE them!

Megan - posted on 09/22/2009

I also used Lansinoh disposables!

I also invested in their gel pads and lanolin cream. They're definitely worth the money!

Tracy - posted on 09/22/2009

Quoting Lori:

I am nursing my second child, nursed my first one for a year...I only used the lanlasoh (sp?) the ones in the purple box. They have an adhesvie on the back that sticks to your bra and they have a dry liner (kind of like a maxie pad) that keeps your breast dry if you leak

Currently nursing my 3rd kid and these are the ONLY ones that I will use. I am an overproducer so even at 18 months I still leak so I wear them 24/7.

Good Luck!

Briana - posted on 09/21/2009

Another vote for lansinoh dispoables!
I also use/d kushies washable with all 3 a little later on and they are great too!

Lyndsay - posted on 09/21/2009

I use disposable Gerber ultra-thin nursing pads! Don't be fooled, they are SO thin and don't have any adhesive, but work GREAT! I leak a lot too and they somehow hold the moisture for rediculous amounts of time sometimes (At work I can't always get in to a bathroom to change them). I had aweful experiences with those pads that are made like sanitary napkins and them drying to me and ripping me apart, so finding these was just great!

Rebekah - posted on 09/21/2009

Lansinoh makes two kinds of disposable nursing pads (both in purple boxes). One of the two kinds has two strips of adhesive and I think it's the best-- but they also seem much harder to find.

Julia - posted on 09/20/2009

I just commented on another post about this so I'll just copy and paste.



With my first son I used Johnson & Johnson disposables and my I changed my shirt at least once a day from the leaking. At night I layed on a towel because I knew I would wake up soaking wet. With my second I did not want to have to keep buying more and I was also worried that the same crap that they put in disposable diapers was also in nursing pads so I purchased the Happy Heiny's hemp nursing pads from gogonatural.com. I got the jersey hemp for day-wear and fleece hemp for night. On their website it now states that it needs up to 8 washings before they are fully absorbent. I didn't know that back when I first bought them so I only washed them once before wearing them. It didn't make a difference because I never leaked once. I'd recommend them to anyone.

Tawnya - posted on 09/20/2009

I like the johnson & johnson too! But I agree about the environmental effects. I used medela's cotton ones and ended up buying 16 of them soI wouldn't have to do luandry everyday!

Nicolette - posted on 09/20/2009

oh and you should get the biggest box you can get, I think 60? beacuse really you're only getting 30 uses out of it... which pretty much sucks and you probably wont have a lot of time to keep going out to the store to buy nursing pads

Nicolette - posted on 09/20/2009

lansinoh. purple box.

Sarah - posted on 09/16/2009

I liked the Gerber Reusable nursing pads. I do not like the effects of disposables on the environment with all the packaging and then having to throw them into the trash, but I would wear them on occasion if I was going to be out all day or if I was wearing a special top because they protect a bit better than the reusable pads. Congratulations on your baby, my son's birthday is also Sep 6, but born in 2008.

Danielle - posted on 09/16/2009

I love the Johnson pads. The Gerber ones are good too, and they are cheaper. I don't like the reusable ones, just for the fact that you go through them so quickly.

Patsy - posted on 09/16/2009

lansinoh all the way!!!

Lucy - posted on 09/15/2009

Another vote for lansinoh dispoables!

Lori - posted on 09/14/2009

I am nursing my second child, nursed my first one for a year...I only used the lanlasoh (sp?) the ones in the purple box. They have an adhesvie on the back that sticks to your bra and they have a dry liner (kind of like a maxie pad) that keeps your breast dry if you leak

Catherine - posted on 09/14/2009

johnson and johnson makes gr8 disposable ones otherwise cotton washables are gr8