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Do you wear nursing pads?

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Wed, 2007-05-23 20:57 -- DeeLicious
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DeeLicious's picture
Submitted by DeeLicious on

when i first had ryan i couldnt go anywhere without wearing nursing pads, but i am finding that the older he gets, the less i need to wear them. is this true for anyone else, or does this mean that my milk supply is decreasing? just wondering...

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Submitted by mamatessa on

once i got my milk in and established, and the let down wasn't all that hard, i stopped wearing them. well except at night b/c i lay on my side and sometimes milk would come out from the way i was laying

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Submitted by MommyKatlin on

I had to wear nursing pads everyday up until Navy was about 9 months maybe. Now i don't ever wear them. I hardly ever leak any more. Which is nice.

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Submitted by misfit on

I did when i nursed the boys and I will this time, too but i will opt for the cloth reusable ones since they are friendlier to the environment.

But, after I've been nursing awhile I find they are not necessary and I've NEVER worn a nursing bra.

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Submitted by SunshineBlossom on

I had to wear nursing pads all the time up until Peyton was about four months old I think. I do know that once your milk supply is established you will not leak as much. But I noticed that if I was away from Peyton and she would normally feed at a certain time that I would be full and have to express in a sink if I couldn't get to her.

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Submitted by freeangel on

I had to wear them for the first month or 2 after I had Katie...and I didn't even nurse! I just freakin' leaked constantly lol.

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Submitted by new_mom on

i had to during th efirst 7 month but now i dint reallty but sometimes my breast still leaks

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Submitted by Earth_moves on

I started wearing them, and then I switched to a baby face cloth folded into quarters... so much more handy!

And I wore those, up until about 12 months.

I leak once in awhile... but rarely.

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Submitted by SativaStarr on

By about 6 weeks I stopped needing them.. I never leak anymore and I still nurse (shes 5 mo)

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Submitted by star13 on

i had to wear nursing pads all the time when i was first napping but once everything was establish i just had to make sure i was wearing them if i could breast feed on my schedualed ime or it would leak on its own, oh and at night