Every mom dreams a healthy and active child. Breastfeeding a child in one of the most essential act a mom does to her child. It not only feeds the child but builds the immune system of the child against many diseases. Hence it is also important that one needs to pay enough attention towards the hygiene involved in this process. Let us briefly understand what does it all means to a new and breastfeeding mom.
What is Nursing Pad or Breast Pad?
A quick answer to this very basic question is nursing pad or breast pad is a cloth which absorbs the milk that may leak between the milk feed. Usually it is used inside the brassiere to avoid the spilling of the leaked milk on the outer wear. Since its usage started, it is made available in various shapes, sizes and materials to suite the need and improve the experience. Circular nursing pads are vastly used since they are more comfortable in terms of fitting.
Why to use Nursing Pad?
What if one does not want to use the nursing pad or breast pad? Yes, it is a choice at the cost of the hygiene. Not only of the mother but also of the new born wonderful baby. It is common for new mom to leak between the feedings and during the feeding. It is natural phenomenon that the milk oozes out even when the baby is restless. Thus, breast and nipples are moist for longer durations. Not keeping them dry may cause lot of health issues. Building of the yeast around the breast is very common. This will affect the feeding baby too. Prolonged avoidance to use any means to keep your breast and nipple area dry may cause the soring of nipple. Sored nipples are immensely painful and turns the best moments of your life into painful moments. Read more.
How to select the Nursing Pads or Breast Pads?
There are two types of Nursing Pads broadly available in the market.
A) Disposable Nursing Pads
B) Reusable and Washable Nursing Pads
Disposable nursing pads are comparatively thin and comes with the absorbent material. They also do have adhesive strips to stick to the cloth. Their shape is square or elongated
Reusable nursing pads are made up of cotton and inner absorbent microfiber layers absorbs the leaked milk. Most of these are perfectly round and contoured for the better fitting. They can snugly fit with the breast and avoids any bunch up in the bra. This is important.
Disposable pads comes in the quantity of 50-200 whereas reusable pads are available in the quantity of 4-10. Usually 4-6 are enough. Disposable pads are pretty expensive in the longer run. Moreover absorbent chemicals may not be suitable sometimes.
How to use Nursing Pads?
Though simple, it is very important to understand how to use the nursing pads.
- Take one available with you and remove any packaging if it is there.
- Open the pad completely and put it over breast covering the entire nipple.
- For disposable breast pads ensure that the soft absorbent portion is inside covering the breast.
- Push it inside the bra such that it does not bunch up.
- Check that your free movements of the hand does not cause the pad to move. If so, fit it once again till it snugly fits over breast.
Summary
To summarize follow these four guidelines
1. Coverage: The pad you select is big enough to give the good coverage to your breast
2. Comfortable: It is comfortable for usage and does not adds up to your problem in terms of fitting and bunch ups
3. Contoured: Contoured pads do have the best fittment and coverage
4. Absrobent: The nursing pad is good enough to absorb the milk leakages over the prolonged period so that you need not change it very frequently
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