Review on 🌿 Washable Reusable Bamboo Nursing Pads - Round & Contoured, Organic Bamboo Breastfeeding Pads - Medium Size (10cm), 14 Pack with 2 Bonus Pouches & Free E-Book - Perfect Baby Shower Gift for Enhanced Comfort and Environmental Consciousness by Marta Bruns

Before breastfeeding, I really liked the idea of these reusable nursing pads because I thought they would save money in the long run and be better for the environment. I stopped breastfeeding at 6 months and I'm not sure if that's true. It is recommended to change nursing pads every time they get wet to avoid infection. My milk was fully flowing a week postpartum, which equated to about 5 reusable pad changes per day (maybe 3 changes per day if my supplies were balanced). I ended up having to order a second pair of pads so we didn't have to do laundry every day. I also regularly woke up 3-4 hours later with my pads and shirt completely soaked. Sometimes bending halfway helped, but sometimes it didn't because the pillows shifted while we slept. As an alternative, I grabbed some disposable pads and put them in my diaper bag and used some out of curiosity. The ones I bought had glue to stick them to the shirt so they didn't move. Also, they had absorbent balls, similar to menstrual pads, so you could wear the same pair all day and stay pretty dry. If I did the math, I was spending $30 on 2 orders of reusable nursing pads, and wearing 1 pair of disposable nursing pads a day cost me $25. Likewise, with all the water and electricity we've used to wash and dry reusable pads (they mostly required extra drying, and air-drying took more than a day), I sometimes wonder if it's really better for them environment was. . Other things to consider are that these pads are thick. Even though I had pads, you could definitely see the shape of the pads through my nursing top. And now that I'm done breastfeeding I really don't know what to do with it because I'm not sure if there is anyone out there who would be willing to buy used nursing pads. Finally, if you do decide to buy them (they seem to work well for a lot of other people!), be sure to wash them in the accompanying garment bag they come with, or velcro up any bibs or diapers before you start washing because the velcro eats up these pads!