Paper pants should be banned, and other rubbish stuff pregnant women & new parents are told they need..

[ColdCottage]

Just that really, I'm just prepping for baby number two to arrive and recalled all the stuff I bought last time which was totally useless.

Paper pants were the worst - crap sizing, dug in and just horrid as well as useless.

Paper pants are the pits. Giant cotton granny knickers in a bigger size than your usual from Bon Marche are the best and they double up as a handy contraception method in the early days because no fucker feels sexy wearing those bad boys. Bloody comfortable though.

Yeah, Primark Granny pants do the job. I always got them in a much bigger size so they were super comfortable.

You don’t need ‘maternity pads’ either. Night time sanitary pads like Kotex are fine and usually a lot cheaper, I found them comfier too.

they double up as a handy contraception method in the early days

Yep.
I’m 39 weeks with number 3, and my “in case of transfer to hospital” bag is a million times smaller than it was when I had DC1

And I’m with you all on the giant, cotton granny pants I bought them with the good intention of only wearing them for the post-birth weeks to contain the beautifully cushioned maternity pads....but they are still a permanent fixture in my underwear draw 4 years after the first baby was born

Hear here. I still have a cupboard full of that nonsense 4 years later! Ds2 is due shortly and I will be very much more streamlined in my packing this time. I remember even taking sandwiches last time as I'd read you can get hungry in labour. No mention of the fact that the pain would be so bad I'd be constantly vomiting! Fun times.

Disagree on the paper pants and using nighttime pads instead of maternity.

I found them so useful and they were comfortable enough. At least with paper pants when I leaked through the huge maternity pads I brought for the 4th time in 12 hours after birth, I didn’t have to store them all in my bag for the next day - straight into the bin.

I used maternity pads that covered everything instead of the maxi pad types - they looked like incontinence pads and they were definitely needed for me.

Paper pants?! I didn’t know such a thing excused! Don’t they disintegrate when damp?

Things I found useless - Moses basket (they both hated it), wipes (used cotton wool), any impractical baby clothes, baby bath (put them in the kitchen sink then the bath), huge show off baby bags (just shoved a nappy in my bag with cotton wool balls ready in the middle).

Baby rucksack type thing - just used a pushchair.

Crocheted blankets.

Baby shoes

No paper pants - go straight for the tena lady nappy pants with maternity pads in - you can change the inside pads a few times before you have to ditch the giant nappies but my god they are comfortable.

I ate all my labour food afterwards - I hadn't eaten for 24+ hours and no bugger was going to feed me for at least another 12 - I had all my DH's sandwiches, all the energy drinks, all the wine gums. I would have taken a flask for DC2 but I had the rest at home and just sat on my arse in my nappy demanding DH brought me the entire contents of the fridge and snack cupboard

I'm still at 3 bags (pre and post labour plus food bag) but less crap this time.

Paper pants?? What for? That was never on any list I came across

I had dc2 a few months back. A friend sent me a link for a spray for downbelow to help with healing. It's basically just lavender oil and witch hazel. It's cheaper to just buy lavender and witch hazel but it's not so pretty to display on Instagram...

Giant cotton granny knickers in a bigger size than your usual from Bon Marche are the best and they double up as a handy contraception method in the early days because no fucker feels sexy wearing those bad boys. Bloody comfortable though.

Hehe that’s what I got! And it took me a lot longer than I like to admit to get rid of them. DH got quite upset about them, they are the least sexy thing imaginable to be fair, but soooo comfy

Oh and a cooling pad ergonomically designed for downbelow. Witch hazel on a maternity pad which has been kept in the fridge works in the same way

Thecathouse Omg yes to the enormous incontinence type pads!! The ones that cover completely from front to back - kind of like massive cushioned pants with no sides?
Those with an extra maternity pad stuffed in were my saviour post-DC1, when my non-stitched “labial lacerations” felt like I was sitting on broken glass

Ooo glad I found this! Im on operation transfer bag this weekend. So nay to the paper knickers? I've thought about tena lady nappies mind... 😂

I liked the paper pants

I found the disposable knickers great for the first few days after giving birth. Used them for all three. I don't think I packed anything I didn't use.

I'm sadly very excited about organising my bag with packing cubes 😂

I bought them for our holiday two weeks ago. When I had DS the hospital bags got chaotic quite quickly (and staff told me off, even though I was bed bound) so I'm hoping to be the queen of organisation this time! 👑

Maternity pads gave me awful chafe, bloody awful things! 🙈

The paper pants were a lot cheaper than buying and consequently throwing away granny pants whilst in hospital.

I read yesterday that apparently maternity pads (or I guess normal incontinence pads/sanitary towels from this thread) are better/half the price than breast pads.

Disclaimer: am not a mother so no idea of reliability of that info.

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I found Tena lady pants (or equivalent own brands) excellent during the first week of lochia, especially at night. That's one thing I wish I had bought the first time round

I’m 39 weeks with number 3, and my “in case of transfer to hospital” bag is a million times smaller than it was when I had DC1

I was the opposite with dc2. A student midwife tried to lift my suitcase and regretted it. It was mostly books and bottles of water.

Granny knickers, snacks, drinks, wrap dress for easy breastfeeding, flip flops for the showers, water bottles and books.

5 years on and I am not only wearing the big granny pants but also the bralet vest things from asda.

I dont care if the boobs sag, I do not miss wired bras at all.