which is better, maternity pads or heavy duty san towels?

[meglet]

After my first c-section I used the traditional maternity pads and thought they were a bit useless. Didn't stay in place, blood on sheets etc.

this time round I was wondering whether I should just use the heavy duty / night time sanitary towels with wings, they are more comfy and might actually stay in place.

Anyone tried them?

I used adult nappies - didn't have a cs but had stitches - not sure if I was supposed to, but no infection and meant I could get rid of catheter.

Maternity pads not great but at least I understand why now. I avoided Always etc as get a sort of 'nappy rash' with plastic towels during my period anyway, so used the heaviest possible cotton Natracare towels - you can get them from health food shop/Waitrose. Still too thin for the first few days so I wd use in combo with mat pads.

Used maternity pads while in hospital, (heck if they're free ) and one pack of Mothercare Maternity pads at home. Then switched to massive nighttime towels, think they were ones someone mentioned already, in a black packet. I had stiches but wasn't bothered by them.

TIP: make sure your partner knows what towels to get you, should you need to send them out desperatly as you've used your stash up. Checking I had enough towels was the last thing on my mind, having just given birth, so DH popped to Tesco. Came back with superslim ones!