Nursing Bras ... Padded or Nonpadded

[Kayleigh1992]

Hi, I am expecting my first child who is due in September, I am currently trying to finish getting the last bits for hospital bag. I am hoping to breast feed and was wondering if anyone had and advice whether it's best to have a padded or non padded nursing bra??

Any suggestions and advice muchly appreciated :)

Personally I wouldn't buy any at this stage. I'd get some stretchy crop-top style ones and then go and get measured at a decent bra shop once your milk has come in - it's so hard to know what size you'll be. Most women go up at least 2 cup sizes, some go up several more. JoJo sells good stretchy ones for the early days which fit across a few sizes.

If you were like me your boobs will be so big you wouldn't want to pad them out!

I bought a multipack off amazon for about £17.99 I think.

They are padded but the padding comes out like you get in a swimming costume. It's brilliant because if you wanted non padded you could just take this out.

They are more of a sleep bra style than the traditional bra shape which makes it miles more comfortable!

Bravado bodysilk are reasonably attractive and fabulously comfortable, and adapt to changing boob size/shape very well.

Mine are from m&s and the padding is removable. It's been removed now although it is more comfortable with it in.

I avoid wearing bras like the plague. DD is 7 weeks old and I only wear one when I go out. In fact if I'm home alone I'm topless most of the time as a) all I seem to do is feed, and b) when I'm not feeding they are covered in lanisoh and airing out!!

Little tip, airing out your nipples is essential if you're breast feeding. Keeping them in a bra makes them damp and I lost the top off one of mine

Edit: that sounds a bit scary sorry!! It was just in the early days and nipples were sore from poor latching. The top layer of skin came off the nipple so I couldn't feed from that boob for a couple of days until it healed so I pumped instead

i've found padding makes it harder to fold cups down out of way to feed

Make sure you get fitted after milk is established and that they're really comfortable, I recently bought a pair of padded nursing bras that felt like a nice supportive fit but were slightly too tight and ended up with painful blocked milk ducts!
Non-padded have worked best for me (also you may need to use breast pads for leaky boobs).