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We all know it's often cheaper to buy in bulk, but I don't want to be excessive.
Any ideas roughly how many maternity pads for example you typically get through?
I know it can last a week or longer, and everyone is different, but would love a rough idea so I can plan & save

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I didn't even go through a full package. And I just used my usual period pads. I had bought some of the super-extra-long-overnight-with-wings and I haaaaated them. They were super sweaty and stuck to my bum haha. I used like 2 of them before I couldn't take it anymore.

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I found depends way easier to deal with than pads. I used the hospital ones first though. I didn’t bleed very heavy either but it did last about 4 weeks

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I just took the ones from the hospital I was plenty

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I wouldn’t buy in bulk. I bought one normal size pack of heavy pads and didn’t use them all and I was bleeding for 5 weeks. I ended up needing to buy a couple packs of normal pads.

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I wouldnt buy them in bulk. You’d likely end up wasting so many of them. I never needed “maternity” pads, and stopped heavy bleeding after 4 Days.

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It honestly just depends on how much you bleed. I bleed really heavy the first 2 days after birth which is normal. Then the first week it was like a normal heavy period. I wore depends with a pad inside which is a lifesaver. After about the first week, I switched to underwear with a maxi pad. Depending on how much you bleed will determine how many pads you use. I’m currently 3 weeks pp and I’m not really bleeding at all, but I occasionally have a sudden rush of blood. I still wear maxi pads just to be safe. I’m almost out of my second pack of maxi pads which contains 48. Soo I’ve went through about 80  pads so far.

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I’d be hesitant to buy in bulk. I thought I’d bleed heavier for longer, but by the time we got home from the hospital it was like an average period. A couple days later it was a light period flow. By 1 week PP I only needed pantyliners. 
Everyone is different so I would wait for a week after your baby arrives and see where you’re at. Even with the liners, I still have half a box left over (originally a box of 200) and I’m 1.5 years PP 😅

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