Homemade Breast Pads!

Breast pads can get expensive. Not to mention that some get stuck to your boobs making it uncomfortable to pull off. So I decided that I was going to make some that can be washed and reused. They are better for the environment and for the wallet.

I'm going to show you how I made my breast pads. They are nice and soft plus I only paid .50 for the receiving blanket and already had the thread. Yay! One tiny blanket made me 5 pairs of 3 layered pads. What you need:

• Receiving blanket (if you want cute ones use flannel from the store I didn't have any so I used my yard sale receiving blanket.)

• Thread (I started with purple but ran out then went to pink. Its 100% polyester)

• Non-toxic marker (I used mark be gone)

• Scissors

• Old CD or DVD

• Sewing machine (I'm sure you could hand stitch this but I hate doing it by hand. Takes way too long)

I washed it first with no fabric softener. I used the detergent that I'm going to use for my cloth diapers, its homemade and doesn't suds up. Then I air dried it. After it was dry I tested it to make sure that it would absorb and it did! Yay.

I used an old DVD to get the size. My areolas aren't that big so I don't need them too large. You can make them bigger or smaller depending on how big yours are.

Then you trace it with your non-toxic pen.

It will leave your circle then you just cut out the circle. You repeat this until you get your desired amount or you run out of blanket/fabric.

 Then you just stack them. I used three. You could use more or less just depends on your needs.

I used a zig zag stitch and sewed around the circle letting it kinda go off so it closes the cloth. I went around it twice so that it was sturdy. Then I sewed an X in the middle.

 

 I cut all the strings off and it was done.

Doesn't take too long. I don't think it has to look PERFECT considering the fact that it will be hidden. I will probably make a few more but I'm not sure yet.

Washing:
Try not to use too much soap because soap build up can cause it to not absorb your milk. And don't use liquid softener.
If you are going to dry them in a dryer don't use fabric softener. Air drying is what I like to do.

I hope this helped. If you have any questions please ask. I'd love to help.

Mikaela