Customer Reviews

Cure Gel Pads

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When I started breastfeeding when my baby was born, I had a lot of pain like many new mothers do. My nipples were extremely sore, dry, cracked, etc. I had used other disposable 'gel pads', but couldn't find the kind I liked. I purchased these cure pads in hopes they would provide relief for a while (since they were reusable supposedly). The first day I used them they worked fine and provided some comfort with the soothing gel surface. However, by the middle of the night on the first day I wore them, they started to bubble and become mis-shapen (I assume from the moisture of my leaking milk). The package had said to discard them when they became spongy but they were already spongy after less than 24 hours of use! I do not consider this "resuable" if you can't even get a day's worth of use out of them. I read all of the packaging for this item, but the estimated life expectancy of the pads was conveniently left out. I called Medela and asked about this item, and how long they were supposed to last. I was told 3-4 days! I can't believe that's all the longer they are supposed to last for $14.99! What a rip-off! I kept using them for a little while but probably wasn't supposed to and they didn't even look sanitary after the bubbling. The gel also turned from clear to a milky yellow which didn't look sanitary, either. As you can tell, I would NOT recommend this item. Hopefully if you need something like this, you can find something less expensive and with a longer life expectancy. They should actually refer to these as 'disposable' and put more in the package for the same price.

I bought a different type of gel patches from Target. Anyway, the gel patches were the only thing that helped me heal during the first couple of weeks of breastfeeding.