Therapearl - Hot & Cold Breast Therapy

These gel pads are amazing for both hot and cold therapy. When used warm, they really help with letdown and clogged ducts, and when used cold, they soothe soreness and swelling after feeding or pumping. The soft cover makes them comfortable against the skin, and they stay in place nicely inside a bra. Easy to clean and reusable, which makes them super practical. Definitely worth having on hand during the early breastfeeding journey.

Recommend having these before you start on any breastfeeding journey. The coldness eases the discomfort to an extent and the shape is handy. Would be better if they were bigger but appreciate the quality for the price. Also, there they are designed to go round the nipple but the sharpness of the plastic can be uncomfortable when breaking into your breastfeeding journey so recommend using a pad with them. I’ve still got mine in the freezer even though I am no longer breastfeeding. They are handy for when someone has a bump to act as a cold compress. And great that you don’t need to be mindful of water when behind g to defrost. The versatility goes further and you can pop them into a cool bag to keep your drinks and food cool.

Amazing for breastfeeding especially for blocked ducts, it’s great for helping to release them

I originally bought these 2 years ago when exclusively pumping breastmilk for my daughter to help relieve the occasional blocked ducts. Cold Therapy I have used them for cold-therapy only a couple of times but found they worked well. The instructions say to put the packs in the freezer for 4 hours prior to use. After this time the pads are stiffer but still easy easy to place around the breast. With the covers on the pads give off a pleasant coolness rather than being uncomfortably cold. The cold temperature is very soothing on blocked ducts and every time I used these, along with massage, the problem area was quickly healed. One thing I would say is that the packs do not stay cold for very long. I would use them during a 20min pump then put them straight back in the freezer. Heat Therapy I used these pads more regularly for heat-therapy. Depending on the wattage of your microwave the packs need heating for 11-16 seconds, one at a time. I found this a little awkward as my microwave can only be set in 10 second increments, so I would put both packs in together for 20 seconds and found this heated them to the perfect temperature. The packs are just pleasantly warm rather than hot, much like the warmth of a baby on your breast. I found that when I used these during pumping, I didn't make any more milk than usual but it was expressed from my breast in less time. The packs themselves are clear and you can see the gel pearls inside. The biggest issue that I found is that the pearls can move around freely from segment to segment, so they tended to gather at the bottom and left few at the top (see photo). The heating/cooling instructions are printed onto the pads so you don't have to find the instructions if you forget the timings. The covers for the packs seal with velcro and are easy to remove and clean. I leave them inside the covers to microwave/freeze and haven't had any issues. The covers can be clipped into a circular shape around the flange of a breast pump to stop them falling off during use but they don't stay close to the breast unless you hold them there. I found the most effective way of using them was to just tuck them inside my pumping bra. Overall, I was happy with these packs and they have survived many uses in the microwave. I have recently had my second child and found that these pads were useful in encouraging letdown during prenatal colostrum harvesting. I haven't had any use for these pads since my second baby was born. I have mainly breast fed this time around and the natural warmth of baby combined with breast compressions during feeds means I haven't needed help with expressing milk quickly or blocked ducts. So I would say these pads are best for pumping Mums rather than breastfeeding ones.

Supports let down while breastfeeding or pumping. Used to encourage let down while and worked great. Can be used cold to provide relief but never used for that personally.

This is a must have for breastfeeding. I had horrible pain in the first few weeks of breastfeeding, and these pads were a saver. Very easy to use, include the fabric cover that is soft to the skin, and so no additional wrapper is required. I would buy again.

helped during the early days of breastfeeding to reduce inflammation and swelling, however, I found they didn't get very cold or stay cold for long so found it was better to just freeze a wet flannel or use a regular ice pack (like the ones used for bumps) wrapped in a flannel.

In the early days, using these warm helped with increasing my supply and using them cold helped take the edge off of painful engorgement. These now live permanently in the freezer as ice packs - the shape and size mean they wrap perfectly around a little arm or a leg when you have an accident prone child tearing around the house! I'd say I've had more use out of them on a banged elbow or knocked knee than I have for their intended purpose!