Therapearl - Hot & Cold Breast Therapy

Life saver for blocked milk ducts days/nights. Cold therapy is definitely better than a hot shower to help ease block milk duct so these were ideal and easy to use.

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.

Fab item, good quality item used for helping to initiate letdown. not sure about longevity as just started to use but hoping will last our breast feeding journey , outer sleeve soft and well made. only used hot so far but mnircowave well.

I originally bought these 2 years ago when exclusively pumping breastmilk for my daughter to help relieve the occasional blocked ducts.Cold TherapyI 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 TherapyI 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.

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!

This hot and cold compression is amazing, I have only used it cold for mastitis but it works perfectly, freeze it for a couple of hours, pop in its sleeve and in the bra to provide pain relief, I’m hoping it’ll also help reduce the inflammation over the next few days. Yes it only works for 20 mins but the instructions recommend no longer than 20 mins and that is generally the health advice for cold compression. Got on same day delivery as well which was very much needed!

Don’t stay cold for long at all. By the time you have the cover on and got it in your bra… mini squashable/ soft ice packs (wrapped in tea towel) way better for cooling for longer periods. Not tried hot yet but imagine I’d have the same issue.

These soothing breast gels were a complete games changer, I thought I was going to have to switch to formula, but ordered these as a last ditch attempt. They can be microwaved for about 15 seconds and can help soothe with heat, which worked well on my clogged ducts. But also can be frozen and provide awesome cooking, especially for those few few weeks when everything is sore.They come with a little pouch to avoid putting anything too hot or too cold right on sensitive skin. The little pouch has a popper which I would put around my bra strap to help them stay in place. Because they aren’t complete circles they mould really nicely to the contours of your breast.A really good buy if you are a new mum or planning on breastfeeding!