You can also use the base of the palm of your hands to press over the nipple. If you are sitting at a table, cup your chin in your hands and press your forearms into your breasts. You can make your own nursing pads from cut-up cloth diapers. If you are breastfeeding at home, keep a cloth diaper nearby to soak up milk from the leaking breast and save your pads for outings. Wear clothing that camouflages wetness.
Prints work well.
Or carry a jacket or sweater that you can put on quickly if you notice your breasts leaking. Breastfeed more often or manually express milk. When you begin to feel that fullness, let baby relieve the pressure before you leak. If you are away from baby, slip into a private place and manually express some milk. If you don't relieve the pressure, you could develop a plugged breast duct or mastitis , a breast infection, which is painful and will keep you in bed for at least 24 hours.