That’s a difficult question to answer. To be safe, you should buy two or three packages with twelve pads each. Even if you end up not using them all. Right after giving birth, mothers need to put several pads at a time in their mesh or fixation pants. When postpartum bleeding decreases, they’ll only need one at a time. While in hospital – in Germany – nurses will provide you with pads, pants and more. How long the bleeding will continue depends on various circumstances. Breastfeeding, for example, can minimize the time as well as a c-section. During the surgery, the doctors remove your placenta, which shortens the time compared to having your body expelling the placenta itself.