Breast pad for nursing mothers

A breast pad for nursing mothers comprising a pad body that includes a permeable layer, a substantially waterproof layer, and absorbent material;

• said body having absorbent portions formed by portions of said layers having said absorbent material sandwiched therebetween, and shaping portions formed by other portions of said layers contiguous to and laminated directly to each other without absorbent material therebetween;
• said absorbent portions having a first thickness, and said shaping portions having a second thickness less than said first thickness;
• said absorbent portions including a substantially circular center portion of said body and a plurality of lobes extending radially outwardly from said center portion to an outer perimeter portion of said body, and said shaping portions including a plurality of sections extending radially inwardly from an outer edge of said body between said lobes, with one section being between each pair of adjacent lobes;
• said body having a substantially flat pre-use configuration, and said sections being sized and shaped and having sufficient flexibility to allow said body to be folded along said sections to shape said body into a convex use configuration which substantially conforms to the shape of a breast and in which said absorbent portions are maintained at a substantially uniform thickness and each said section remains between the corresponding pair of adjacent lobes in a direction defined by a line extending around an outer face of said body radially between said center portion and said perimeter portion and substantially parallel to said outer edge, to maintain a smooth outer contour of a bra of a user of the pad.