Maternity Pad or Normal Pad

I gave birth mid-Oct 2020 and personally, I didn’t have much blood coming out of me right after delivery. The old-style hospital pad with the string was enough for me since I am plus-size and couldn’t fit into their normal disposable panties with a pad. I went thru emergency c-sect myself so I’m not so sure if it affects the bleeding? Maybe not.. others may bleed more so they may need proper maternity pad. Plus I prefer the string pad rather than disposable panties with pad especially since I just undergone a major operation on my lower abdomen. When I got back home my post-partum bleeding wasn’t much as well so a normal pad for me worked just fine. Just make sure you don’t drink cold water because you wouldn’t want your post-partum blood to clot up in your shrinking uterus.