They didn't mind me not having "stick on" pads (that was October 08 - but my daughter was born at nearly midnight so maybe they didn't want to make a fuss then?) *shrugs* - although using them with disposable undies, I didn't even use the sticky bit anyway. I think that disposable undies are great because they do get gunky easily and it's nice having something to just chuck out rather than needing to soak/wash your regular undies...