-31- ABSTRACT BREAST MILK ABSORBENT PAD A BREAST MILK ABSORBENT PAD ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT INVENTION COMPRISES A PAD CHASSIS (1) INCLUDING A BODY FLUID 5 ABSORBENT LAYER (2) INCLUSIVE OF A BODY F LUID ABSORBENT ASSEMBLY (4) AND A BODY FLUID LEAK-BARRIER SHEET (3), AND A PAIR OF ELASTICALLY STRETCHABLE AND CONTRACTIBLE MEMBERS (13) EXTENDING ALONG TRANSVERSELY OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PAD CHASSIS (1) IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION. THE BODY FLUID ABSORBENT 0 ASSEMBLY (4) IS DEBOSSED SO THAT THE BODY F LUID ABSORBENT ASSEMBLY (4) MAY BE FORMED ALONG UPPER AND LOWER ENDS THEREOF WITH HIGH STIFFNESS REGIONS (16, 17) HAVING A STIFFNESS HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE REMAINING REGION. FIG - 3