Pads, tampons or period underwear?

What is your go to? Before LS I only wore pads, after diagnosis I had a baby and wore them and they gave me really bad irritation redness and burning so I gave period under a go and same thing. I don’t have much experience with pads to be honest and I hate how they feel when it’s time to pull them out to change them. Is this something I’m going to have to get used to? What works for you guys?