Dr Pam talks you through the gestalt method using a knitted breast

The gestalt method of fit and hold is only one part of the Neuroprotective Developmental Care (NDC) or Possums breastfeeding programs (under development as Breastfeeding stripped bare), but an important place to start. This version of the gestalt method of fit and hold for breastfeeding women has been available since 2016. I'm hoping that Breastfeeding stripped bare, the comprehensive NDC approach to breastfeeding and lactation, will be publicly available by the end of 2024. Key elements of the NDC breastfeeding work are also found in The discontented little baby book, and in my research publications, starting here.

The gestalt method of fit and hold helps empower you so that you can enjoy pain-free and effective breastfeeding. In this five minute video below, Dr Pam runs through an overview of the gestalt method using a knitted breast.

Resources

• You can find an NDC accredited practitioner who is trained in helping breastfeeding mothers with the gestalt method here.

• You can find a research study here which showed, using ultrasound imaging, how the gestalt method changes what happens inside a baby's mouth during breastfeeding. The mothers and babies in this small case series had a long history of breastfeeding problems and multiple prior consultations with lactation consultants, which hadn't resolved the problems.

• The evidence-base to the gestalt method is also peer-reviewed and published here and here.