Popular advice which disrupts fit and hold

Dr Pamela Douglas7th of Aug 202330th of Sep 2024

Each of these below can interfere with a stable fit and hold, and result in breastfeeding problems.

Haakaa use (standard hakaa - ladybird hakaa doesn't interfere with fit and hold) while breastfeeding
Pumping while breastfeeding
Breast compression and massage
Shaping your breast to bring baby on
Using a pillow on your lap
Aiming for 'nipple to nose' when bringing baby on (sometimes referredt o as 'nipple to crown')
Waiting for a wide gape before bringing baby on
Holding baby's head in the crook of your arm
Starting with baby's face and mouth lower than your breast.

You'll find out why these things can cause problems as you work through Breastfeeding Stripped Bare. In the meantime, just keep doing what seems to be working best for your and your baby, even if it includes one or more of these things!

Next up in start here with the gestalt method: evolutionary bodywork for breastfeeding

The three views of deep and symmetrical face-breast bury (in photos)

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In the photo above, the baby has a lovely symmetrical and deep face-breast bury, from the side view.

You'll also see that I have my hands on the mother's forearm, with her consent, as we work together using the gestalt method with micromovements to eliminate the nipple and breast tissue drag which was causing her pain. She relaxed the weight of her forearm into my hands, and gave me feedback whenever her baby suckled about the effects of the micromovements that we were experimenting with, so that together we were able to find where her pain was zero out of ten on the painscale.

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The baby below had a pattern of fussiness and pulling off with breastfeeding, and was much more stable when we brought him into the gestalt position. He still has a slight twist to his little spine - you'll notice that his head is rotated towards his left. If he...

Popular advice which disrupts fit and hold

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