The mode a babe is held to the breast affects how easily they tin can breastfeed. Certain positions can arrive hard for a baby to go a deep latch i.due east. a big mouthful of chest tissue also as the nipple. If a infant is in a shallow latch with mostly just nipple in his mouth, this is likely to atomic number 82 to sore nipples, a drib in milk supply, a hungry babe and perhaps cause a premature end to breastfeeding altogether.

This commodity shares a selection of breastfeeding videos that testify helpful breastfeeding positions, the principles of a skilful latch, how to tell if a baby is drinking plenty of breast milk and more. Breastfeeding Videos is a companion article to Breastfeeding Positions for Newborns and Latching Tips.

Breastfeeding positions

There are many ways to concur your baby to breastfeed and these are described in Breastfeeding Positions for Newborns. The most popular positions are known as:

  • cradle concur
  • cross-cradle hold
  • clutch/rugby/football game concord
  • side-lying position
  • breastfeeding in a reclining semi-upright position.

Global Health Media

Our outset video Positions for Breastfeeding, past Global Health Media shows a variety of positions including how to position twins. Global Health Media's breastfeeding video drove is excellent and is available in English, Spanish, French, Swahili, Nepali, Lao, Malay, Khmer, Kinyarwanda and Vietnamese.

Reclining positions for breastfeeding

Reclining or natural breastfeeding positions are also sometimes called "laid-back" or biological nurturing positions. Reclining positions involve lying back slightly, preferably with baby skin-to-skin (or lightly dressed) with baby's tum against mother's breast. In this position the mother's body supports her baby rather than taking the baby'southward weight with her arms. This position triggers a baby's natural feeding reflexes and helps him to have a proficient mouthful of breast while feeling very stable on the mother'southward body.

The next clip from biologicalnurturing.com demonstrates a mother property her baby in a semi-reclining position. The clip describes how to spot early feeding cues and shows baby feeding comfortably on his tum (in the "prone" position):

Why Skin to Skin? also has a collection of videos of babies latching simply after birth with the mothers in reclining positions. And in the next short video lactation consultant and breastfeeding author Nancy Mohrbacher explains how natural, laid-back, breastfeeding positions, can really help a infant to latch deeply and comfortably without arm waving and fighting at the chest.

Find the right position for you and your baby

While some mothers find laid-back positions can fix a painful latch or cease their baby struggling at the breast, for others it does non feel right at all. Well supported cross-cradle and rugby holds may give more control for your latch. Your ain trunk position is important too, if your artillery tire during a feeding your baby may not remain level with the breast and may slip down and exert more pressure on the nipple or slide downward to the nipple base causing hurting or damage.

Getting a deep latch

The next video past Global Health Media explains the difference between a shallow and a deep latch. A deep latch is one where the infant takes a skillful mouthful of breast tissue as well as the nipple. The nipple volition exist deep in a babe's oral fissure so that the nipple isn't getting rubbed on baby'south hard palate. The video shows babies latching to the breast in a variety of positions, and discusses how to recognise a good latch. See Latching Tips on this website for photographs and more videos that describe how to reach a comfy latch.

Breastfeeding with larger breasts or heavy breasts

A heavy breast may need to be supported during a feed as the weight of it may tend to pull from baby's mouth causing your baby to lose their grip. Biological nursing positions and rugby hold may help with this or the cross-cradle position can give good control equally you lot take a manus free to shape and support the breast. Sometimes y'all may demand to support the chest throughout the feed to prevent baby slipping off. See Breastfeeding With Large Breasts for much more information including images of mothers supporting their breasts during a breastfeed.

In the following video clip by Nancy Mohrbacher, a larger breasted mother shares how reclining positions work well for her and her baby. And a helper explains how stimulating force per unit area points on the baby's knees, feet and ribs can trigger a deeper latch.

Good milk transfer

The following clip from Canadian paediatrician and breastfeeding good Dr Jack Newman shows an example of good latch and milk transfer. The mother is using cross-cradle concur. Dr Newman describes how to run into the pause in a infant's suck every bit they swallow milk. For more ways to tell if a baby is getting plenty of milk see Is My Infant Getting Enough Milk?

If breastfeeding hurts

Breastfeeding is non supposed to injure and pain indicates something is wrong. If y'all are finding breastfeeding painful or experiencing any problems, the best way to get your baby's latch checked is by an IBCLC lactation consultant equally they will be able to check that your baby is transferring breast milk well, accept a full history and talk to y'all almost breastfeeding management for yous and your babe. For further ideas see Latching Tips, Breastfeeding Tips and Why Does Breastfeeding Hurt?

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Summary

The fashion y'all position your babe to breastfeed affects how well they can latch, and latch affects how well a baby can drain the breasts to bulldoze a milk supply. A poor latch will also usually be painful for the mother. There are lots of resources available to assistance with positioning and expert videos tin can be particularly helpful. If you lot are experiencing problems nonetheless, there is no substitute for face-to-face up help from a breastfeeding specialist.