DD (9 weeks) has recently had her tongue tie snipped and still tends to latch on with her gums because that's the way she knows. I went to the local breastfeeding cafe today and one of the suggestions was to try biological nurturing and letting her make her own latch; they said it would help with getting a deeper latch. A friend whose DD was tongue tied suggested the same and so have people on here.
So this afternoon I took DD upstairs, undressed us both and got into bed, propped on multiple pillows, for some nice skin to skin. She got hungry and began trying to latch on. First she slid down and latched on to my stomach, then when I tried to move her she went for my hand. Then she pushed herself right up and latched on to my neck, and then on to any part of my boobs except the right ones. By this time she was a bit agitated so I fed her sitting up for a while.
We tried again and she still couldn't find the nipple; even when I held it just under her mouth she just bobbed her head at it. I came to the conclusion that I have the wrong shaped boobs for this. They are big - JJ cup - so if I manage to get DD on top of me her nose gets buried and she can't breathe. And my nipples point outwards, roughly at ten to two. So to get them pointing up I have to tilt my body sideways, and then hold DD at a very funny angle so she doesn't slide off. Or else I have to tilt the other way and hold DD at a funny angle by my side. Either way it was very uncomfortable and not something I fancy trying again, unless anyone has any suggestions for making it work?
(And when she did latch on - in fact I had to put her on - she did it with her gums - why wouldn't she? It's what she knows. So what's this about BN and deeper latch?)
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Biological nurturing - WTF??!!
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aliphil · 22/10/2012 18:23
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