Initiation of breastfeeding after birth - beautiful video

[ReallyTired]

This video shows an alternative way to get a newborn baby to latch on.

breastcrawl.org/index.shtml

I think this video is amazing. It is surprising what a healthy newborn baby can do.

My DD did this! It was totally unexpected and just floored me completely. I swear, less than an hour after she was born by em c/s, we were on our own in the recovery room, doing skin to skin - I wasn't even holding her at the time, I was so out of it - and suddenly became aware of this little baby CRAWLING up my body and latching herself on!

She fed for a bit and then came away with such a look of contentment on her little face... it was the most precious moment of my whole life! and taught me so much about the strength of the human survival instinct, even in a newborn baby.

It still does my head in today - where did she find the strength in her little body to do that? and how did she know what to do? just amazing

Dd3 did it too. So

dd2 dd this and fed for 2 hours

I wanted my DD to do this but stupid midwife came and forced her head onto my boob instead :(
Luckily it didn't put DD off , she'd been in scbu for a couple of hours after our emcs so was very hungry!
If I ever have another baby, I'll make sure to tell the midwife not to force my baby's head onto my boob!

I got dd to do breastcrawl at 5 days old. If I ever had another child [wish emoticon] then I would chose to do breastcrawl.

My neighbour got a three week old to do breastcrawl. It would be interesting to know how long the reflexes last for.

lovely video. More info on how long these reflexes last for here:
www.biologicalnurturing.com/