(Oh Jodine - no!   www.breastfeeding.asn.au   is the address to the
*Australian* Breastfeeding Association, not the Alberta ... etc.  LOL)

Diane and Marsha are discussing the technique described in Rebecca Glover's
video.  This is the same technique that is described in the Sue Cox
video.  I've been using this technique now for several years and just love
it!  Marsha the technique you describe sounds very similar - I think the
reason you are seeing it slightly differently is because you are starting
the baby positioned slightly below (down from) the nipple to achieve the
asymmetrical latch.  I start with the baby's mouth directly opposite the
nipple (when the breast isn't being touched, baby's body aligned), then the
finger or thumb (depends on which hold you are using) tilts the nipple up
the baby's nose.  I have found this to cause the most beautiful gapes in
babies just prior to latching - perfect for those babies that the mother or
staff tell you won't open their mouth wide enough.
The result is still an asymmetrical latch ie much more breast in mouth
where chin is then where top lip is, but the baby is, in my opinion, more
naturally positioned (ie mothers would usually position the baby opposite
the breast rather than below it) and they still maintain that slight
extension at the neck that facilitates rapid swallowing, because the
receding chin firmly against the breast tips the head slightly backward.
It doesn't always work of course - nothing in this game *always* works,
unfortunately  :-(  I had a fellow midwife who had just had her first baby
come to see me complaining of squashed nipples when baby was about 2 weeks
old.  Her latch technique using this method was copybook perfect, but sure
enough the nipple came out compressed.  This baby had a high palate and
what ended up working with her (as well as anything does until they grow
bigger) was to compress the breast into a sandwich and point it directly to
the back of the baby's mouth and bring him straight on.

Denise
going Nomail today as I head over to Perth tomorrow for the ALCA Conference
- see you then Diane!

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Denise Fisher MMP, BN, IBCLC
BreastEd Online Lactation Studies
http://www.health-e-learning.com

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