Hi all,
I've been wondering about this since I first saw it mentioned. At our
hospital we've been teaching our new moms to position their nipple/areola as
a 'horizontal sandwich' so that baby gets the most areola as possible (we
teach asymmetrical latch as well). Depending on the baby's positioning
(football, cradle, etc), sandwiching the areola based on a "C-hold" might
end up in a 'vertical' sandwich which is all but impossible for baby to
latch well with... so we teach moms to think of what they want to go into
the baby's mouth as a sandwich and position it so that the baby can get a
good mouthful of the 'sandwich'. We actually have the fathers or other
helpers practice with positioning the nipple and areola. From the
description given of the 'tea cup' hold it sounds like the same thing. Has
anyone else heard of the 'horizontal sandwich' technique (I swear I didn't
make it up myself... got it from somewhere)? Is the 'tea cup' hold
something different?
Regards,
Cindi Swisher, RN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Andrianos" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: flat nipples and tea cups
> This weekend, on our post partum unit, there was an
> epidenmic of dome shaped breasts (no nipples in
> sight), bruises and scabs, etc. Gosh, what a sight!
> I described the "tea cup" hold recently described on
> Lactnet, to several mothers with fussy crying babies,
> assisted the mothers in attaching the baby (it worked
> quite well!) Before I was able to get back to see the
> mother for the next feeding, 3 of the 4 had already
> successfully latched their babies, by them-selves! and
> were nursing with minimal discomfort. I think the
> clear title, "tea cup" helped the mothers easily
> understand what and how to achieve the latch! Thank
> you so much for this very helpful tool. Got some
> more?!
> Anne Anrianos, Syracuse, NY
>
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