Regarding my recent post:
> I sure never meant to imply that there was anything at all wrong
> with "hands free" nursing! Goodness knows I am one of the biggest proponents of "If it
> works for you, and everyone is happy, keep doing it!"--how would we
> survive otherwise :)?  In responding to the posts on moms using
> pillows in the newborn stage and reporting sore nipples, it just would
> not have occurred to me to ask a mom if she is using a pillow and think
> of that as a possible contributing factor, if baby were not being
> properly positioned and supported, which I imagined moms did with their
> hands/arms as the pillow supported *them*.  I know one mom
> who has carried one of the specially designed nursing pillows with her
> everywhere since "day one" and loves it, and to tell the truth she is
> the only woman I have met so far who uses one regularly.
>   We need to look at pillows as another option,
> or a tool, with their own benefits, as well as potential complications,
> to be kept in mind as we work with any mom, and to make sure that the
> "basics" are all in place first!
>
>  Andrea