Gonekke,

In this case, we are both right.  : - )  I did not have store where anyone
could come in and buy off the shelf a product that was a poor fit or
inappropriate for the situation.  I worked with each mother individually
to be sure that her product was a good fit and didn't cause problems.  I
also followed up with her to make sure it was working as intended.

You are absolutely right.  Any product can be used inappropriately or be a
poor fit for mother or baby.  In fact, there are even times when there is
only a baby and a breast and a poor fit  (i.e., large nipple/ small mouth)
negatively impacts breastfeeding.

Best regards,

Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC
Lactation Education Specialist, Hollister, Inc.












In  my former private practice, I sold nursing pillows and other products
that  I believed could truly help and never harm.

Pillows can harm. I've seen enough moms with breastfeeding problems due to
the use of pillows. Not the tall moms, that's right. But the everage
length and
 even more the short ones, and the chubby ones, and the big breasted ones.
So often I saw a mom using all efford to sqeeze baby between her breast
and
the pillow, to start "looking for the lost breast" once baby was on the
pillow.  Babies left alone on their backs on the pillow, almost rolling
off, keeping
the  pinched nipple between the clenched jaws.
Ofcourse to a mom with a long upper body, or small and high placed
breasts,
I suggest support for the arm supporting her child. But that needs not be
a
nursing pillow. Sometimes it is enough to recline and use a footstool. And
yes,
 in some cases a nursing pillow can be just the tool that is needed, just
as
for  some moms the nursing shield can be the lifesaver or even the dummy.
But
as a  selected tool for special circumstances, not as a "doesn't matter,
if
you don't  need it, it won't harm".

Warmly,
Gonneke van  Veldhuizen, Dutch IBCLC in Germany




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