In einer eMail vom 3-9-2004 18:23:03 West-Europa (standaardtijd) schreibt
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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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