If mother can see her nipple and the areola has been softened, I prefer that
mother not use any hold on her breast because she tends to move the breast
out of natural alignment. It may then be difficult for the baby to keep the
breast an inch or two off if mom loses her hold. If she needs to use a "U"
hold, she needs to first put her elbow down, which she can only do if she
moves away from the arm of the chair. These lovely gliders that most moms
buy today are too narrow for mom to use a "U" hold.
Anne Grider, IBCLC


On 7/12/07, gonneke van veldhuizen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> When I assist moms in latching their babies on, I avoid talking about
> holds or grips or sandwiches. I tell them that if they find it helpful to
> form their breast to better fit babies mouth to gently press well behind the
> areola and flatten the breast so the wider axis will fit into the wider axis
> of babies' mouth.
> It totally depends on both mom and babe's anatomy and their combined
> positioning how the hand will be positioned and it may well be neither C nor
> U
>
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Judie LC <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:24:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [LACTNET] "U" hold vs. "C" hold WAS Nipple Sandwich...Love
> it? Hate it?
>
> > Date:    Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:55:42 -0500
> > From:    Linda Hill <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Nipple Sandwich...Love it? Hate it?
> >
> > I want to comment on the "C" hold
> > versus the "U" hold.
> > Someone was describing how to correctly sandwhich
> > the breast when the baby
> > was eating on the right breast.  I am assuming they
> > were talking about
> > cross-cradle hold, as I would amagine they would
> > have stated football.  She
> > described that the moms fingers would be "under" the
> > breast with her thumb
> > on the "top" of the breast.  If the baby is in
> > cross-cradle hold, his lips
> > are at the 12:00/6:00 position, and mom would be
> > incorrectly sandwhiching
> > her breast if doing the "C" hold.
> >      Think of the hamburger illustration:  when we
> > "sandwhich" the
> > handburger, are fingers are parallel to our lips.
> > So, I instruct moms that
> > they need to "sandwhich" their breasts so that their
> > fingers are parallel to
> > the babies lips.  If the baby is nursing on the
> > right breast in CCH, his
> > lips are going up and down, and she would need to
> > grasp underneath the
> > breast, her fingers towards her sternum and her
> > thumb on the outer aspect of
> > her breast.  That is the "U" hold.
> >      Most moms that I see are doing the "C" hold,
> > which is truely only
> > correct if the baby is coming up underneath the
> > breast.  (which I never
> > teach, because we dont want the babies chin on his
> > chest while eating, and
> > it is hard not to do that in this position.)
> >
> > Linda Hill RN, IBCLC
> > Austin,TX
>
> I agree with what Linda said about the "U' hold vs.
> the "C" hold. In practice, though, I find that some
> mothers have a difficult time grasping how to do the
> "U" hold. For these moms, I find the football hold
> often works better - they can use the "C" hold of
> their breast that they are familiar with and feel
> comfortable with, and still compress the breast in a
> way that makes it easier for the baby to latch.
>
> Judie Gibel, RN, MSc, IBCLC
> Miami Florida
>
>
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