Absolutely agree. If the nose touches or is pushed into the breast the chin will usually not be touching?
Laura Monin
Retired IBCLC
1985-2016
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> On Sep 9, 2022, at 2:43 AM, Eithne Murray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> This gives a fairly good summary of the Thompson method. I like the fact that they say it's being trialled.
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> http://brochures.mater.org.au/brochures/mater-mothers-hospital/breastfeeding-the-thompson-method
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> However I am very twitchy about the 'nose touching breast' bit. Wherever I have seen very efficient feeders the head is tilted back with the chin dug in, and ideally the nose does not touch - that may alter depending on different anatomies of course. It just seems to counter everything we have read and said.
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> This page (https://www.thethompsonmethod.com/about ) says it is evidence-based. I wonder what evidence it is based on.
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> Eithne Murray
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