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Elizabeth Brooks <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 07:08:23 -0400
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Wasn't it someone here on Lactnet who coined that perfect phrase
"Oroboobular disproportion?"  This sounds like a textbook case.

I have to ask or I'll toss-and-turn:  I assume trying "every position in
the book" includes laid-back by mom, prone self-attachment by baby ....?

I'd suggest:  *Until* baby's jaw and oral cavity grow a bit more, Mom may
have to do a lot of hand expression during the feed-at-breast, while the
baby is hanging off the nipple "nursing."  Not breast compressions (which
assume the latch is effective) ... but hand-expression, to (truly) help
move the milk through and out of the breast.

But there is so much nipple abrasion going on that this may not be a viable
option.  Can you get your hands on one of the largest sized Mamivac (I
think that's the name....) nipple shields, from a Code-compliant German
manufacturer?  They have a nipple shield style that is more dome-than-cone
shaped.  The mom may find she can use a shield that will accommodate her
large nipples, so at least she can have feeds-at-breast and avoid nipple
abrasion, even though she is  using a lot of simultaneous milk expression
techniques.

-- 
Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

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