There is a version of the football hold where the baby is on its side
rather than on its back looking up at the breast. The side version is
nice bec. the baby can curl around the mother. It's hard to describe
without using my hands!  The mom uses a pillow vertically in back of her,
off to the opposite side. In other words, if she is using the right
breast, the pillow is off to the left so there is a space where the baby
can curl. If the pillow is horizontally in back of moml, the baby's feet
will push off against the pillow, mom will have to lean over and baby's
face is simply too far away from the breast.
If the baby is lying on its back I find that the weight of the breast may
interfere with the nursing if the breast is kind of resting on the baby's
chest.
I hope this wasn't too unclear...
best,
Pearl Shifer, IBCLC
NYC
mailto:[log in to unmask]

___________________________________________________________________
You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.
Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html
or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

             ***********************************************
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html