Carol writes:

 <  .....was told to feed "tummy to tummy" which she "heard" as
navel to navel. Thus, her baby's mouth was so far away from her nipples
that he had to send a letter to get a letdown. So, I prefer tummy to
chest
or simply chest to chest.>

Stimulated a thought: what about some mention of ribs? "Ribs to ribs"? Or
forget the alliteration and say "Chest to ribs"? "Hug his chest, belly
button and knees close to your ribs"? "Snuggle his frontside right up to
your ribs"? "Belly up to the bar -er - ribs, that is"?

Breasts maintain a lot closer anatomical and semantic relationship to
mom's ribs than to her tummy, or stomach, or navel, or abdomen (which is
what many, many people are referring to when they say "tummy".) And
postpartum tummies are often in a state of flux, or flub, so to speak.

Ribs stay pretty much in the same location and make a stable landmark.
And ribs are pretty much ribs,  the world over, the same all our life as
they were from our first understanding of them as a child.

After last week's withdrawal symptoms, just some thoughts, at 3 a.m. when
all's quiet and I'm getting my Lactnet "fix" before the "school's
out-more grannying time" begins!

K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio








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