What a great description of positioning the breast in a sidelying.  Thank you!
Theresa Johnson
Orlando Florida USA

Diane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>try leaning back into a pillow to raise her breast off the bed
>a bit in case the side of the breast is getting "smushed."

For myself, I got into the habit of lying down so that my back (from side to
side) was vertical, so I didn't have to use energy to keep from rolling one
way or the other. Then I *lifted my lower breast and set it back down*, to
get the kinks out. That's all I needed to do to get the nipple a baby
cheek's distance off the mattress (I never rested the baby on my arm). Did
others of us do the same?

--
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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