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Date: | Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:58:53 -0500 |
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Thank you, Shaughn, for reminding all of us of how Mother Nature intended for
breastfeeding to happen. Suzanne Colson has been doing research (in the UK,
I believe) on "biological nurturing". She is discovering that the most natural
and easiest position for nursing is the mother in a semi-reclining or fully
reclining position. This makes perfect sense to me. I can't recall when I was
last at the zoo with my children in the Great Ape House watching mother
gorillas and chimps nursing their babies sitting bolt upright in a chair using a
nursing pillow!
If we are promoting s2s care, mothers are instinctively going to wiggle their
bodies into at least a semi-reclining position in order to feel comfortable. For
those who are comfortable on their sides, baby snuggles right up to mom's
body with his head under her armpit.
Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL USA
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