Plain vanilla "cross-cradle".  Just angle the length of baby's body
out from mom's a bit, exposing arm or leg.  It's true nurse will have
to be within mom's "bubble" more than may feel comfortable, but,
well, she is a nurse after all.  Mom surely doesn't care; baby's
better off for it -- this really is a nurse-issue IMHO (as opposed to
a nursing-issue, and quite distinct from a nursing issue IYKWIM).

These things really seem like such no-brainers.  If you're going to
hurt the baby, set them up prophylactically with comfort.  Biggest
risk comes from baby clamping down on mom's nipple!  Occasionally the
pain will startle baby off the breast and there will be a bad moment
or two until baby settles down sufficiently to nurse, but once there
all's better.  It's the "healing" place, not the problem.  In my
experience if babe stays attached to boob there is just silent misery
with solution "attached".    -Sara R, LLLL.


>Date:    Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:25:43 -0400
>From:    "Jessica L. Callahan" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Bf as pain management
>
>I have recommended mothers to nurse during heel sticks. I work on a
>pediatric floor and don't give immunizations often but I was
>wondering what position the baby and mother are in when nursing
>during immunization. Is it a football hold? (i know some may see
>this as a stupid question. Almost all couplets i work with are
>newbies and have a hard enough time trying to just get the baby to
>nurse in some more common holds).
>Thanks for personal experience.
>
>Jessica Callahan RN, IBCLC

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