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Wasn't it someone here on Lactnet who coined that perfect phrase
"Oroboobular disproportion?" This sounds like a textbook case.
I have to ask or I'll toss-and-turn: I assume trying "every position in
the book" includes laid-back by mom, prone self-attachment by baby ....?
I'd suggest: *Until* baby's jaw and oral cavity grow a bit more, Mom may
have to do a lot of hand expression during the feed-at-breast, while the
baby is hanging off the nipple "nursing." Not breast compressions (which
assume the latch is effective) ... but hand-expression, to (truly) help
move the milk through and out of the breast.
But there is so much nipple abrasion going on that this may not be a viable
option. Can you get your hands on one of the largest sized Mamivac (I
think that's the name....) nipple shields, from a Code-compliant German
manufacturer? They have a nipple shield style that is more dome-than-cone
shaped. The mom may find she can use a shield that will accommodate her
large nipples, so at least she can have feeds-at-breast and avoid nipple
abrasion, even though she is using a lot of simultaneous milk expression
techniques.
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Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA
Wyndmoor, PA, USA
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