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"Jacqui Gruttadauria." <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 4 Oct 2003 13:27:50 EDT
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In a message dated 10/4/2003 12:33:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Pam Hendrix asks,  "Please tell me what is wrong with the cross cradle
hold."

I think that many people feel more comfortable nursing in the cradle
hold when they are out and about.
i have been waiting for someone else to bring this up 1st b/c i cannot r/m
which publication i read it in, but i do recall about 2-3 yrs ago reading an
article discussing the drawbacks of the cross-cradle hold. i am pretty sure it
was either LLL's new beginnings or mothering magazine... at that time i was not
yet a breastfeeding follow up counselor so  i was not familiar with all the
different positions. i was nursing my 1st baby, but had never used nor been
shown the cross-cradle. from what i recall of the article, it said that moms were
more likely to develop wrist/arm pain/fatigue and possibly have more
incidences of plugged ducts and mastitis with prolonged use of the cross-cradle. i do
r/m it being touted as being a valuable tool for initial positioning imm. post
partum, however. i will try to rummage through my back issues and see if i can
discern from whence this article originated! it always stuck in my mind when
i began helping nursing moms and i admit i had avoided this hold for the most
part b/c of this article. but we also seem to favor the football hold for very
large breasted women here in michigan, which prejudice i have found to be
baseless in actual application!
~jacqui gruttadauria
"bobo, what are you doing to deedle?"
"pankin him butt, mumma"
"bobo, we don't spank in this house"
"ony pank him outside, mumma?"

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