Hi Susan (I've copied a couple of paragraphs below from your original post),
I agree with you 100% that breastfeeding pillows can offer much-needed
assistance as a tool for some moms and babies. And it sounds like you were
very mobile (answering doors, etc.) with yours! :-) which, to my mind,
makes it similar to wearing a sling! (multi-purpose tool!)
I mentioned in my original post on this subject that I told the distributor
of the bf pillow that I do not recommend bf pillows. That is, I do not
recommend a specific brand of pillow (just like as a LLL Leader, I do not
recommend a specific ob, midwife, or pediatrician), but I do carry one
(pillow, that is) with me to consults in case it may be more helpful to a
mom than what she has handy. I keep it in my car and will bring it out if
I think it might help.
What I do have a problem with regarding the pillow I was being asked to
check out (and recommend to moms) is the "selling feature" that mom can
nurse hands-free so as not to cause tension/strain in her arms, back,
etc. Certainly, most of us moms can find comfortable positions with
pillows (bf ones or not) and *still* be able to hold our babies in our arms
while nursing.
~Dianne Oliver, IBCLC
Simi Valley, CA
>That pillow enabled me to have almost 24/7 skin contact, except when I
>resorted to the couch in
>the late afternoon or the bed at night. I answered the door with him on
>the pillow; I answered the
>phone with him on that pillow; I even ---- yes really ---- sat on the
>toilet with him on that pilow.
>So, maybe my hand wasn't always there on his back. But his tummy never
>left my tummy for more
>than 15 minutes at a time for the first two months of his life.
>
>
>Please, we should always look at each individual mom and do what helps her
>to have a more
>enjoyable and successful breastfeeding experience even when it involves a
>few appropriately used
>tools.
>
>Susan Burger, MHS, PhD, IBCLC
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