Once the mother's milk is abundant, a baby can
latch on poorly and still may get plenty of milk.
Further, by
latching on poorly the baby may cause the mother to be in pain.
A baby who
latches on poorly has difficulty getting milk, especially if the supply is low.
When a baby is
latching on poorly, he may also cause the mother nipple pain.
A baby who
latches on poorly has more difficulty getting milk, especially if the supply is low.
When a baby
latches on poorly, it is, using an analogy easily understood in our bottle feeding society, similar to giving him a bottle with a nipple hole that is too small.
Any pain that is more than mild is abnormal and is almost always due to the baby
latching on poorly.
If the baby is
latched on poorly (just on the nipple, without areola in his mouth too), it will most definitely hurt.
If your baby
latches on poorly, he will have difficulty getting milk.
The problem usually is that the baby is not getting the milk that is there, either because he is
latched on poorly, or the suckle is ineffective or both.
Not exact matches
This may be due to the fact that the mother's milk takes a longer than average time to «come in», or because hospital routines limit breastfeeding or because, most importantly, the baby is
poorly latched on and thus not getting the milk which is available.
If the baby is nursing
poorly, helping the baby
latch on better may allow him to nurse more effectively and thus receive more milk.