If your baby is not latching on correctly, the pressure of
her mouth against your nipple can prevent blood from flowing to the area.
Not exact matches
Don't push it into baby's
mouth but use the
nipple resting
against the upper lip and the bottle collar resting
against the chin to trigger an open
mouth reflex.
A
nipple could also force the tongue physically back into the
mouth and drive the tongue up
against the palate much like that shown in slide 13 and 27.
The poor latch was causing my
nipple and sensitive part of my breast to be scrunched and rubbed repeatedly over and over again
against the roof of my baby's
mouth in an improper way, leading to open cuts on the tops and side outer edges of my
nipples that worsened every time my baby breastfed.
As baby sucks it is pulled
against the plastic and positioned the
nipple perfectly in your baby's
mouth.
If the latch isn't deep enough, you'll probably feel pain because your
nipple will be pressed
against the hard roof of your baby's
mouth and her tongue will be stroking your
nipple.
Nestle your baby close to you, with her head in the crook of your arm, her
mouth level with your
nipple, and her tummy
against yours.
So, a
nipple shield is hard so it can rub off
against the roof of their
mouth and kind of tell them that this is something for you to suck on and help with that.
They don't get such a strong stimulation of that
nipple rubbing
against the roof of their
mouth.
The asymmetric latch shown in this video also shows how to make the best use of baby's tongue so your
nipple doesn't just rub
against the roof of your baby's
mouth.
My midwife has said that if you get the baby attached properly there won't be any pain even when you are still healing because the
nipple isn't actually getting stimulated
against the top of their little
mouths any more, but sitting at the back, not touching anything, with just the areola being squeezed.
He does not have the
nipple far enough back in his
mouth and it is being squashed
against his hard palate.
His pelvis should be up
against your abdomen, his chest
against your chest, and his
mouth lined up with your
nipple.
They pass an egg yolk between their
mouths without breaking it; he spritzes her
nipples with lemon juice and lets a live prawn writhe
against her naked belly.