Sentences with phrase «thumb around your areola»

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To compress your breasts, form a C shape with your thumb and index finger around your areola; apply gentle pressure.

Using your free hand, place your thumb and fingers around your areola (the dark area surrounding the nipple).

• Relax and gently massage all around your breast • Place your thumb on top of your breast just behind the edge of your areola.

One technique that may help a baby latch onto flat or inverted nipples is to use a thumb and forefinger to pinch your areola on opposite sides of the nipple and draw this areolar tissue around the nipple to the side of the nipple.

Have a sterile container ready to collect any milk you express • When your milk flow starts to slow down, move your thumb and fingers into a different position around your areola and repeat.

Support your breast with your hand, positioning your thumb on top and your fingers at the bottom, keeping your thumb and fingers back far enough so that your baby has enough of the nipple and areola (the darker circle of skin around the nipple) to latch onto.