How correctly to put the baby to the breast?

Breastfeeding is a process that has many nuances, subtleties and secrets. Agree: there is no such young mother who at first does not complain of pain during baby feeding, cracks on the nipples and other problems associated with feeding. What causes these complaints? The first is ignorance of the basic rules of feeding and lack of experience. This is exactly what will be discussed in this article: how to properly apply the baby to the breast.

For the first time a woman should be acquainted with the basics of breastfeeding after childbirth immediately in the maternity hospital. There are special consultants, whose duties are to tell and show everything, dissolve the chest and give answers to all questions of interest to the newly-mum. However, the reality is somewhat different, and some modern doctors do not want to waste time on this kind of "trifles". That's why it's better to understand everything yourself and know what to do.

The first thing you need to learn how to properly put the child to the chest, and the child in turn - to properly capture it. Often there are situations when after the birth of the child is taken away from the mother and fed with the help of a nipple. This can cause the child to get used to the bottle and to temporary inability to open wide mouth to properly grasp the breast. Over time, he, of course, will be retrained, and everything will fall into place. The main thing is proper application.

What is called a correct breast capture?

Do not think that at the sight and smell of breast and milk, the child will automatically grab onto the breast and start eating. In order not to ask how to properly apply the child, you need to know the following rules:

- The thumb of the hand should be located above the nipple, and the entire palm - under the breast.

- Touch the nipple to the lower lip of the baby and wait until he opens his mouth as wide as possible. After that, put the nipple into the baby's mouth as deeply as possible. Remember that it is the deep enclosure of the areola that provides the most appropriate capture.

- Capture is made correctly in the event that the spout and chin rest against the chest.

- Do not think that rested with a spout in the chest, the child can not breathe! This is a great misconception, and by making the index finger a dimple in the nipple, you increase the chances of lactostasis and nipple injury (cracking).

How to apply a child without pain, you ask? At first - in any way, however, when properly seized, the pain is felt only a couple of seconds, after which sucking becomes pleasant. If the pain does not pass, the child has seized the breast incorrectly. In this case, the breast should be picked up (insert the little finger into the corner of the mouth, unclench the gums and pull out the nipple). Then the breast is given again.

Another phenomenon, indicating the wrong grip of the nipple - smacking. When the baby releases the breast, pay attention to the nipple. If everything is right, it should be stretched somewhere two times more than usual, but if the nipple is flattened - the capture is again not the right one.

If you have at least a shadow of doubt about the correctness of the capture, take the chest and give it back.

The two most common mistakes in breastfeeding experts consider improper support of the child and capture of the "scissors".

As for the support and position of the child, he must lie on his side, pressing his belly against the mother's abdomen. Thus, the baby will correctly grasp the breast and will stimulate the production of milk. In addition, his tummy will be warmed, and the milk is properly digested by a small digestive system. The most popular position for feeding is called "cradle".

The seizure of the chest with the hand also plays a big role. As already mentioned above, the chest is embedded in the hand like a cup with a thumb above and the rest under the breast.

We hope this article will help you to independently initiate breastfeeding, since now you know how to properly apply the baby to the breast. And by the way, the best advisers are friends who have already gone through this and are ready to share their invaluable experience.