Football Hold Breastfeeding

Place your fingers below your breast.

Football hold breastfeeding. How to hold a newborn baby using the football hold begin with your baby lying on her back swaddled if fussy. This hold is helpful when breastfeeding in the clutch or football position as well as the cradle position. Hold the base of your babys head gently with your right palm. Also called the clutch hold this is an upright position you can use to nurse your baby.

The football breastfeeding hold is also referred to as the underarm hold or clutch hold. Keep your babys body flexed at the hip. Learn how to breastfeed in football hold. U holdplace your fingers flat on your ribcage under your breast with your index finger in the crease under your breast.

In this video learn how to latch your breastfeeding baby in the football hold. The football hold lets you hold your babys head allowing you to help baby latch. It works at transmitting knowledge in order to allow everyone to acquire. Put your babys head near your right nipple and support babys back and legs under your right arm.

Football hold position your baby so hisher legs and body are under your arm with your hand at the base of the head and neck as if. Gently roll her onto your forearm snugly cushioning her chest and stomach against your arm so that she is lying on her belly. With this nursing position you will be holding your baby on either one of your sides. Let her cheek rest on your palm or forearm.

Drop your elbow so that your breast is supported between your thumb and index finger. This is a great position for mothers who have just had a cesarean section. Founded in 2014 sikana health is one of 12 programs created by the ngo sikana. The football hold is the breast feeding position that many mothers find the most comfortable.

In this position you tuck baby under your arm just like you would hold a football on the same side that youre nursing from. For the right breast hold your baby level facing up at your right side. But it can be football season year round when youre a breastfeeding mom when you use the football hold.