if you bedshare/co-sleep and bf

Jenny952 · July 2012

How do you nurse from both sides? I sometimes bring DD in bed with me in the morning to feed her, and after she finishes one side, I roll over her to go to the other side, but this seems inefficient. Please give me tips!

AmeliaMarie · July 2012

That is way to much work! After he finishes one side, I pull him close, so we are belly to belly, and hold him while I roll from my side, to my back, to my other side. We're both rolling, with him on top of me. Does that make sense? I think it's much easier then going over him.

pixieprincss · July 2012

Eventually I just learned how to offer both breasts without moving DS by reangling my body, holding my breast differently, etc. I've heard it referred to as nursing yoga, LOL!

drcolleen · July 2012

We do the roll like Amelia described above.

ellaNu630 · July 2012

pixieprincss:
Eventually I just learned how to offer both breasts without moving DS by reangling my body, holding my breast differently, etc. I've heard it referred to as nursing yoga, LOL!

Ditto, I did what OP said until about 7 months because I was afraid of suffocating him somehow and one day just got over the fear and did "nursing yoga"

Kaeldrasmommy · July 2012

I keep LO on a blanket and sit up and slide her on it to the other side, roll over and lay back down.

TiffanyBerry · July 2012

Since she was less than a year, I've turned over her. Way easier, for me, than rolling together. Still do this at 2yr, though now she rolls herself to the other side while I go over her.

nosoup4u · July 2012

Either I flip over, or I move the baby. I will sometimes do nursing yoga, but it hurts my hips to do it for too long. Whatever works!

Emerald27 · July 2012

I just lean onto my belly a bit (like a pp said) and offer the "top" breast. Now when awake, sometimes LO will try to pull "top boobie" down to him to eat. I do find that it is nice throughout the night to change sides occasionally anyway.

AshleyDG83 · July 2012

Emerald27:
I just lean onto my belly a bit (like a pp said) and offer the "top" breast. Now when awake, sometimes LO will try to pull "top boobie" down to him to eat. I do find that it is nice throughout the night to change sides occasionally anyway.

This. I do both too, just depends on how my back/hips feel.

kincaid44 · July 2012

This is what we do too!

pixieprincss:
Eventually I just learned how to offer both breasts without moving DS by reangling my body, holding my breast differently, etc. I've heard it referred to as nursing yoga, LOL!

JFH2010 · July 2012

I've never heard it called nursing yoga, but yep, that's what I do too!

boogerbearoriginal · July 2012

I've tried adjusting myself to offer the topside and it's never been comfortable. I find it's easier to just go over top LO and slide him over as necessary. Plus if I lay on the same side all night it hurts my hips so the moving is better.

BlindysWife · July 2012

Before I had things figured out, I'd roll over with him to offer the other side. But I eventually found it much easier to just turn toward him, so that I was almost on my stomach, to give him the top breast. Then I didn't have to move him at all. Much easier!

Lhand11 · July 2012

JFH2010:
I've never heard it called nursing yoga, but yep, that's what I do too!

Same here!

lylipad · July 2012

Around the time my boob was no longer larger than DD's head I began the "Nursing Yoga" method, it will make everything that much easier!

mkflower3000 · July 2012

I'm a FTM so not all that practiced yet, but what I do is lie on my side and place DD's head on my arm - that raises her enough so that she can reach the breast that's farther away from her. It's not the most comfortable position ever, but it's comfortable enough that I can still more or less sleep while she's nursing. It's something! Good luck figuring it out

BabyButler2010 · July 2012

I nurse from both my left and my right breast usually while laying on my right side. To nurse from the left breast on my right side I sort of *** my shoulder over so that my breast is at a level that LO can reach it comfortably. This works great for us. I am larger chested so I'm not sure how this would work for someone with smaller breasts....

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