Breast crawl for breastfeeding

Oh Thanks! Fancinating! So breastcrawl takes between 30-60 minutes, which is nature's 'golden hour'. I didn't know that the baby's massaging/kneading whilst working its way towards the breast acts to make the nipple protruded and therefore help latch...but of course, nature is soooooooo amazing. Dunno if i'd fancy having all those people peering over me though but it works for them!

I have watched a very similar video to that recently, and I think it is just amazing to see how the baby finds it's way to the mother's breast, and then finds the nipple.

I sit her almost urging the baby on, and it just proves to me that babies aren't quite as helpless as we think they are.

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I've seen a similar film clip, comparing a baby whose mum had no pain relief in labour and one who had pethidine. Both babies were placed on the mum's belly, and the pethidine baby was really floppy and sleepy and stayed put... The other, no surprises, crawled its way up and latched itself on to the nipple. Incredible!

One mentor told me that during pregnancy, the developing of the linea negra and the nipples darkening is thought to be so that the baby can see the nipples better and follows the line of the linea negra as it crawls its way to the breasts. Makes sense, hey! Amazing stuff!

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This is Biological nurturing at its best. There is a really good article in the last practicing midwife by Suzanne Colson who has researched Metabolic Adaptaion and the transistion to neonatal Life.

http://www.biologicalnurturing.com/P...mbtoworld.html

Suzanne Colson has done some fantastic work looking at the neonatal reflexes and how they impact on metabolic adaptation. Here is the link;

http://www.biologicalnurturing.com/P...nurturing.html

Everytime I watch it, it totally blow my mind. Really makes me think about the way we support breastfeeding mums..... anyone seen a midwife grab a handful of breast and shove it in a baby's face...? sometimes without even asking mum if its ok to touch her ...

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thanks for posting this. it is truly amazing... kelly

Has anyone been privilaged enough to see this in practice? I would love to be able to watch this unfold, it must be amazing to see.

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