Through this position, the baby will be directly on your chest and its abdomen directly on yours. The baby’s head will rest on your elbow.<\/p>\n

Once the baby is in the correct position, you will compress the breast with your hand and thumb to offer it to the baby, who must take the areola completely with their mouth.<\/p>\n

If necessary, you can make slight movements to stimulate the baby so that they can open their mouth. You must watch that their lips are positioned perfectly outside.<\/p>\n

As a recommendation, you can press under the baby’s chin, which will allow the tongue to compress against the palate and stimulate sucking.<\/p>\n

Ball position<\/h2>\n

This position is very useful when breastfeeding twin babies, although it can also be used for a single baby. This time the baby’s head should be placed at breast level and the body rested on the arm towards the elbow.<\/p>\n

It is also recommended to use pillows as support to achieve good support for the baby. Also, preferably, that the chair or armchair where you are going to breastfeed has arms for greater support.<\/p>\n

The same position is repeated on the other arm when feeding two babies. For this type of breastfeeding, someone’s assistance is required to position both babies.<\/p>\n

An additional benefit of this position is that the baby’s nose is automatically released and you can check that it is not blocked.<\/p>\n

Koala position and ballerina position<\/h2>\n

Position designed for special situations, such as a baby with low muscle tone, sucking problems, or growing premature babies. To achieve this position, instead of placing the baby reclining, they will be almost upright with their head at breast level and their body sitting on your leg, you can straddle for better control.<\/p>\n

For the dancer position, follow the steps of the koala position, however, the breast is not taken from the side, but from the bottom.<\/p>\n

Lying down position<\/h2>\n

Used for night feeding, this position allows you to lie on your side and offer the breast to the baby, who will be parallel.<\/p>\n

For this process, it is vitally important to involve your partner or be accompanied, so that they can make sure that you do not fall asleep.<\/p>\n