Laid back nursing

For those of you who might have what my lactation consultant so tactfully put it as "lots of problems" with a baby, I thought I would share my experience with the "newfangled" laid back nursing which seems to be the latest trend.  My baby has an issue with sucking in air while nursing which produces really painful burbs and tummy gas.  Laid back nursing is essentially how it sounds; mom reclines on her back, baby lays tummy to tummy with mom and goes face down in the boob!  The benefits are supposedly many, and for me the main draw was the promise of a deeper latch with less air sucking. Well it was a bit tricky at first but I tried it last night and this morning.  It did indeed reduce the amount of air she was sucking in!  hooray!  and the baby seemed to be in some sort of euphoric heaven laying tummy to tummy and getting to nurse at the same time!  Drawbacks for me were that she nursed slowly, at a leisurely drowsy pace, and that as we shifted around it wasn't always easy to keep her nose clear for breathing. Defiantly a position you don't want to use if you might fall asleep. It also seemed to me that she didn't eat as much volume, so we actually finished up with a more traditional position for a few minutes.  All in all a win I would say.  For more information check this web page  http://www.biologicalnurturing.com/video/bn3clip.html