Session 9. Clinical practice: Positioning a baby

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Session 9. Clinical practice: Positioning a baby at the breast 91 WHOYoshi Shimizu Session 9. Objectives Clinical practice: Positioning a baby at the breast After completing this session, participants will be able to: explain the four

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Session 9. Clinical practice: Positioning a baby at the breast 9/1 © WHO/Yoshi Shimizu<br>
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Session 9. Objectives Clinical practice: Positioning a baby at the breast After completing this session, participants will be able to:
explain the four key points of positioning of the baby;
describe how a mother should support her breast for feeding;
demonstrate the main breastfeeding positions for the mother: sitting, lying, underarm and across;
demonstrate how to breastfeed in special cases: after caesarean section, and for low-birth-weight baby;
help a mother to position her baby at the breast using the four key points of positioning of the baby. 9/2<br>
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How should a mother hold her breast? 9/3 GOOD POSITION

Resting her fingers on her chest wall so that her first finger forms a support at the base of the breast B. BAD POSITION

Holding her breast too near the nipple © Felicity Savage<br>