Half-lying breastfeeding: Breastfeeding can be so easy

Biological nurturing is a new neurotic behavior close to the beginning of breastfeeding, because mothers are half-lying, which we often call "half-lying breastfeeding".

Since Klaus and Kennel first documented (1976), this relaxed gesture not only makes the mother more comfortable, but also naturally promotes "face-to-face" communication with the mother and baby. Babies release innate reflexes and mothers release instinctive behaviors, both of which are closely linked to the opening of breastfeeding.

This is part of genetic inheritance that characterizes the ability of humans to breastfeed. Biological parenting helps us rethink current breastfeeding support strategies without requiring mothers to breastfeed in "prescribed" and "correct" positions.

When mothers follow this natural approach, breastfeeding is no longer a rational choice after being compared through the cerebral cortex. Rather, it is part of the element of biological instinct, and the mother feels relaxed and confident after the baby is born, without deliberately following any "rules" or "guidance".

Half-lying breastfeeding can reduce milk problems and breast milk problems caused by unexpected feeding in the early stages.

There is a variety of evidence-based medical evidence to support the unique role of biological parenting (semi-lying breastfeeding) in breastfeeding:

1. Excitation of the original reflection:

Once the baby is lying on the gentle slope of the mother's body, gravity will make the two bodies merge. Maternal and infant limbs come into contact with each other and rub each other, naturally stimulating congenital breastfeeding behavior. Even though breastfeeding has many postures, there are no research data to support sitting up straight and lying on your side as the "most correct" positions.

The mother lies back, the head and neck, shoulders, waist are well supported, and the baby is placed on her body, the mother's body opens, promotes the movement of the newborn, releases up to 20 primitive newborn reflexes, and is regarded as a stimulant for breastfeeding.

For example, the milk-seeking reflex and the sucking reflex are often thought of as lactation aids, ensuring that babies are able to communicate the message of needing to eat to the feeder. But the nursing position can make these two reflexes obstructive.

When mothers use the semi-lying style, more reflexes are released as stimulants to promote breastfeeding. This finding has clinical implications, especially in the case of infant rejection of breasts.

2. Failed restart with milk

Among the reasons why many mothers give up breastfeeding in the first week of their babies' lives, milk failure far outweighs other problems, as the number of mothers weaning prematurely has also been growing. However, there is little understanding that milk-containing failures are associated with a particular behavior.

Characteristics of infant foraging range from a series of slight lip movements to exaggerated head steering, hand-mouth reflexes, and arm and leg movements, which are integral to normal behavior in newborns.

However, when the mother is in a certain position, the baby will use his clenched fist to push hard and kick the mother's breast or abdomen to avoid being fed. Kicking and pushing usually coincide with increasingly frantic movements and the head swinging back and forth horizontally. When the mother sits and breastfeeds, these movements are hindered by the milk. From here, we can see that the half-lying biological parenting method is a good way to solve the problem.

3. Adjustment of breastfeeding posture

When feeding in a sitting position, the baby turns to the mother, and there is usually a gap or angle between the mother and baby's body. Babies' thighs, calves and feet are often exposed outside of the mother's skin.

Importantly, the mump has to keep them from falling off the breast by applying pressure on the baby's back, and this firm pressure usually extends to the baby's neck or head. The stronger the pressure, the more it leads to the intensification of the baby's limb movements.

And when the mother is half lying, the baby moves to the mother's abdomen, the physical contact becomes more, the entire area of the body from the sternum to the pubic bone is in the frontal position, the baby's thighs, calves and toes are spontaneously applied to the mother's body or part of the environment (bed, sofa, chair, bed clothes, etc.).

Babies can immobilize themselves without help, without the need for the mother to apply pressure on the head, neck, and back, and the tilt of the baby's body is usually upward, provided by a gradient provided by a warm maternal slope, which we interpret as a natural way to support the newborn's breathing.

At the same time, babies often approach the breast and use a swinging head reflex involving the entire trigeminal nerve region, not just the jaw moving.

Gravity exerts a slight pressure to ease and coordinate reflections. With the implementation of biological parenting, the baby becomes an active participant, often achieving autonomous milk retention and completing its own position stability.

Biological parenting allows mothers to hold their babies frequently and for long periods of time, helping mothers to understand their children faster. If they want to, they can make more skin-to-skin contact even when the baby is not hungry or does not need to be fed.

It's not just about breastfeeding, it's about encouraging moms to put their babies in their natural place, as Nils Bergman calls it, the mammalian habitat.

Biological parenting is also beneficial for healthcare workers. For example, it saves time because routine breastfeeding instructions become less necessary.

In addition, biological parenting, based on an infant's innate response, has been used to qualitatively assess the infant's neurological function. On the basis of medical evaluation, bn professional assessment can be used as a screening test to help midwives, lactation consultants, and other healthcare workers detect neurological problems in newborns earlier.

For many years, breastfeeding as an acquired sexual skill revolved around a variety of procedural requirements and techniques. Relying on a variety of specific steps and instructions, biological parenting suggests natural instinctive attributes that exist in breastfeeding, provides a strong argument for "no human intervention" breastfeeding in the early postpartum period, and opens up a new breastfeeding revolution.

About the Author

Dr. Suzanne Colson is a midwife and nurse. Her thesis introduced "Biological Parenting – The Semi-Lying Breastfeeding Revolution", and she was one of the founders of the International Breast Milk Association of France and an honorary member and lactation counsellor. She has over 35 years of clinical experience supporting breastfeeding mothers.

Translator: Volunteer Mom of the Education Science Society

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