https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 02:02:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043837 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:02:08 +0000 delight 1043837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: well I have lots of those so good idea! Maybe I'll give her another week or so and try it at 3 weeks. I just find sometimes its hard to get her to latch right away she keeps popping off and then we have to try again. Takes a couple minutes, usually just when boob is really full. So Introducing a new position might confuse us more :) but nursing lying down sounds heavenly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043755 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:27:39 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1043755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: oh, good idea! Must try this next time around. I was never able to master the side lying position. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043750 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:25:59 +0000 autumnlove 1043750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: I used rolled up AA and receiving blankets to prop her up. We started around 3 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043745 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:23:23 +0000 delight 1043745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: @mrskc: great thanks for the tips! I think I'll give it another couple weeks then try it out. We are still working on getting a good latch so I better not introduce anything new just yet. I do look forward to this position though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043704 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:11:56 +0000 mrskc 1043704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always switch him to the other side. But he only takes one side at a time. I just hold him on my chest and we roll together to the other side. </p> <p>@delight: I don't think I was able to do side lying until around 4 weeks? Maybe even longer. I don't remember exactly. I practiced one day during the day. I never propped him up. I just laid him on his side and adjusted the angle of my body so my nip was even with his mouth. Then I would grab the back of his neck and shove him onto the boob. You can put a pillow behind you to help support your back. It just takes some practice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043628 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:48:18 +0000 prettylizy 1043628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just leaned over farther so she could get the other one, or sometimes I'd prop her up a touch with a blanket that was nearby. I'm pretty chesty though so it wasn't much work for me to lean a little farther. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043627 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:46:53 +0000 delight 1043627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When did you girls start the side lying position? We are still getting the hang of BF. LO is 11 days old. I'd love to try but not sure if we can figure it out. Does LO need to be propped on pillows or do I just lay her on her side in bed? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043623 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:44:38 +0000 mrsjyw 1043623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>he always takes both and I just switch position. he usually cries between the switch in the morning. hungrayyyyyyyyyy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043196 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 03:48:04 +0000 aprk 1043196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just move my body sort of away for the bottom boob, and in for the top boob. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043142 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:04:06 +0000 lemondrop 1043142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I roll over and move him over me to the other side. If he was awake enough to demand more, he's awake enough to move ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043123 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:18:30 +0000 MamaCate 1043123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I almost always switch us, either move her or move me. We rarely do it though so I might be trickier if it were more frequent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043120 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:15:18 +0000 dojo 1043120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually just lean in so that he can get to the other side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043111 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:07:12 +0000 DillonLion 1043111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both! Sometimes I could stay on the same side but twist my upper body down so she could reach. Other times I'd flip us over </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043110 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:06:58 +0000 travelgirl1 1043110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes I move to the other side but more often than not I just keep both of us where we are and just lean in a little more so she can just access the other side. It's pretty easy for us to do that and I'm lazy so in the middle of the night it's the easy option :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043109 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:05:34 +0000 MamaJ 1043109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We flip to the other side. My boobs are too small! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043106 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:03:21 +0000 .twist. 1043106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would move to the other side. Although my boobs are bigger than pre preg, they're still not big enough to offer from the same side lying down! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-nurse-in-the-side-lying-position#post-1043104 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:01:46 +0000 autumnlove 1043104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When you need to switch boobs? Do you move to the other side or find a way to offer the opposite boob in the same position?<br /> My baby usually nurses on one side per feeding but she wanted both boobs tonight...I moved to the other side! </p>