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I am pretty large and found the football hold worked well in the beginning. Now, at three months, we mostly do cradle hold, occasionally cross cradle. We try side lying but she is so wiggly that I wind up with sore nipples. I wish it worked better for us. I also keep trying to nurse her while she is sitting up and everything lines up properly but for some reason she hates it.

We used football 98% of the time, so I'm no help.

I found the football hold really helpful initially in the hospital, until I was comfortable with cradle. I did discover that the pillows everyone loves like the Boppy, did not work for me. I am short waisted and when my milk came in (taking my DD to E during preg all the way to an F), there wasn't a lot of space for a baby between my lap and my chest. So I used a regular pillow that was really flat to give some support but not so thick that LO didn't fit.

What I eventually fell in love with was side lying, as I could position her where I needed to without suffocating her. We did that a lot until she was older and able to sit upright and nurse in other ways.