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I would cross my legs with the leg on top being the same side he was feeding on, then rest my arm on my knee, I ended up hunched a tiny bit but it worked well until he could feed sitting more upright on my lap.

Using a chair that has arms helps for sure, but I never had to contend with a nipple shield on top of everything else. I actually have the travel boppy and while it's definitely not a necessity, it would help in situations like that. But really, this is a very short phase and it will gets lots easier within a few weeks.

Then again, at home I still use my Brest Friend to nurse her at 7 months. I can do it easily without but it is still more comfortable with!

I couldn't do it... For the first 10 weeks I brought the my breast friend everywhere

@Danizaur: I crossed my legs (so that my leg sort of supported her), and hunched over a bit. I also used cross-cradle hold, so she was secure, but supported. It might have been easier for me though, because my BF boobs are seriously massive...they basically reach to wherever LO is.

I had a lot of problems BF him as a newborn without a pillow (I used a shield too). At early appointments, they let me use the lactation room where they had a pillow. It got a lot easier once I could sit him upright. No tips, just commiseration!

I couldn't do it either. And I wasn't using a ns

@Beyond2: 10 weeks? I pretty much used it for the first 10 months... whoops! I wouldn't bring it outside the house, though, so at least I had that going for me.

Nursing without a pillow was super hard! Sometimes I would use my diaper bag as a "pillow."

I do exactly what @MsMini: does. Just practice at home and you'll get better at it. I haven't used the Boppy for nursing since she was a few days old. I find it easier to nurse without a pillow.

They make a diaper bag that doubles as a nursing pillow!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004S2WUIG

@Danizaur: I use my leg! Think like when you're sitting and one leg ankle rests on the other. I'll usually use an armrest to prop my knee up and rest my arm on my raised knee and BF that way.

@Danizaur: I use my leg crossed and kind if hunch over, but it isn't very comfortable for me. But I have a friend who does weekly dr visits with her LO and found an inflatable pillow made by my breast friend. She said it was $15 on Amazon and I have seen her blow it up... It doesn't take much air or time and deflates in a second or two. She loves it!

what about having baby in more of a sitting upright position instead of laying down?

I nursed her in a football hold with the diaper bag next to me in the chair supporting her weight.