I had a c-sect for DS, and did manage to get in a feed with him about an hour after the birth, but we were both tired and, while we did get a good feed in, we had some issues with attachment, and I was not in a place to figure it out.
So we did a late breast crawl, on day three after seeing a good LC at the hopsital. She suggested that we both nude up and have skin to skin when DS was looking for food, and he bobbed his little head round and rounds and found the BB and latched on properly for the first time, and we didnt have a problem with feeding ever again.
DS was handled by many people before me, and I think we missed that first moment together, so the breast crawl was a great bonding for the both of us too.
So, I am a total advocate for the breast crawl, in its many forms.
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