Everyone needs to see this... it's adorable!
YouTube - Breast Crawl - Initiation of the Breast Crawl (Unicef)
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Everyone needs to see this... it's adorable!
YouTube - Breast Crawl - Initiation of the Breast Crawl (Unicef)
Kelly I love this! Very similar to the one I am now showing clients as part of my ante - natal. I totally agree it is a must see for new parents!
Wow! I'm amazed!
That's really interesting, and so cute.
Oh how gorgeous is that. I love it.
That was beautiful, both my girls watched it with me & Indah kept saying.. OOOOOH, AAAAAH baby!
OMG that's fascinating! Love it! And the perfect attachment too! Maybe we create our own problems attaching the baby ourselves hehe.
Just a side point - why did it say to not clean the baby's hands? Is that a cultural thing? or is there something to it?
that was amazing!
It's an amazing thing our drive to survive. I remember Riley doing a very similar thing the morning after he was born. Skin to skin in bed with his head under my chin he wriggled and wriggled until he found my breast and attached. It was incredible and life affirming and made my heart clench to find I could love him even more.
OMG that was so great, I've got happy tears in my eyes, lol.
hugs xoxo
Its also called kangaroo crawl.
My baby did this as well - she was placed right near my breast and moved up and attached her self within minutes of being born - it was a beautiful experience! :) She has never had a problem with attachment or anything like that - I am eternally grateful to my midwife for doing it with me :)
Wow, now that makes sense! and how beautiful!!
I think too much stress is put into the first attachment but if we were able to take the time to experience this I think it wouldn't make it so traumatic for the mother.
Would hospitals allow the time for such a thing???
You are the customer! You tell them what you want ;) They can't do anything against your wishes...
Exactly! This is an absolute priority of mine this time! There is also a great Australian DVD by Sue Cox that is available at the ABA which shows a DVD of exactly the same thing.
I truly believe that these DVDs say more in a few minutes than all the talking in the world could do. It really explains the importance of skin to skin contact in those first few minutes/hours of a babies life.
It is also interesting to note that a Baby that has been affected by some drugs administered during labour are unable to do the breast crawl until those drugs have worn off!
omg!!!!!!!!! i felt MY uterus contracting watching that !!!!!!!!!!!.. thats was so beautiful.. and how bout her lips in the perfect attachment position.... little luscious wet hungry bubba lips.... crying sooky lala here.
Liz... my midwife told me that the back of a babies hands have exactly the same scent as your breast milk.. no two things in the world have the same sscent... so maybe this has something to do with not cleaning the hands?? Thats also why bubbas suck on the back of their hands when they are hungry or comforting themselves
Wow. What an amazing video. I have to admit to not even realising that this was an option...I always thought when the time came, you placed the baby on your breast...so many things to learn!
Aw fantastic!! Loved it!
I found once they'd done their apgar checks etc.. they left the room.. and we had all the time in the world. I'm sure they can do the apgars with bub on your chest like that.:
They came back in about an hour or so (think they were flat out.. lots of babies that night LOL) and weighed him then. So there would have been time for it for us. Am keeping this in mind for this bub I can tell you!
Incredible. I am almost 32 weeks along and had been looking for information on this - to see it in action is just amazing. I spoke to the midwife at my hospital yesterday about this and she said if the baby is fine and doesn't need any assistance then there is no reason why we can't do this. It is one of the big things on my birth plan (and before this I never realised I wanted a birth plan).
Thank you so much for sharing this link with us.
Just watched it :) I can't believe how beautiful that was... that's one of the most beautiful videos i have ever seen I would have to say! It was interesting to see how closely the bub gripped onto the mothers breast wasn't it? Held on very, very tightly...
I'm not sure if I would be able to do that in front of all those ppl standing watching me!
I'm going to remember this video for when i hopefully b/feed one day....
That is great - I wll get my DH to study it so he can be my very own breast-crawl assistant. I will hopehully be birthing at the birth centre at the Mercy so hopefully the midwives there will be onto it.
You have to let them know what you want Aurora, they pretty much let you do your own thing but some do the whole grab the breast, shove it in thing. But like I say, you have some time to do your own thing, just let them know you want to have some time to allow the baby to attach to the breast on it's own and will ask for help if you need it.
Do you have to be flat on your back? Won't be able to see anything like that! hehe.
It's amazing isn't it. Our midwife was all for this, she gave us heaps of information on this & highly recommended it. She too said tell the hospital you plan to do this, often they will ask you about your birth plan - they should go with what you want.
I told lots of people about the "breast crawl" and many thought it was a little weird, but if they watched that they think a bit differently I think.
Unfortunately for us things didn't go to plan & Charlie was distressed & taken away for oxygen etc right after he was born:( we will definately be doing this second time around, if possible.
Yes i'm definitely putting this in my birth plan hoping everything goes well and i can do it... hopefully with your 2nd you can do this Erin :) it would be a wonderful experience wouldn't it?
wow! this is awesome!
it all makes perfect sense ... I agree with you Niass... how did we get so lost on the way? If I'd have know about this with DS then I would not have had pethadine. I will be floggin thsi to all my pg mates. thank you BellyBelly
that is amazing.
Makes me sad about my birth now, i still had my normal clothes on so no skin to skin post delivery and the midwife just threw the baby quite abruptly on my breast in the football hold :( she had my breast in one had and bubs head in the other....
I wish it had happened like this.
Makes me want to lay down with my baby now!!
Thats amazing... thanks for sharing
Yes sad isn't it, what we are being robbed of. Things have certainly gotten lost along the way. We need to go back to one-on-one, midwfery led care! Not specialist care, unless it warrants it...
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Thats a really amazing video..
I wish I was having a natural delivery so I could do this
I finally got the chance to download and watch this. Just beautiful :D
Made my day watching this...so very very precious.
Jo
I have seen another video like this in the baby classes and I was just in aw.
As soon as I saw it I was like yep I want that!!
we where told though that having drugs during labour can make baby tired and less likely to self attach, but in saying that that you could actually try this tecnique for a few weeks following birth if you had attachment issues.
It would be great if someone else could give some info on this. The video we watched was part of an american study done only a few years ago. where they filmed mum and bubs that had intervention and didn't have intervention.
Drugs or not I'm willing to give it a try
wow... that was just sooo gorgeous and sooo beautiful to watch...
OMG - that is just amazing! I have never seen anything like it before! Isn't it amazing how easily everything happens all by itself! It really makes me realise just how much we really do mess with nature IYKWIM.
Well girls, I finally got to do a breast crawl of my own! Well worth it!!! It took him an hour or so(they are big mountains he had to climb!lol) but well worth no drugs to make it happen!
Well done Relle. I can't wait to hear all about it :)
OK, I'm off to bed now but seriously going to have to watch this after reading all of your reactions!
I saw something like this when pg with Sarah but she had to have oxygen 4 15 mins n I had 2 get stitched which took an hour in total b4 we were both ready to try. the version I saw was from the Netherlands n in a hospital so it was good to c the similar environment to an aussie hospital doing that. Hopefully I will b able to do it this time. I know I can do it drug free - but only in the bath!