No sooner have you mastered the exciting and challenging time of pregnancy and birth than the next big task awaits, breast/ chest feeding. If you decide to breast/ chest feed and can do so, you are doing yourself and your baby's health a great favour.
From birth onwards, the close bond between mum and her baby is formed. What was previously the umbilical cord is now your breast/chest. You feed your newborn, it lies warmly against you skin to skin, smells you, feels your heartbeat, your breath and listens to your beloved voice. This is how oxytocin is released in both of you: The bonding hormone.
Besides the benefits of close bonding, breast/chest milk contains millions of living cells that strengthen your baby's immune system, development, and maturation. It also contains DNA and RNA fragments that promote intestinal growth and hormones that help your baby sleep.
All these benefits of breast/chest feeding are further enhanced by the fact that you are relaxed. A comfortable position, a calm atmosphere. This is often easier said than done. Especially at the beginning, latching on doesn't work properly or the milk-giving reflex doesn't want to be triggered. This is quite normal and happens to almost all mums. In our Ergobaby Blog you will find all kinds of information about breast/chest feeding. The right position is the key to relaxation. Erogbaby Natural Curve Nursing Pillow is a great help. The soft but firm pillow ensures that you can adopt and maintain a posture that is easy on your back. This is a cosy and intimate way for you to get close to each other and take your time.
A wet burp, leaking breast/chest milk or a snack that falls onto your nursing pillow – your nursing pillow has to withstand a lot. That's why the cover of the Ergobaby Natural Curve Nursing Pillow can be easily removed and washed at 30°C in the washing machine.
The Ergobaby Natural Curve Nursing Pillow has an ergonomic shape allowing your baby to lie in belly-to-belly contact with you. The Natural CurveTM Nursing Pillow has been developed in collaboration with lactation experts to maximise comfort for both parent and baby and reduce the risk of rolling. Not only does the natural curve help parents achieve the perfect ergonomic position for easy feeding, but this nursing pillow can also be used beyond the new-born stage to support tummy time, which is crucial for your little one’s development. The two-sided nursing pillow is supple yet firm, keeping its shape, therefore supporting the weight of baby in parents’ arm while feeding. This allows you to position baby correctly in the optimum height for easier latching and all round healthy back friendly breast/ chest feeding, with no slouching!
Especially in the third trimester, it can be tricky to get to sleep. Your baby doesn't stick to your sleep rhythm and dances around on your organs. In addition, you can no longer sleep on your stomach as you might have done before pregnancy. The Ergobaby Natural Curve nursing pillow helps you to adopt a comfortable sleeping position and thus functions as a side sleeper pillow.
Why not do a breast/chest feeding pillow test? Either ask your midwife or a breast/ chest feeding advisor for support. There are excellent specialist shops where you can use a baby doll to find out which is the best nursing pillow for you even before the birth. Many midwives and lactation consultants recommend the Ergobaby Natural Curve Nursing Pillow.
Yes! Thanks to its ergonomic shape, it supports your comfortable sleep even before the birth of your baby.
Everyone has to find out for themselves. Organic nursing pillows often use anti-allergy products made from sheepskin, legumes, or cereals. However, these types of filling often have the disadvantage that they are unstable in shape or rustle relatively noisily. The Ergobaby Natural Curve Nursing Pillow is filled with dimensionally stable PU foam.
The best thing to do is to get a nursing pillow as part of your baby essential items in the third trimester. It will support you more and more intensively during your third trimester. Your sleep will be better, sitting on the sofa will be easier and you will be able to practice the different feeding positions in a relaxed way.