Early this morning (like 3:30), Nyla woke up hungry. Instead of doing like I always do and head out to nurse her on the couch, Paul suggested that I do the "lay-down-and-feed-her-while-she-lays-down" technique of breastfeeding. Okay, sounds good!
So the process is the following: I lie down on one side, Nyla lays right next to me with her face breast-height, and let the breastfeeding begin! Sounds pretty easy and like a technique that would benefit both of us: Nyla could eat, I could continue resting/sleeping. Things actually went really well and Nyla didn't seem to mind this new method.
Apparently I fell asleep during this nursing, which is okay, until when I woke up I realized that Nyla's face was completely under my boob. The panic that set in was instant. Oh my god, I have smothered my daughter with my breast. I could see the headlines: "Death by Booby."
I pulled Nyla out from under my udder and low and behold, she was fine! Better than fine actually; she was passed out asleep. Love it!
I'm not sure if I'll try that whole technique again only because it was so scary seeing her body but not her head because it was under my boob. I sure did like that extra sleep though...we'll see.
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