What is the correct breastfeeding position

The correct breastfeeding posture is to pick up the baby, on both sides of the arm to keep the head high and feet low, the head and the body at an angle of about 45 °, the baby’s mouth is facing the lower edge of the nipple, the nose is aligned with the nipple, so that the baby to contain most of the areola, the mother needs to use one hand, four fingers to support the lower edge of the breast, thumbs placed on the nipple above. Adopting the correct breastfeeding posture can prevent the baby from breaking the nipple, can also prevent the baby from choking, can enhance mother-child bonding, and can also effectively prevent the occurrence of breast sagging. The baby to do effective sucking, can reflexively stimulate the breast secretion of milk, to avoid the occurrence of malnutrition of the baby, but also through the sucking to maintain the smoothness of the milk ducts, to avoid the occurrence of milk stagnation, and thus the occurrence of mastitis. You need to pay attention to keep your nipples clean to avoid infection.