Abstract: A contoured infant nursing pad includes a base, multiple retaining walls on the perimeter of the base for retaining an infant on the base, and a front safety ridge on the base perimeter for retaining the infant in an optimal nursing position and for preventing a mother from rolling onto the infant. First and second breast planar shelves are located on the base and are each on an opposite side of the front safety ridge and located at an opening in the base perimeter between the front safety ridge and one of the multiple retaining walls. Each breast shelf is tilted downward away from the opening to align the infant's mouth for breastfeeding. An infant placed on the base and facing the breast shelf can access a breast placed on the breast shelf. The infant nursing pad is reversible allowing flexible orientation of the mother and infant.