This is for my darling little sister (she actually rang me up and said, Rach, can you ask this on BellyBelly, she should just join herself ).
Her DD has just been diagnosed with tongue tied at the 6 week check. It’s apparently not casing any problems with BFing, her DD is fully BF and was born on the 98% and is still right on the 98% (little chubba). BFing does hurt for my sis but she has flat/inverted nipples like me so the hurting thing is well within the range of normal under those circumstances. Her nipples aren’t being damaged so we guess it’s all ok and the pain will pass in time (at about the 4 month mark for me, I’ve told her). Her DD can’t make her tongue into a point, it stays as a heart-shape and she can’t stick it out very far.
So does it need to be snipped? She saw a nurse today and is seeing a paed tomorrow. The nurse was really worried about it affecting her DD’s speech. My sis doesn’t want to do anything unnecessary, especially seeing as feeding seems to be going OK. What do they do when they snip it, and what are the risks/benefits. Help and advice please.
Last edited by Epacris; September 30th, 2010 at 02:13 PM.
Help/advice – Tongue tied diagnosed in 6 week old
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her DD is fully BF and was born on the 98% and is still right on the 98% (little chubba). BFing does hurt for my sis but she has flat/inverted nipples like me so the hurting thing is well within the range of normal under those circumstances. Her nipples aren’t being damaged so we guess it’s all ok and the pain will pass in time (at about the 4 month mark for me, I’ve told her). Her DD can’t make her tongue into a point, it stays as a heart-shape and she can’t stick it out very far.
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