Danielle, some babies with tongue-ties do much better in those positions. I never tried with my tongue-tied DS as I didn't know about those positions then, but his was severe enough to not be able to attach at all so it probably wouldn't have helped. I'd give it a shot if you want to - you might have success.
I can also recommended having it snipped - we never looked back after having it done. There are other issues that tongue-ties can cause as well as feeding - such as speech later on and tooth decay, so it's worth looking into. The doc in Brissy that did DS's was brilliant - it was so quick and easy.
Having had one who just wanted to suck when she was born and gave me blisters, and then a second sucker who looked like he wanted to do the same, I got ruthless on the second sucker and just popped him off and snuck in the dummy if he looked like he was settling in for the duration and he was fine. And not surprisingly, I had virtually no problems with blisters/cracks with him.
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