So in the continuance of our struggling journey I went and saw another LC today. She is fairly sure that dd (8 weeks) has a posterior tongue tie which is causing the clicking and poor attachment and ineffective sucking etc etc, not to mention the damage to my poor nipples.

Anyway so I am looking for some success stories with posterior tongue tie. The LC says she definetly needs further assessment by an oral surgeon. Only problem being its a 5hr drive and then the oral surgeon may decide to snip it or may decide not to. So it's a very big trip if nothing happens.

We are also going to be doing some bowen therapy treatments and speech pathologist in the meantime to see if it helps.

I am exhausted... and right at this moment I am NOT coping. I am so over it. DD has to feed constantly because her suck is so bad she isn't getting enough otherwise. I documented it and yesterday I fed her 15 times for 20-30mins each time and only 2 of those were overnight. My boys are neglected, the house is a pit and my nipples hurt like hell.

LC suggested expressing after each feed and topping her up which A) sounds like a lot of work and B) well I try to give her expressed milk at least once a day (to give my nipples a break). Generally before bed so I can get some sleep and she has just as much trouble with a bottle. I have tried so many teats etc and she chokes on every one of them. So most of the time she won't even accept a bottle.

Anyway please, I need positive posterior tongue tie stories. Tell me this is going to get better. Give me so hints on how to help her.