I was in with Harrison the whole time his got snipped. The most distressing part was watching him be held down. There were student Dr's in there helping and observing too. The second it was done he was handed over to me and put on the boob. Because they needed to hold Harrison's face he got upset. The minute that his face was let go he was ok.
Well im back..i told the nurse she HAD to look. Well Zachery had other ideas and just wanted to keep smiling and giggling but refused to tryand poke his tongue out. She kepy saying it was fine, btu when i mentioned his tongue does the heart shape she kind of stopped and took me seriously. She said that whilst she does agree its close to the tip, she doesnt think it would ever cause any problems, but when i get 2 month needles done, see the GP and gets his opinion on it. Otherwise if i feel its a problem then get it snipped.
So really no clear 'yes' or 'no' answer from her.
Kinda upset me a bit...cos i said 'will it hurt'..and being the women she is said 'well it wont hurt you'....grrrrr.
Kim - from what i have been told and from what i have experienced TT is a taboo subject so to say - they like to ignore it!
I was told that it wouldnt hurt cause there is no nerves or anything that it was just a bit of spare skin so to say!
B was fine once they gave her back to me! so cant be sure really if it hurts or not - but i think the sooner u get it done (if u get it done) the better for the bub!!!
But like i said its totally up too you!
Thanks heap Hj....im going to speak to my GP who i trust alot more and go from there. Id say ill probably get it snipped..just to be on the safe side.
When i said to the nurse i was worried it might cause problems she said 'like what' and i mentioned speech and she wanted to know what made me think that, said that id been doing some reserchon the net and she kinds got all narky saying things like the net always worries people more then it should blah blah...rude but meh...LOL
It was a taboo subject for me too. I was offered a referral for circumcision for Harry but they wouldn't give me one for tongue tie. Crazy!
I didn't want the darn circumcision, I wanted a baby who could feed properly!
In the end the ECHN suggested I go see the visiting Paediatric Surgeons who ended up getting me in so quickly and snipping it.
my sister had one but it wasnt recognised until she got a mouth infection when she was 2 coz she couldnt lick the roof of her mouth the only thing is when she was a baby she could click her tongue thats probably why they didnt pick up on it
Kim, I would just ring the RWH directly, they have a formal assessement process and wont do it if they dont think its required, but wil take you seriously. DS's did not make the heart shape and his was snipped...
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