Breastfeeding is not always easy, it doesn’t come as naturally as some would assume. One example of something that can make breastfeeding difficult, is if baby has tongue tie. This is not a well known problem. Diagnosis is often missed, the mother assumes she is not breastfeeding correctly and will switch to formula.
A mother was experiencing excruciating pain when feeding her new baby during their first night together. In the morning her midwife viewed her torn up nipples and suggested it was just a bad latch. But when the midwife held the baby, as she had first suspected baby had oral thrush, the she noticed the tongue tie immediately. The baby was actually so severely tongue tied that he was unable to lick his lips or put his tongue over his gums.
The possible complications of snipping the tongue include bleeding, cutting the tongue/lip, needing blood products etc.
The mother then had to express breast milk inorder to feed her baby, while they waited for the tongue-tie to be snipped. She was very keen to breastfeed her baby, and wanted to try it. All that was required was sugar syrup (for anesthetic) and a pair of surgical scissors and baby was ready and waiting. Snip.
The mother said “No blood curdling screams, no gushing blood, no tears, nothing horrible I had imagined happened. Except now my son could feed from me. No pain, no more blisters, cuts, grazes or blood... whoohoo!”
Sometimes gaining another professionals opinion is worth the hard work and pain for your baby.
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