Tongue Tie

 

Tongue-Tie
This can be common in babies who cannot latch on or cause their mothers to have sore, cracked niples, making breast-feeding extremely difficult and stressful for both mother and baby. Tongue-tie occurs when the membrane under the tongue (that’s the flap of skin attached to the bottom of your tongue) is very thick, short or at the end of the baby’s tongue tied.

It could prevent the baby from attaching efficiently to the breast. This is due to a combination of the baby failing to open its mouth widely, the tethered, short tongue not covering the lower gum and the disordered movements of the tethered tongue when sucking.

Your baby may slip off the breast or chomp on the nipple with both gums and then slip off completely. As a result, the baby is not breast-feeding, but is nipple feeding, which is inefficient and can be excruciatingly painful causing cracked and/or sore nipples and can lead to most women giving up on breastfeeding altogether.

Suggestions from the Maternity Network:

As strange or unpleasant as this may sound you could have this cut by a professional. they will wrap your baby and cut the skin with sterile scissors and bring your baby to you to feed. You might experience some blood on or around your breast when your baby feeds; this is completely normal and should subside. These professionals are genrally lactation consultants and will support for for a hour or so afterwards to help you get the hang of feeding at the breast with a correct latch. If you are concerned, get in touch with the professional who did it for you.

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