kanga86
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My lil Harry was born with a bad tongue tie, it holds the tip of his tongue to the bottom of his mouth so that he is able to poke it out and it bends in like a 'v' shape when he cries. I was told about it as soon as he was born and was told to expect finding bf hard, but that someone would see me about it and decide if anything needed doing about it.
Well after complaining of pain and discomfort and problems with his latching on at the hospital, they discharged us without a referral to have it looked at. I brought it up at out day 3, day 5, day 9 and day 10 checks at home. But because he has gained weight they weren't interested in helping us.
Well finally on day 10 (yesterday) my midwife listened to me when I said feeding takes ages, he is always feeding, it hurts me and it is giving him really bad wind because he can't make a proper seal, she phoned up our hospitals lactation specialist.
I got the phone call tidy from the hospital and told her our bf problems and she asked if I had heard of tongue tie, to which I said we already knew he had one. She was shocked that no one had referred us to her until day 11, with it being such an obvious tongue tie and that she was on duty the time I was in hospital so could have seen me then and referred us straightaway.
So hopefully we should have an appointment this week or next depending on the waiting list. Can't wait to actually be able to feed my lil man properly and not have to think about giving it up.
Bit of a pointless rambling post, but it has made me so happy we are actually getting somewhere with it finally
xx
Well after complaining of pain and discomfort and problems with his latching on at the hospital, they discharged us without a referral to have it looked at. I brought it up at out day 3, day 5, day 9 and day 10 checks at home. But because he has gained weight they weren't interested in helping us.
Well finally on day 10 (yesterday) my midwife listened to me when I said feeding takes ages, he is always feeding, it hurts me and it is giving him really bad wind because he can't make a proper seal, she phoned up our hospitals lactation specialist.
I got the phone call tidy from the hospital and told her our bf problems and she asked if I had heard of tongue tie, to which I said we already knew he had one. She was shocked that no one had referred us to her until day 11, with it being such an obvious tongue tie and that she was on duty the time I was in hospital so could have seen me then and referred us straightaway.
So hopefully we should have an appointment this week or next depending on the waiting list. Can't wait to actually be able to feed my lil man properly and not have to think about giving it up.
Bit of a pointless rambling post, but it has made me so happy we are actually getting somewhere with it finally
xx
you're doing a fabulous job feeding him by the sounds of it 
