Tongue and Lip tie

[summersunshine916]

Anyone have experience with lip tie and tongue tie? I suspect LO has it but not sure how to bring it up with the pedi, LO is borderline failure to thrive we still have weight checks (2 weeks apart). Also if your LO had the procedure done what was the recovery like and is it just an in office procedure? Sorry I am going to ask about it at the pedi on Wed but trying to get some advice on how to bring it up.

[alyssajones]

DD had both but we never took any measures to correct them. The pedi didn't feel like it was bad enough since DD was gaining. She did nurse every hour and each session was 30-45 minutes until she was 4 or 5 months. The dentist said she suggested waiting on the lip tie until DD is older because some orthodontists like to wait until after the teeth are corrected to fix the lip tie.

I just asked the pedi out right because DD had the heart shaped tongue. I told him I noticed her tongue seemed heart shaped and asked if it could be a tongue tie. I would just throw it out there. And if you think it really is an issue (I didn't in my situation) I would seek a second opinion if your pedi brushes you off. Good luck!

[lissydee]

it is a quick office procedure in most instances. That of course depends on the severity of the tie. But recovery is minimal. You just have to do some stretches to help prevent scar tissue and reattaching. The latch should improve significantly after the tie is released and in fact, they put baby to breast immediately after to assess this.

[theresat858]

Our pedi did the check for us when baby didn't gain weight from day 3-day 6, but it wasn't an issue in our case. Not all pedis really know what to look for, though, so sometimes it can be worth it to see a specialist. An IBCLC in the area should be able to tell you who to see. (Sometimes an ent, sometimes a dentist).

[kam3100]

The LC at my hospital said that dd had tongue tie. The pedi agreed and recommended an ENT. We went to the ENT and they snipped her tongue in the office. The worst part was having to hold dd down. I breastfed her without a nipple shield successfully for the first time right after. The rest of the day I had to bottle feed her because she was sore but after that she breastfed successfully from then on. The ENT had said that anytime a tie effects nursing, that's reason enough to get it corrected. I'm so glad I did.

[sweetpies]

The nurses in the hospital recognized the DS's tongue-tie the day after his birth. The pediatrician recommended an ENT who did the procedure in the office. Immediately after the procedure, we were able to nurse and I immediately noticed a HUGE difference.

Prior to the release of the tongue tie I was dreading each nursing session because his latch was shredding my nipples.We were noticing that DS was having a foremost imbalance and was taking forever to nurse.Our ENT recommended getting the procedure done ASAP, before the frenulum develops too many blood vessels.

[mrsbutterworth]

DS has both tongue and lip tie. He lost 9% of his birth weight in the hospital and nursing was absolutely excruciating! Pedi clipped his tongue in his office at one week and I still have to use the shield because his latch is still terrible. We are going to a pediatric dentist beginning of February for a consult and hoping to get both fixed. I had no idea tongue and lip tie was a thing and apparently it's genetic. So, I looked inside DDs mouth and realized she has lip tie, too. That would explain all the breastfeeding problems I had with her.

[summersunshine916]

Based on the pictures it looks like I may have lip tie myself. Would not be surprised if DS has it too. It was rough BFing with him and I never thought to get him evaluated.

[flcl]

LO had mild a tongue tie (discovered by the LC) and we chose to take him to a pediatric ENT to get it corrected. It was unbearably painful to nurse him. He was only 5 days old, the procedure took about a minute and he was able to nurse immediately afterwards. There was a huge difference for us, he got lots of milk and I got zero pain. GL at your appointment!

[jax1182014]

My daughter was tongue tied and had it clipped at 2 1/2 weeks. She had problems gaining weight and I had wounds on my nipples. Breastfeeding also took forever! I left for the tongue clipping but when I came back into the room she was ok and was able to breastfeed asap. Hope this helps! Good luck

[edenaurora]

My ds had upper lip tie. I found a pediatric dentist that performs the revision using a laser. We had the procedure done yesterday and he actually slept through it. He nursed right after and it was such a relief over what it had been. He's been fussy all night but that's to be expected. We'll start the stretches today.

[gratefulgirl]

We've experienced it x2. The first time the lip was serious but not the tongue, and ODD had a serious will-to-suck so BF-ing was painful but I never noticed the ties until people on my old BMB starting talking about them.

The second time around I had an oversupply so it went unnoticed for a while. Our ped. mentioned it in passing but I wasn't in pain and the oversupply meant YDD gained fine. YDD has reflux and seriously bad gas that woke her up for a very long time (sometimes I think it still does, but it's a lot less than it was). A friend mentioned those could be tie symptoms I took her to a pediatric dentist who is known for doing the laser clipping. She's a week out from the procedure. It's not a cure-all as her latch is still shallow, she still doesn't flange her upper lip, and she still clicks off and takes in tons of air. BUT her suck is stronger and I haven't had a single plugged duct since - and those things were making my life miserable.

[whitney4126]

We had it done before we left the hospital by a pediatric ENT surgeon. I held the baby, they put a numbing agent under her tongue, clipped it, and then had me hold gause in her mouth for a couple of minutes until it quit bleeding. She actually fell asleep with my finger and a piece of gause in her mouth. She was able to latch onto my nipple without a shield for the first time at the next feeding. It was an immediate result and we noticed no difference in her behavior indicating she felt bad. I highly recommend the procedure.
I will say, however, that was not the end of our latch issues. I ended up having to work extensively with a lactation consultant and speech pathologist for a few weeks, and ended up only pumping for a bit. But her tongue tie was fairly severe and they said it had effected how the roof of her mouth had developed in utero. I worked with her daily on sucking exercises to encourage her tongue to move the right way. The first 6 weeks were rough, but ever since it has been smooth sailing. I just say all that to point out that it may not instantly fix everything, but had we not had the procedure, there is no question that I would have given up long ago .

[Leapinglizards]

Her recovery was a lot better than my recovery to her screaming. She got in the car went to sleep and was fine.latch didn't impove till about a month later. We got it done really early on. I think time probably helped more then the procedure but who knows. It was also pretty expensive for a five second procedure