tongue-tie ?

CamJack mom · December 2011

Those moms with babies with a tongue tie, how did you know? DD's tongue seems to be attached insanely far the the front. Her latch is painfull and it takes me a while to adjust her to a place where I am comfortable. I finally seem to be getting my supply under control which is helping, but the first 3-4 minutes of bfing is excruciating. Then it eventually gets better. Her tongue appears to be doing something strange after a while though, like hse is biting on her tongue and my nipple a few minutes into nursing. She seems to be doing well, but I think she may have a slight tongue tie. For those who have babies that were tongue tied, how did you know? Did the snip seem to hurt baby a lot? Did they seem to not want to nurse after the snip because of pain? I am more nervous about asking tomorrow at her appt because I think it will hurt her if they say yes and have to snip it.

blue2355 · December 2011

We noticed shortly after Ds was born as he could not nurse because of his.The snip took 2seconds and he screamed for 2seconds as we quickly gave him a bottle to soothe him.He did'nt seem to care after and it did not appear to affect him afterwards aswell.

GoldenPeaches · December 2011

My DS had an upper lip and a tongue tie. I noticed the upper lip tie when he was an hour old. It just looked funny to me. At our first lactation consult for horrible nipple pain the IBCLC and 2 midwives brought it up as a possibility and instructed us to see the pedi. 2 pedis said he wasn't tied so I let the issue rest for a week or so and finally decided to pursue it further. Saw a pediatric dentist, she was no help. Finally I saw an ENT that the IBCLC said does the clips and he clipped both the tongue and lip tie. The point of my story? If you think LO has it, push, push, push. Many doctors are ignorant about tongue tie and lip tie (they are often seen together).

The snip did seem to hurt him a bit, I won't lie. He nursed great just after the procedure then had some definite regression due to swelling of the upper lip. Finally at 72 hours post-op I felt we had made progress. It is still getting so much better. I definitely would get the clips again in a heartbeat.

Now that I know what non-tied nursing feels like, I would describe tied nursing as a stabbing pain the base of the nipple on the side of his lower jaw. Other symptoms I noticed were clicking while eating, inability to latch efficiently on bottles/pacis, horrible projectile vomiting and lower GI gas, trembling jaw, and he kept falling asleep at the breast, probably because it was so much work for him to draw the milk out. When he pulled off, my nipples were shaped like a lipstick tube (ouch) instead of circular like they are now.

Soon2BMrsSikes · December 2011

They told us at the hospital that he was tounge tied, so we didn't have to notice. They snipped it at his first appt (4 days old). It didn't bother him at all.

autumnlala · December 2011

A lactation consultant identified ours-- two pediatricians and several other lactation consultants missed it! The ENT took them out of the room to clip them, but when they came back they were not upset and nursed well immediately. If you can get an appt. with an ENT, it's worth checking. Ours went ahead and clipped it immediately after diagnosing it.

CamJack mom · December 2011

I really appreciate you guys sharing your stories. I am not 100% sure, but the LC did not really get to look at her much while I was in the hospital, but I am seeing many of the symptoms here. When I look at her tongue, it looks like the pics I see when I google so I am assuming she does. The pain when she latches is a giveaway for me though. Hopefully we can get this taken care of asap. We see the doctor tomorrow, so we'll see what she says.

lovemypups1 · December 2011

DS is getting his clipped tomorrow, and they noticed it when he was 4 days old. A nipple shield has helped. It still hurts like a b!tch to feed but my nipples don't bleed every feeding anymore. He chomps with his gums and falls asleep when he feeds. He also takes more time breaking than sucking. I'm hoping he latches better after the procedure!

nicoleb86 · December 2011

The outpatient lactation consultant I saw for my daughter's poor latching identified her mild tongue-tie when she was about 1 1/2 weeks old. The doctors and hospital lactation consultant didn't identify it. I was having severe pain with nursing, my nipples would come out of her mouth like a tube of lipstick (slanted) and she would fall asleep at the breast or take FOREVER to nurse because she had to work so hard.

I'm not going to lie, my daughter screamed the entire time but I think it was more-so because of the nurse holding her head and arms down and the fact that the doctor had her fingers in her mouth. The actual snip of the tongue-tie took like 2 seconds. There were only a few drops of blood and immediately after the procedure, she latched on perfectly without problem and nursed like a champ! She is now 5 weeks old tomorrow and nursing wonderfully!

I would definitely bring it up to the pediatrician or a lactation consultant so that you can have it addressed.

Good luck!

charlotte.dewey · December 2011

I had a pedi notice DS's tongue tie while he screamed the entire visit, at about a week old. Upon researching it on my own after that he had all the symptoms and had lost a lot of weight due to not being able to latch or suck (bottle, paci, my finger, NOTHING!). The procedure was quick, maybe 10 min at most and he cried. The doc said it wouldn't hurt, and they did give a local numbing to help during the procedure but the rest of the day/night I could tell it was painful for him. It took him about a week to get the hang of eating/sucking/latching back. I think the movement of his tongue was new to him at this point. When he was first born he did not move his tongue at all when crying. This was a huge clue to me.

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