breastfeeding with a lip tie

jogabemom · November 2013

Hi ladies, this is my first post since my daughter was born. She is now almost 17 weeks and has been ebf since birth. Breastfeeding has always been painful, sometimes it hss been more bearable than others but it generally been hard. She has done great, gained well and until last week nursed very consistently.

On Oct 31st we saw a lactation consultant who immediatley noticed a lip tie. She recommended we get it clipped. She also diagnosed me with thrush and gave me meds which really seemed to help.We saw our pedi the next day and he did not recommend it, saying it didnt look severe to him. He referred us to an ENT who also said not to do the clip. I had some relief from pain but it quickly returned along with bleeding.

Now my daughter has stopped being my great nurser and often thrashes and arches her back when trying to nurse,which in turn is very painful for me. Im stuck about what to do. We had an appt with a pediatric dentist but she told us she didnt feel comfortable clipping a four month old. I really want to breastfeed but not sure about working through this pain. Any advice or suggestions would be great! Sorry this got so long.

marczewski · November 2013

I would look into a pedi dentist that does the procedure by lasor. Check out the website kiddsteeth.com. There is a whole section on lip ties. My baby had a very severe lip tie and when I brought it up to the pediatrician she told me that the lip tie could be corrected later in life with braces and completely dismissed the pain I was having. ENTs are not as trained in clipping these. I had my sons tongue tie clipped by an ENT in the hospital and later found out it was not completely corrected and then had to go see a dentist to have it revised. The ENT never even told us that he had a lip tie too. I think it's worth looking into.

ncbelle · November 2013

I'd get it clipped without question. Not all pedis or even ENTs "get" ties and their relation to breastfeeding. If nursing is painful, that's a clear sign that her latch isn't right - you should not have consistent pain at this point. Good luck!

star328 · November 2013

I posted about this on my s13 not too long ago, and was given this link of recommended providers for lip/ tongue tie. There is someone listed not too far from me, I will be going for a 2nd opinion.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BFcr9ZE_KvC4tb6QPLhA3Yrtc3GnCm4g9BIGLVXzUWE/mobilebasic?pli=1

MrandMrsFireFighter · November 2013

My 3.5 month old just had an upper lip tie and posterior tongue tie lasered. World of difference! Try a different pediatric dentist.

jegoffin · November 2013

Pediatric dentist with a laser will get you all fixed up. Our previous pedi said that DD2 didn't even have one one but the pedodontist even remarked about how tight it was as he was releasing it.

jogabemom · November 2013

Thanks everyone!

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