Tongue Tied Baby - Vent

jblank03 · January 2014

Even though Noah was 17 days early, he had a great latch in the hospital and seemed to be doing really well with BFing. When we were discharged Sunday (2 days after birth), he'd lost 8% of his body weight, so above the 10% threshold that they said was really concerning, but still higher than ideal. We were to get to a ped Monday or Tues am at the latest.

As I'm sure a lot of you are experiencing, the weather has been effing with travel and places even being open here in Indy, and my ped office was completely closed Mon. Tues they just had us go to the hospital for a bili test (another thing he was borderline on) and weight check. Bad news: he was down 13%

Now, my ped is in a different network than my OB, and so this was a different hospital than where I delivered. They had an LC come in who took one look at Noah and said 'Oh my, he's tongue tied! No wonder he isn't gaining weight, he can't get milk very well!' Hoooly cow, how was this not recognized in the hospital by someone?!

Anyone either have experience with a tongue tied baby (I read they just clip them, but then can they still EBF?), and in general am I off-base to be frustrated/kinda angry that this wasn't caught prior to discharge?

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ac1259 · January 2014

Yup my first was tongue tied. She never really latched ever but they did clip the tongue tie which supposedly would've made her latch better. She wasn't thrilled with being held down but it otherwise didn't seem to hurt. They let you nurse immediately afterwards to calm them down. Hope that helps!

jblank03 · January 2014

Thank you @ac1259! Definitely does make me feel better. Out of curiosity, how quickly after delivery did they notice and do the clipping? Was it after you went home or before you got discharged?

MrsGraham06 · January 2014

I had a friend whose 2nd was tongue tied and lip tied. They opted to clip one but not the other (don't remember which got clipped). Anyway, my friend is a huge BF advocate (though not one of the anti-formula crazies) and she's the one who figured it out Day 2.

Her baby gained weight like crazy afterwards. She was born looking like a little bird, but now at 9 months is a roly-poly little girl!

ac1259 · January 2014

@jblank03- I believe the LC noticed it within a day after she was born in the hospital...and then the pediatrician pissed me off and refused to snip it until we were out of the hospital and we had to stay an extra day for jaundice issues...so it was noticed right away but not fixed until like day 5 after she was born

JuliaH21 · January 2014

My SIL's DD had tongue and lip tie. It was diagnosed at the hospital but it took a little while to get them clipped (something about the ped) and they didn't do them at the same time, so latching was pretty painful for SIL at first. Once everything was clipped, though, things went very smoothly and her DD has bf'd awesome ever since

KrystalCrockett · January 2014

This LO is tongue tied, took me a week to notice (not sure how they missed it at the hospital). With the holidays we couldn't get in until today to his pedi for his follow up, hopefully they will fix it. My nips can't take much more! He's 9 days old today.

susieandmarty · January 2014

I have a friend and her kid was about 2 weeks before anyone really noticed

Sweetiejules12 · January 2014

It's not always picked up by the nurses and doctors. Some are very minor and are seen when there is trouble feeding. If the tip if the tongue is heart shapes bc it's so tight or the baby doesn't stick his tongue out to latch it's a problem. And some babies bf great, moms nipples never get raw and sore. In NJ hits hard to get it done in the hospital and a pedi dentist or ent can do it. It's very minor, and should be done in the nursery, bc it's a clip of the tissue then they nurse to heal the spot.

WinsyWade · January 2014

This topic has been talked a lot about in a FB group I am in. I'm in Chicago so maybe close to you?

I just wanted to recommend the doctor that all ladies in my group rave over. His name is Fred Margolis. He does the entire appt, including clipping the tie, at one time. The ladies also mentioned that he will bill health ins and then dental ins.

Many of the women that had children with TT or LP didn't really notice it until baby was a week or more old. Some babies were even a few months. I guess some can be very hard to diagnose?

My niece's TT was so bad that she had to have it clipped multiple times. It was very hard on their bfing relationship, though my SIL pushed through. My SIL gets excited now whenever she sticks her tounge out because she couldn't even as an older infant.

MamaP19 · January 2014

DD had this. The Ped noticed and snipped her the day after she was born. She had a great latch after, but my supply never came in so I think she definitely could have been EBF.

Shelbiemarie123 · January 2014

My sister's first baby was tounge tied, she had a hard time latching right from the beginning. The lactation consultant at the hospital noticed right away, they clipped it, and there was no problem after that! She was able to breast feed just fine. Sorry they didn't notice sooner

jblank03 · January 2014

Thank you everyone! Makes me feel a lot better that this is commonly missed. The ENT did clip it today and between that and my milk continuing to come in, we are killing the BFing

KrystalCrockett - Hang in there!! I know its brutal.

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