Some lactation professionals have been trying to address a lack of understanding regarding tongue ties and
lip ties for many years.
I wanted to especially thank you for this podcast, I wish I would have known
about lip ties a year and half ago.
She was breastfeeding, we had had the tongue tie and
lip tie released and we were on the upward swing of our feeding journey.
As an aside, we were able to take our daughter to a pediatric dentist who evaluates and treats babies for tongue and
lip ties on the recommendation of a lactation consultant.
Question for you: are there reasons to
correct lip tie if you are past breastfeeding?
I looked out for tongue ties in my other 2 children but never knew
of lip ties.
My girls had tongue and
lip ties as well, thankfully they all did well with revisions.
The benefits and risks of both leaving the tongue /
lip ties alone or treating them should be discussed.
Are tongue and
lip ties just a new «passing fad» within the breastfeeding community or is it a real challenge that has a solution?
You should also have a tongue and
lip tie ruled out by a preferred provider.
We have put the proverbial cart before the horse when it comes to the theory of
upper lip tie.
My son was diagnosed
with lip tie and posterior tongue tie after we'd been working with a lactation consultant for 5 weeks, and she ran out of other suggestions.
A few hours later listen to your podcast and heard it's possibly
lip tie which I never heard of.
* You may need to use this «flipple» technique before AND after you get a laser or scissor tongue /
lip tie revision done.
In this post I'm going to share with you some new tips Dr. K showed me for identifying tongue and
lip ties at home, plus I'll share the # 1 critical mistake they make when assessing a tie.
Often chronic low milk supply can be tied to other anatomical issues like tongue or
lip ties in babies or hormonal imbalance or insufficient glandular tissue in mom.
My third baby had tongue and
lip tie tie, we got thrush twice in two months, I had vasospasms, I had a milk blister, and my nipples were so raw and sore from all the creams and ointments I was using.
In the latest issue of our magazine, Sarah Oakley (ABM BFC, independent Health Visitor, IBCLC and tongue - tie practitioner) explains
what lip ties are, the different types and whether they really affect breastfeeding and, therefore, need to be treated or not.
Please head here to Dr. Ghaheri's website and Facebook page for some great information on tongue and
lip ties including how to examine a baby for a tie, how to do the stretches post-surgery and a heap of other educational information on this topic.
Dr. G: There aren't good published data yet, but my experience is that an
isolated lip tie is very uncommon (< 1 % of the time).
I opted to having her frenulum snipped in the hospital, in hopes that it would take care of the tongue tie (we didn't know she had a
small lip tie as well at this point).
Third: the assertion that dental caries is caused by an upper
lip tie begs to be proven.
Carolina, If I had the chance to go back I would have definitely gotten a second opinion with an alternate provider that is incredibly experienced in
performing lip tie tongue tie excisions or laser procedure and have done it again, but that is just me.
My baby's
lip tie grew back 4 months after it was lasered and she should have had a laser frenulectomy on her labial frenulum (lip - tie) done a second time to resolve the repeated latching problems.
Tongue ties — and their less popular
cousin lip ties — are a favorite among many LCs and internet breastfeeding groups.
Pediatricians & pediatric dentists can miss tongue &
lip ties if they are not significant, but can still roadblock breastfeeding success.
Click Here for: A Step - By - Step Guide To Checking For Tongue /
Lip Ties Click Here for: How to Examine a Baby for Tongue - Tie or Lip - Tie Click Here for: Is Your Baby a Tether - Berg or a Tether - Floe?
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Upper lip ties are generally revised by pediatric dentists with lasers.
Tongue and
lip tie Multiples Adoptive & surrogate / induced lactation Oversupply Low milk supply Sore nipples / painful latch Exclusive pumping
Then I found out she had an upper
lip tie meaning she was never able to open her mouth wide enough so when attempting to eat she could only clamp down fully on the nipple.
Despite my daughter's inability to suck effectively,
restrictive lip tie, and severe reflux, she has had my breast milk for over four years without ever having a top up or any other milk or milk substitute.
After a nasty battle with thrush, correcting the latch, and
discovering lip tie, BFing is still hard for us.
The lactation consultant also said he has a high palate and suspects a
lower lip tie.
My daughter was born with a
bad lip tie and I remember asking the dr if that was ok like that.
Sure enough, he has a pretty
severe lip tie from what I can determine: / He nurses, but struggles staying latched on.
I wish that I had found out about posterior tongue ties and
lip ties before I switched to EP.