Thanks Helen, Cate does have grazed nipples, but no worse than I would have had with my 1st - so it's hard to know if the tongue tie is to blame. However, Audrey has also grazed the aereola, and on Day Two latched on to her mother's neck, giving her a quite impressive bruise! The kid obviously sucks like mad - tongue tie or not.
So many women have things improve at around 6 weeks in terms of breastfeeding comfort - I'm sure your immediate and drastic improvement was caused by having bub's tongue snipped (OW!!). As your message implies, it's so hard to determine the precise cause of nipple pain in the early days - and sometimes hard to determine the precise cause of nipple pain improvement - as the weeks go by. I know with my two I have never had aereola damage like Cate has/had - just the ends of the nipples - however, I have no idea whether this can be put down to tongue tie or not. I guess we will see how Cate goes in the coming weeks. Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "HELEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:54 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Tongue Tie > Jo, my 2nd baby born 6 yrs ago in a public hospital in Victoria, had a > tongue tie. Breastfeeding was not comfortable right from the beginning, > sore nipples. Were the sore nipples caused by thrush from antibotics (just > in case.. following a caesarean birth) or from the tongue tie. The > paediatrician at the time said "we don't do anything at the moment, but > later on if she is not talking like we would expect something should be done > then ( under a general anaesthetic!) No discussion re breastfeeding etc. > At 5/52 he still said no cutting and you will just have to put up with the > breastfeeding or wean! > My baby was actually putting on weight well. > Anyway 6 weeks down the track breastfeeding was agony at each feed, and with > information from a Lactation Consultant & support from ABA I finally went to > see a GP (also a LC) > who said Oh it is a 'moderate' tongue tie & probably should be snipped in > view of all the trouble I was having breastfeeding. She snipped it with > scissors then & there and for the first time in 6/52 I feed without pain. > I realise that the severity of tongue ties differs & that some require > treatment & some don't, however if the baby is gaining weight & > breastfeeding is OK, why do anything now? > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
