I am breastfeeding my 6 weeks old and she is tongue tied but no one is helping her. I dont know what to do. I've contacted my health visitor and GP but they aren't doing anything about it. Last week my health visitor pointed it out to me. I'd never heard of it before until she mentioned it. Ive done some research and we are ticking almost every box for tongue tie and you can see where the tongue tie is on her. My baby is in alot of discomfort and is finding feeing more and more difficult each day. She's really unhappy most of the time and I'm exhausted trying to comfort her. I contacted my gp who told me she isn't qualified to do anything about it. And my health visitor told me that if baby is struggling with feeding then I should stop
breastfeeding and bottle feed her instead. I absolutely do not want to stop breastfeeding! I want to do breastfeeding for as long as possible. I dont want to miss out on breastfeeding and lose that bonding time with my baby because no one is willing to help. I'm actually really upset that I'm told to give up breastfeeding! What do I do to get the help we need?
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Tongue tied. What should I do?
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Becklouise · 05/05/2021 02:50
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