posterior tongue tie

[dorcas111]

After weeks of struggling to bf, being told by numerous bf counsellors that the latch was perfect, despite cracked, bleeding nipples that would be misshapen after a feed, (see my other thread 'struggling to get the latch right' a lactation consultant has diagnosed posterior tongue tie. She had been checked for tongue tie several times and I was told she didn't have it- apparently it is trickier to spot than normal tongue tie? She has referred us to someone to get it snipped, I was just wondering if anyone else had any experience of this?

yep my DD- get it snipped- will transform feeding!

Hers was diagnosed at 7weeks- first feed after the snip was incredible but then DD went back to her old ways while she relearnt her new latch- in process she knackered my nips again and got an infected nipple crack that wouldnt heal so I didnt have painfree feeding til she was 16weeks old but she is now one and still occaisonally breastfed- so defo defo get it done.

There is a new TT support thread - I will bump it for you :)

Yes with both mine,fed dd for 10mnths in end and nursing 10 week old ds as i type - his was snipped at 4 weeks and we are really getting there now. Hop over to the tt support thread :)

It is trickier to spot (DS had his missed by a number of people), but can be diagnosed by taking your symptoms into consideration too. DS had his posterior tongue tie snipped and I don't regret it. I've written about it on the tongue tie support thread :)

Thanks everyone, will pop over to the other thread and have a read through!