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TongueTied one week old. Losing supply. Advice.

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Oblomov · 29/10/2008 11:30

Sorry can't type. Because have just put ds2 on breast. dh is being sent to buy nipple shields.

Had huge supply of milk. no waining. but don't want to make ds tired.

hopefuuly the lovely LacksDaisy will fill you in details.

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Oblomov · 31/10/2008 14:59

Cargirl, would love it. tue, wed, thur or fri is fine. Will e-mail you when get chance.

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CarGirl · 31/10/2008 17:53

Most Tue's or Thur's mornings are great for me, I shall wait to hear from you.

Oblomov · 31/10/2008 20:31

How quickly do you see a difference ?
If the tongue was quite heart shaped, how long does it take to change shape ?

Cargirl, have e-mailed you.

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MarsLady · 31/10/2008 21:59

Give him some time. He has to readjust to the way his tongue works on your breast. You should see (or certainly feel) results reasonably quickly. Glad you got it cut so quickly.

CarGirl · 31/10/2008 22:50

Also point your tongue out at him he will try and copy!

Oblomov · 01/11/2008 18:20

I had to go to hospital this morning. Felt very unwell yesterday afternoon. My cs scar, became hard, looked like it had a frankfurter underneatht he skin. It is infected. Given antibiotics.

Asked mw whilst there about ds2.

Forgive me evryone. I am clearly over emotional and anxious. Also with dh home, cs, trying to pump, trying to monitr bllod sugars, and the arrivl home of ds1, who I have missed very badly:
I haven't really been able to get on the net and investigate tongue tied.

I was so preoccupied with the actual proceedure, that when went to clinic on fri, I never asked them lots of questions that I still want answering.

Like I say, the tongue hasn't changed shape. Was I tottlly naieve to think that we would have it cut and bf would improve rapidly.
He has been in the womb for 9 mths doing to wrong tongue actions.

exercises ? I saw this on my quick serch of titel tongue tied threads. but is he too young.

shall i ring claire kedves. would she help me ? i went local. maybe i should have waited and seen patel.

the mw at the hospital today said the tongue was still very tight. he said you could see where it had been cut, but that it was still very tight. maybe the surgeon at st peters didn't cut it enough. god, will i regret not waiting for patel. shit shit. all sorts runnnign throgh my head.

any advice.
reading this back. sounds like i a m in a right state. forgive me.

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CarGirl · 01/11/2008 19:04

literally just get him looking at you and stick your tongue out he will try and copy

lizzytee · 02/11/2008 17:51

Oblomov

I realise that with all you've got going on you may not want to, but it sounds like it might help both of you to keep your appt at King's on Tuesday. You've both been through a lot and although the tongue-tie has been snipped I think some time with a skilled bf supporter could still be very helpful. It's ok to be in a state, none of what you have described is straightforward.

(((Hugs)))

Oblomov · 03/11/2008 09:52

My dh forbids me to go to kings. says I am not well enough.
I will ring clare and try and convince dh to let me go the following week. ask clare for advice and ask her to hold out my appoint with mr patel for another week.

Have rung st peters. they said be calm. norm changes shape immed, but some do take time. very rare to re snip. they would have snipped it as much as they could, wiothout doing it so much that it would cause further problems.

she said give it more time. go to bf clinic for help. and i can come to their clinic on fri morn, if not happy/need more reassurance.

THe tongue has not changed shape at all. bf is no better. he can only manage to stay on for 4-6 minutes - I have been timing him religiously.

have been following cargirls advice and lots of tongue poking - as have dh and ds - who both love this.

we will see.

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lizzytee · 03/11/2008 17:43

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Understand where your dh is coming from - would he benefit from speaking to lady at kings? You are not in great shape but potentially another week of bf-related struggles not good either.

However it sounds like you have found some other more local options and that you are well able to make your own choices.

Tongue poking sounds hilarious....

Oblomov · 05/11/2008 08:12

Thank you Lizzytee.
I am still going to see clare Kedves and mr patel next week, she confirmed today. And I am going to bf clinic today again, to my fab local lady. I ahev a few q's for her.
Thank you for all your support.

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lizzytee · 05/11/2008 13:47

All sounds good, very glad you have found a good local clinic.

The support is here anytime you want it.

BabyTalk13 · 06/11/2008 11:49

My daughter was tongue tied and so is partner. they did mention to us at st peters about snip and were going to do it as partner had tongue exercises when growing up that did not help but shes now 8months and fine. shes always poking her tongue out and it looks huge now!!

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