Hello everyone!
I have a 1 week old baby girl who I am breastfeeding. The first 3 days she was breastfeeding well but I did experience very bad nipple pain and soreness. She was feeding tho that was most important for me. But then suddenly she started not to take my breast easily and was having difficulties latching. She cries when she cant latch and gets very frustrated. When she cries I cry too because I do not want to see her hungry. In the end I manage to breastfeed her but it can take a little time and stress until she latches on. She gets hungry quite often and also wants to stay on the breast for a long time. Today she woke up again at 10 and we breastfed for around 2-3 hours. She falls asleep and when I put her in her bed she wakes back up and wants more. I have talked to my midwife about this and she had a check and said there is a little bit of a tongue tie. She booked us in for a assessment with the nhs next week Friday. However I am not sure how to manage this until then because I do not want to see my baby being upset. I also do not want to bottle feed her as I want the bond between us when breastfeeding her. So I found someone private who is coming tomorrow. I found her on the tongue-tie.org.uk website and she is a accredited tongue tie practitioner and is fully insured and regulated by the care quality commission. I am just a bit scared and dont know if I can trust someone outside the NHS to cut the tongue tie for my baby. What are your thoughts? Did anyone go private too? How was the experience? I guess if they are fully insured then there should not be a problem should there?
thank you in advance,
ebby
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Newborn tongue tie - go private?
ebbyniko1108 · 14/05/2022 17:34
BattenburgDonkey · 14/05/2022 17:42
If she’s got the relevant qualifications and you can afford it then go for it, a week feels like ages in the early days of breast feeding and I’m pretty sure fixing tongue tie is a very quick and simple procedure so I’d go ahead if I were you OP.
MolliciousIntent · 14/05/2022 17:40
There is absolutely no difference in quality between private and NHS practitioners, the qualifications and training is the same. Please don't give this another thought.
ThelastRolo20 · 14/05/2022 17:40
Hello! I went private and had my dd's tongue tie fixed on day nine. We went for a certified lactation consultant and she was brilliant. Well worth the money and helped with getting the latch right afterwards. You may not get the extra support through the NHS easily. Hope it goes well!
Trialsandtribulationsoflife · 14/05/2022 17:40
I heard a recent radio phone in about babies who are tt.
there were poor desperate mothers who’s baby had been on the waiting list to have it snipped for several months!
I will see if I can find a link & post, I think there were people who had had it done privately on too iirc.
Eightieschildren · 14/05/2022 17:43
Feeding your baby is more important than your personal need to breastfeed. If she will feed better from a bottle then why wouldn’t you do that. You will bond with her if you have to bottle feed her.
Eightieschildren · 14/05/2022 17:43
Feeding your baby is more important than your personal need to breastfeed. If she will feed better from a bottle then why wouldn’t you do that. You will bond with her if you have to bottle feed her.
Eightieschildren · 14/05/2022 17:43
Feeding your baby is more important than your personal need to breastfeed. If she will feed better from a bottle then why wouldn’t you do that. You will bond with her if you have to bottle feed her.
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