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Tongue Tie Practitioner & Feeding Specialist Midwife in Worcestershire and across the West Midlands, Warwickshire, and Oxfordshire.​

Are you experiencing breastfeeding pain? Baby with reflux? Book a Tongue Tie assessment. 
Same-day or next-day appointments in your home for assessment, frenulotomy and infant
feeding support.

"What is a Tongue tie?"

Baby with anterior frenulum
Baby with a heart shaped tongue

Please note I do not assess or divide lip ties.

Currently there is no published evidence supporting a link

between breastfeeding issues and a lip tie

 

Please review ATP position statement for Lip ties. 

​​https://www.tongue-tie.org.uk/position-statements

Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) is a restriction of tongue of tongue movement caused by a tight or restrictive band of tissue (lingual frenulum). .

 

​Research shows that around 10% of babies are born with a tongue-tie but only a small percentage will go on to show no feeding difficulties as the tongue function is not impacting on breast/chest or bottle feeding. 

However for the babies that their tongue function is impacting on feeding where necessary, tongue-tie can be treated with a surgical cut to release the frenulum.

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A tongue-tie can cause restricted tongue function, feeding and digestive challenges for infants and may lead to a range of issues as baby grows older, including difficulties with weaning - managing textures of food, saliva management (dribbling) dental/oral hygiene, tension, headaches, challenges with speech. ​​

Problems which may be due to a tongue tie:

 

Mother:

  • Sore damaged nipples,

  • Misshapen/lipstick shape nipples after a feed 

  • Blanched appearance/vasospasm

  • Mastitis/recurrent mastitis 

  • Breast abscesses

  • Low milk supply

  • Excessive milk supply

  • Fast/strong let down

Baby breast/chest:

  • Restricted tongue movement

  • Shallow latch

  • Gagging

  • Pulling off breast/chest-arching

  • Chomping the breast

  • Lip blisters

  • Unsettled behaviour during feeds

  • Difficulty staying attached to the breast/chest or bottle

  • Frequent or very long feeds

  • Excessive early weight loss/poor weight gain/faltering growth

  • Clicking/smacking noises and /or dribbling during feeds

  • Colic, wind, hiccoughs

  • Reflux (vomiting after feeds) - Silent reflux

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