The "interesting" case I mentioned yesterday deserves an update. This baby went in for hernia repair today at U of Chicago Hopsitals. Mother breastfed baby at 5AM, baby went into surgery at 7:30AM and did great! Mom and babe were home by noon (with nearly 2 hr drive included). But, when surgeon saw baby's tongue, he OFFERED to clip the tongue. Mother had not ASKED! Well, she said, go ahead (is now wonderfing if she will get a bill for same since she did not request it), so baby came up with double hernia repair AND clipped tongue tie. Interesting comment from surgeon was, "it doesn't usually matter, but as long as it is there and we are going in..." I was astounded. He also implied it didn't matter re: feeding (and in this case, he was right; baby has thrived with no difficulties), but I wonder if he is aware that it can be a problem. Mother and baby doing well. Baby sleepy, but has nursed several times since surgery with no difficulties. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities %% %% brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." %% %% definition of a lactation consulting service. %% %% Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC - [log in to unmask] %% %% Homewood, Illinois USA %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%