I would like to hear more about clipping the tongue tie (frenotomy).  I
have had a couple of kids with this and the mom got really sore nipples,
but eventually did OK.  I tried to convince my doc to do the last one, he
said he didn't know how.  So what is the exact procedure?  It seems to me
it would be a simple matter of using a small mosquito to crush the area to
be cut, then snip. If that's all it is, I could probably do it, since I do
lots of minor surgery already.   Anything else?  Any tricks or tips?

Jude Kurokawa, CNM
Wolf Point, MT
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>
> A neat thing happened when I showed some pictures of tongue-tied babies
and
> told them that although there isn't much in their lit. about this, my own
> experience was that frenotomy made a huge diff. for many of the babies I
> see.  I mentioned my pedi ENT friend's study which I always try to
promote.
> One of the pedis said she had happened to hear him present this material
> (which I am so happy to hear he is doing) and that based on his
experience,
> she had called in another ENT just last Sat. to clip a 3 day old baby in
her
> office.  Mom really wanted to bfeed and baby just couldn't.  Pedi watched
> while ENT did the lysis.  No blood, no huge truama, baby went right to
> breast and nursed like a champ.  She was amazed! I am equally amazed for
> several reasons:  One that now there suddenly seem to be a whole bunch of
> ENTs in Austin perfectly happy to do this proceedure, and two, that
thanks
> to this pedi's determination to see for herself, there is now a going to
be
> another strong voice in the pediatric community which her peers will
trust,
> speaking up for a case by case evaluation of infants with this condition.
> Barbara Wilson-Clay, BS, IBCLC
> Private Practice, Austin, Texas
> Owner, Lactnews On-Line Conference Page
> http://moontower.com/bwc/lactnews.html
>