I really like the Hazelbaker Assessment tool but it requires a lot of
practice, you learning by looking and touching with many babies. It isn't
something a mother could use online. It's hard to replace the in person
assessment. There was a video of Alison Hazelbaker doing an assessment but
I haven't seen it in a long time. I just looked and can't find it.
Catherine Watson Genna's "Supporting Sucking Skills" is great but again,
the practitioner needs to gain experience assessing the tongue.
Building a network of people to refer to when you're working with people
online would be quite the task.
This may help but it doesn't assess tongue function or breastfeeding.
https://bfmed.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/clinical-pearl-the-murphy-maneuver-for-diagnosing-tongue-tie/
And a video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5opSbXvL7yQ
This will not help Mom determine if it is affecting BF.
So after writing all that, I would say no, a mother couldn't determine this
on her own. When people self-refer and go to someone that releases oral
tissue, isn't it likely there will be a release if it is necessary or not
unless we have a knowledgeable, ethical HCP that knows how to assess
function?
The quest for answers continues...
Allison Laverty Montag BA, IBCLC, RLC
Wisconsin, USA
<<<< I'm thankful for the discussion on this, and am learning a lot from
it! I don't get to see moms, in person. Because of health problems
(including severe fibromyalgia, which was a fad diagnosis in the 90s, like
tt/lt is now) I don't have a private practice, like I was hoping to have.
I only communicate with moms, usually adoptive moms, online.
Do you ladies know of any diagnostic tools available online, or do you have
suggestions on how to tell when an oral frenulum that looks tight is really
affecting breastfeeding, and when it is not, without seeing the baby in
person? Do you have a list you go through, to rule out the most common
problems before moving on to the more serious? Any suggestions are
appreciated!
Darillyn Star>>>>
--
"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by
fearing to attempt."
William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure
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