Fri, 22 Jun 2001
Catherine Watson Genna
#Some babies with tight frenula can breastfeed with seemingly little
difficulty. /---/ can result in fussiness at breast, biting to reduce the
flow, coughing #

Thank you for your post, Catherine :) . I am sending you a msg off list,
too, but what I really :)  wanted to know was this:

What are the possible *negative effects* of frenotomy?

All I could think of was the pain for the baby, and bleeding if one has
shaky hands. Anything else? The hospital pedi said they don't do it anymore
since clipping the frenulum is more harmful than beneficial.

Sanna-Mari, mom to Rasmus 28 mo
a lay bf support person
Finland, Scandinavia
 - it is HOT here -

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