I'm a PNP/IBCLC and I know clipping tongues is not within my scope of practice in NJ, maybe it is different in other states. I think if CNMs clipped tongues they would be censured or lose their license. We live in a very litigious society, unfortunately, I just don't see that it is appropriate to go down this road now. As I said before, I think we need to educate the ones who are licensed to do it, MDs, DOs, DDSs. It is all part of making breaastfeeding normal. Most young drs think tongue tie isn't a problem because most babies are bottle fed and they don't see and problems on that rubber nipple! More articles in their journals are needed. More studies, more pictures like those Cathy has of the disorganized suck of a tongue tied baby, need to be shown. We are supposed to be doing evidence based medicine now days. Let's get the evidence out there! Pat in SNJ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html