Tania wrote <<<I have had a few recently who did not and have chosen to
pump and bottle
feed what human milk they can get and then supplement further with
formula. These mothers tell me they can't bear the thought of harming
their baby by having the tongue tie revised, but don't see the harm in
choosing to formula feed as the alternative.  I find that they rarely
continue pumping for long and are often fully formula feeding within a
few weeks if they choose this route.>>>


Katherine replied <<<<My suggestion is to connect hesitant moms with a
number of moms who have been there, done that with the TT revision.. those
moms can share about how yes, it was a hard decision to make, but how it
made such a huge impact on their ability to breastfeed.  I think this is
definitely one area where moms may be more willing to trust peers than one
LC saying it's beneficial..>>>>>


I agree with Katherine's response although the results vary. Many times the
family just isn't ready for the information. You could be the first person
to tell them something is wrong. Up until then, mother was likely blaming
herself. I do mention that revision is much less intrusive than
circumcision.

I'm part of a project educating about TT and my project partner started a
couple of Facebook groups. One is for Advocates, more on the professional
side and the other is for families. It seems that once the mothers connect
with others in similar situations, they are more open to revision but there
are so many factors involved.

I work at WIC as a Peer Counselor. Many times, my conversation with a
family is the only substantive conversation we ever have.  I find many
families will take the info and handouts (we created an info sheet on TT)
and go off to research and digest the info. I have to leave it up to them
to decide what they will do. It is a frustrating situation and I remind
myself that it is their decision. I offer the information, they decide what
to do with it.

All the best,
Allison Laverty Montag BA, IBCLC, RLC
Wisconsin, USA

-- 
"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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