I've seen one dramatic tongue-tie clipping after which the baby was lots better... for an afternoon.  Then he was as bad as ever - not triggering let-downs and causing pain.  Mom and I decided that the incision spot *just happened* to hit on his lower gum when he extended his tongue properly.  His solution, until his tongue finished healing later that week, was to retract his tongue as he had before it was snipped.

Sure enough, within a week she was not only comfortable but battling oversupply...

It seems inevitable to me that *sometimes* the incision point is going to interfere with comfortable nursing on the *baby's* part until it heals, and the baby will compensate temporarily in ways that aren't at all comfortable for the *mother*.  

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY  USA
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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