Tongue Tie/Frenuloplasty Procedure video

What a fascinating procedure. Thank you for posting.

Do midwives have to do this?

Thanks for posting!
That was a really good video showing the procedure, and a very cute baby and I am wondering do midwives have to do this too?

Great video-really interesting to watch the procedure.

My son had a tongue tie which made breastfeeding painful and ineffective. Very luckily, it was picked up early on by the midwives at the hospital and he had it snipped at 3 days old. It made such a difference immediately!! I honestly don't think I would have been able to continue without having it done as feeding was excruciating and he seemed so frustrated and unhappy. It is a real shame there are not more trained professionals available to do this procedure-at the time my son was born there was just one infant feeing advisor going round the 3-4 hospitals in the area. I know it requires additional training but I wonder why there are so few?
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Thank you for the post, amazing to see this!

Just came across this post whilst browsing. I cannot stress enough how important it is that tongue tie is diagnosed and treated as soon as possible. After i gave birth to my second son i noticed that he was tongue tied and mentioned it to the midwife, she said,and i quote, "it will right itself"!!! As i have mild tongue tie i just believed her. It wasn't until he was nearly 3 and couldn't talk properly or drink from a normal cup that i decided it actually hadn't 'righted' itself and i asked he be referred for tongue tie division. It was awful watching him have to go through all that and have a general anesthetic, knowing that a simple snip could have avoided everything!! He is 8 now and still has a lisp because he had gotten used to having his tongue in that position for so long (it actually curled under it was that bad!) I obviously was unable to breast feed him succesfully. When my next child was born her tongue tie was mild and we breast fed successfully. my last child was tongue tied and it affected feeding so i demanded it was snipped!! sorry for going on but tongue tie is so often missed. Thank you for posting this as maybe more people will be aware x