Related - my friend EPed for her tongue tied baby because her Pedi told her that "they" don't clip tongue ties anymore and she would have to find an "old school ENT" if she really wanted to have it done. She felt like she was asking for some barbaric procedure that was outdated.
Her supply suffered (because of this and other issues) and she struggled a lot. Months later, her baby went to an ENT for tubes in his ears and that ENT told her that her son would have several speech problems related to his tongue tie. They were able to clip it at the same time as his tubes and all is good.
Just makes me sad for her that this could have improved her nursing situation from the get go had the pedi she trusted gave better (IMO) support and info re: BFing/tongue tie.
DD was born extremely tongue-tied and the pedi on call from our chosen practice who saw her essentially said the same thing. "Don't worry about it, just formula feed, she doesn't need BM." The LCs at the hospital were dumbfounded but because she wouldn't authorize it to be done while we were in the hospital, DD suffered. I ended up EP'ing until her jaundice follow-up at which point our pedi did send us to an ENT, so at one week she was put under and clipped. I EP'd until 3 weeks and struggled getting her to try to BF. We ended up doing a "breastfeeding vacation "which was literally one weekend, in bed, doing nothing but breastfeeding (or the attempt to). I was utterly and completely exhausted... but it worked.
I fought the hospital on this doctor's involvement and appointment since they are a WHO Baby Friendly hospital. She lost her hospital privileges for a year.
Very interesting article. I've been worried about milk production ever since my NP told me that may be why my breasts didn't grow.
Mine didn't grow during pregnancy at all, which was kind of disappointing as a B cup. They did gain a size after my milk came in. I have had no supply or feeding issues.
Post by dulcedeleche on Jan 5, 2013 0:25:31 GMT -5
This article is definitely interesting. I have many negative feelings with breastfeeding. I had always heard in all of my classes how relaxing breastfeeding was, how nice it was to be close to your baby, etc. etc. However, I will never ever forget when my milk came in after I got home from the hospital. I felt like I had bowling balls on my chest. Then, I went to feed my son, and my husband had to hold a towel over one boob because milk was shooting everywhere. My son latched on, gulped, would come back for air, and then he puked ALL over me. It was awful! I went to the LC and she gave me a few tips for overactive letdown which did not work. I read everything I could on sites like kellymom, and then just decided to EP. I tried to breastfeed my daughter for all of about two days and decided to EP with her, too. I wish I would have had more support because my feelings about breastfeeding aren't that great.