so it turned out that alice (like oscar before her) was born tongue tied. i knew from birth we were having issues with latch, but when i looked at her tongue (apparently not closely enough) while we were in the hospital, it didnt have the heart shape that oscar's had when he was born. so 8 weeks later she was finally diagnosed. and this time around i knew of an excellent dr that specializes in breastfeeding medicine, so off we went! (oscar is still tongue tied - when i asked the dr in town about clipping it when oscar was a baby (because we were having so many breastfeeding issues) he scoffed at me and told me that people dont do that anymore!) here are some photos from alice's frenotomy-
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLBZrX0nVY0yATRzY35AZdLyg_uZNf3G4G2XkY4vIhyUPC8NUagDAzHVQUy_zt_D91lIjioBWdoJ3JHEl5w3YVFfNWYoxvQq4jGiYX99CvQzkXuA3-u6HHQX2kpxNzeTUJ7QOdCB-cEZN/s400/SDC113232.jpg)
here is a before
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqNGxw9NIggm8TR4MnJWWbvk0P4bl0V_pDylh_JN_gpxBwhYGUDKSAG_9pYflVev7B2oetj__TDRHf7fHUSw9iSdJrQldeO7yn4D-_n07J5wx3WPz2XXQPICuaA9MbobyoatmMCTaHpeQ/s400/SDC113262.jpg)
and another before picture - can you see how the tongue goes down in the center instead of lifting up?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyS0HCxOPajevMB1CtnJstIyXtq3LSHOo4qp6k8Dn-kXDEVoc4oi4b8AzqqlKunfuXCEYZubi4gG-hTowJEyrx7LsAYfiiFH-m7fusIfLteF7QcDr6qwXbQv9fNZzDCq8umVU7vn1QDR6Z/s400/SDC113292.jpg)
and here you can see the frenulum
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1WZqRMK7Azv0MjGeIOTY3tjyuEb_GfdjHWwf-8WuRfqMcAjnVl0jEks72_ghLvMLUVcsZxvSjn2ZMK_6_PNgZeD1XcTWfa8inkmiFcI-xMBl0qHc9dhUJU_sYIMLjwGzx2RzsteUdAFx/s400/SDC113342.jpg)
and just a quick snip snip - which takes less than a minute
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFQFObv-Dvy2QMkBkfP1fagi0wP-K4izzCkx3JdULypQzFVq6ocDzrnQA8-FH-cWRI3FIaHr_vNH5JrZe3NrosjlEXsZnQuUsBFNoKqXhgAhfZCxBrxkI2C6Y1T_ir6UdCnUIiwfzOSi1/s400/SDC113482.jpg)
and then back to nursing, which helps control any bleeding. oscar took these last 3 pictures for me
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYR4WEwWLUVv9g5013UaB-fEjjLMJ7yJb9b-yhC_86xa3QkyYS_mlBsJehdRMChLAVBAdOjuSU0CzFexe5mbLq0I5sg0x9dzNvrINK27ItFqi8tafU0eSCkL9hoAqldIqSU6UFK3jG07b/s400/SDC113592.jpg)
she still had to re-learn how to nurse, and STILL doesnt latch on right sometimes, but we're getting better at it every day!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1JuxaXaSXQfN3rnrUqSThSP0_QmM6n2UcJTGo0y_BUpQFnO1UpPfGJBTaV7U5OYOEeq0WPI__gRw3rFwu7z6SWQJ_CEDHB84vuo4Q22pMDU4YP4eyKhHmHPC4UE1B5ysPir9rSbzHAZW/s400/SDC113722.jpg)
alice handled it like a champ and it didnt seem to bother her. i expected there to be at least some extra grumpiness, but she maintained her normal amount of grumpiness!
2 comments:
oscar's becoming a pretty good photographer. see, he was sneaking around with your camera for a REASON, mom!
Sweet Baby Girl! So glad things are getting better!! (= WTG mama!
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