I m a midwife at hull and we have quite a few midwives on the postnatal ward that are frenotomy practitioners. We use scissors up to 28 days . We went through a training package to do this . I don't do them but my friend does . Good success rate , we only do them after proper assessment of tongue and only to facilitate effective feeding .
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> On 14 Jul 2017, at 09:35, Pam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I wondered if anyone was doing or had done some robust research into the evidence for diagnosis and treatments for tongue ties in the neonate.
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> I feel there are a number of aspects to this subject:
> Surgical versus conservative treatment
> Long term significance of treatment
> Immediate impact of surgical treatment on the neonate does the neonate suffer pain due to ulcerated mouth?
> Does the aggressive surgical treatment impact on the neonate's feeding habits.
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> I have observed babies aggressively refuse to breastfeed following surgical treatment whether it be by the midwife's hand or dental specialist with laser. They have also refused to have a teat in their mouths.
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> Warm regards
> Pam Harnden
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