(x-posted in Breastfeeding)
We're having some serious problems. I finally saw a lactation consultant last night because my nipples were bleeding and raw and scabbed. Turns out, Kirsten's tongue is not functioning properly. Rather pressing on the areola, it turns up and therefore doesn't get a good latch. The only milk she's getting is what I spontaneously let down at each feeding. Her tongue just doesn't move the way it's supposed to for effective nursing.
So now I'm doing this nurse 5 minutes - bottlefeed pumped milk - pump 10 minutes routine with her every two hours. I feel so sad about this. I've loved breastfeeding both of my children and am a huge advocate of breastfeeding and I'm just heartbroken that she can't do it. The lactation consultant suggested seeing a chiropractor to release anything that might be causing the abnormal tongue movement and also suggested something called a "posterior tongue tie" which is different somehow from a regular tongue tie and very few doctors know how to fix it.
This is just awful. My two older children are not at all happy with my time at the pump, etc. and I don't know how I'm going to manage it when my parents go back home next weekend. Plus I'm SO incredibly sad that she isn't able to nurse.
We're having some serious problems. I finally saw a lactation consultant last night because my nipples were bleeding and raw and scabbed. Turns out, Kirsten's tongue is not functioning properly. Rather pressing on the areola, it turns up and therefore doesn't get a good latch. The only milk she's getting is what I spontaneously let down at each feeding. Her tongue just doesn't move the way it's supposed to for effective nursing.
So now I'm doing this nurse 5 minutes - bottlefeed pumped milk - pump 10 minutes routine with her every two hours. I feel so sad about this. I've loved breastfeeding both of my children and am a huge advocate of breastfeeding and I'm just heartbroken that she can't do it. The lactation consultant suggested seeing a chiropractor to release anything that might be causing the abnormal tongue movement and also suggested something called a "posterior tongue tie" which is different somehow from a regular tongue tie and very few doctors know how to fix it.
This is just awful. My two older children are not at all happy with my time at the pump, etc. and I don't know how I'm going to manage it when my parents go back home next weekend. Plus I'm SO incredibly sad that she isn't able to nurse.
. I hope there is something you might be able to do to solve it. Hopefully someone on the bf'ing board will have some good info for you! I would be ever so sad too if I was in your shoes, I really do hope there's a way to fix it!
Hurray!
