Tongue tie procedure success or failure?

Massively helped my daughter. She had a 75% tie and the roof of her mouth was completely flat, she had the worst colic from swallowing so much air, it was heartbreaking. It did take a week of so to get her to latch properly after the procedure but we went to support groups which helped massively so for us it was great and I’m so glad we went ahead with it. She had the procedure at 4 weeks old

We didn't have the tongue tie diagnosis until about 10 weeks and had it done around 12 weeks for my daughter. I too was apprehensive and wondered if something invasive was necessary but it completely transformed our breastfeeding journey. It took around 3 weeks but after that time her lips/gassiness/bowel movements had resolved and the pain for me had reduced massively. She latched immediately and soon adjusted to her new tongue.

The change in my son was like night and day. He had awful reflux (projectile vomiting up every feed etc), and as soon as he had the TT cut that stopped. There was a slight regression around day 10, but they warned me about this, so long as you stick to the exercises they give you it should poss quickly.
Procedure wise it obviously wasn’t great - lots of crying etc, but all was forgotten in minutes.
I would really really recommend getting it done. It could also effect her eating and speech when she’s older depending on how bad it is.

We had our little ones TT cut 2 weeks ago at 10 weeks old and haven’t seen a massive difference yet. She still doesn’t open her mouth wide and latch deeply, still makes a slurpy clicking noise and comes on and off the breast a lot. She does however sleep wayyyyy better at night - like up to 7.5 hours! I’m hoping if we carry on doing the exercises she will get better. We are taking her to an osteopath next week too x

Girl if you can get it done, I highly recommend. My pedi suspected my son wasn’t getting enough and it was a huge difference. Immediately after the procedure I nursed my son and the latch wasn’t uncomfortable. He was clingy for about 24 hrs.

TOTALLY worth it!! I had a tongue tie and they’re hereditary so I had my son checked by a specialist at 5 days old and had it done. Our journey was a bit different because he couldn’t figure out how to coordinate his tongue after. It took a few weeks for me to find the right lactation consultant who could help us get his sucking reflex going, but we only had to go twice and it’s been amazing ever since! I would say if the dentist who does it doesn’t give you exercises to do after that’s a red flag as they can reattach. If your baby doesn’t immediately nurse better consider a lactation consultant who specializes in orofacial myology (it was a godsend). Side note if you choose not to do it your child can have speech issues later.

Oh we also did body work too as tongue ties can cause a lot of muscle tension in the neck. You can have good results without it, but it was important for us to do.

Helped me and my son so much. His latch was so bad he torn my nipples up with bleeding and cracks I felt traumatized. If you do the releases find someone who does cranial sacral to work on the baby afterwards. That really helped us. The exercises you have to do to keep the release from growing back suck but honestly in the end so we’ll worth it. I literally thought I was gonna have to pump for 24 seven in order to feed my baby breastmilk now he’s seven months old. I’ve been feeding him without pumping for months and months and it’s really amazing and beautiful. I’m so glad we did it.

Did everyone notice an improvement straight away afterwards or did it take time?